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Land Adjoining No.13 Fairview, Bushton, Swindon, SN4 7PX

PL/2026/01902Permission in PrincipleRefused
Outline / PiP

Refused on 11 May 2026

Council decision: Refuse1 reason for refusal

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Permission in principle for new self-build single dwelling

Submitted
30 March 2026
Ward
Lyneham ED
  1. Received30 Mar
  2. Validated30 Mar
  3. Consult.20 Apr
  4. Target4 May
  5. Decided11 May

Decided in 42 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an outline application at Land Adjoining No.13 Fairview, Bushton, Swindon, SN4 7PX. Wiltshire has handled 971 applications of this type. This one was decided in 42 days, 7 days quicker than Wiltshire's typical decision time. The site is in 4 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 34 applications across Lyneham ED. We hold 901 applications in total for the SN4 postcode area.

80% of outline applications at Wiltshire Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).

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Why it was refused

  1. The application site lies within the open countryside, in an unsustainable location that is poorly related to services, facilities and sustainable transport options, resulting in heavy reliance on private vehicle use and an unsustainable pattern of development. The proposal would extend built form into the countryside, eroding the openness of the existing rural setting. As such, it conflicts with the spatial strategy of the Wiltshire Core Strategy, in particular Core Policies 1 and 2, and 60 and 61, as well as the sustainability objectives of the National Planning Policy Framework. The harm identified arises from the principle and location of the development and cannot be addressed through Technical Details Consent. Permission in Principle is therefore refused.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
SN4 7PX
Application type
Permission in Principle
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Clyffe Pypard & Bushton CP

Planning application dates

Date validated
30 March 2026
Consultation expiry
20 April 2026
Consultation end
20 April 2026
Target decision date
4 May 2026

Planning decision

Case officer
Isabel Gatier
Statutory period
35 days

Additional information

Documents
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Wiltshire

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