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Land to the North of Drove Lane, Market Lavington, Devizes, SN10 4NT

PL/2026/02029Permission in PrincipleRefused
Outline / PiP

Refused on 30 April 2026

Council decision: Refuse1 reason for refusal

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

Proposal

Permission in Principle for the development of up to 9 No. residential dwellings

Submitted
26 March 2026
Ward
The Lavingtons ED
  1. Received26 Mar
  2. Validated26 Mar
  3. Consult.21 Apr
  4. Target30 Apr
  5. Decided30 Apr

Decided in 35 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an outline application at Land to the North of Drove Lane, Market Lavington, Devizes, SN10 4NT. Wiltshire has handled 971 applications of this type. This one was decided in 35 days, 2 weeks quicker than Wiltshire's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 74 applications across The Lavingtons ED. We hold 1,890 applications in total for the SN10 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 proposed development is contrary to the adopted Development Plan housing delivery strategy in that it involves a greenfield site that lies in an unsustainable location within open countryside; and is outside and some distance from the defined settlement boundary for the Local Service Centre of Market Lavington and the Small village of Easterton. It is also considered that the proposals do not represent sustainable or infill development and will only serve to uncharacteristically elongate the small hamlet of Fiddington Sands in a southeasterly direction away from its current central core, with a scale of development that is disproportionate for the hamlet, by virtue of the number of dwellings proposed (6-9) on the site, which conflicts with, and is separated from, the existing linear character of development. The principle of housing development on this site, in terms of both its location and quantum, is therefore considered to be contrary to the provisions of the National Planning Policy Framework; Wiltshire Core Strategy policies CP1 (Settlement Strategy), CP2 (Delivery Strategy), CP12 (Devizes Community Area)CP57 (Ensuring High Quality Design and Place Shaping and National Planning Policy Framework (December 2024) paragraphs 7-11, 39, 84, 124-141.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
SN10 4NT
Application type
Permission in Principle
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Market Lavington CP

Planning application dates

Date validated
26 March 2026
Consultation expiry
21 April 2026
Consultation end
21 April 2026
Target decision date
30 April 2026

Planning decision

Case officer
Adrian Smith
Statutory period
35 days

Additional information

Documents
14

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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