1 Foxglove Drive, Hilperton, Trowbridge, BA14 7SQ

PL/2026/02057Consent under Tree Preservation OrdersApproved

Approved on 8 May 2026

Council decision: Approve with Conditions4 conditions

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

Proposal

T1 - Section fell previously pollarded Willow tree to as close to ground level as possible due to having bark necrosis and cavity on stem. T2 - Crown reduce Ash tree by up to 2m to leave a natural shape.

Submitted: 27 March 2026
Council: Wiltshire Council
Ward: Hilperton ED

ReceivedSubmitted27 Mar
ValidatedValidated27 Mar
Consult.Consultation21 Apr
TargetTarget Date8 May
DecidedDecided8 May

Decided in 42 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at 1 FOXGLOVE DRIVE, HILPERTON, TROWBRIDGE, BA14 7SQ. Wiltshire has handled 5,450 applications of this type. This one was decided in 42 days, 7 days quicker than Wiltshire's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 40 applications across Hilperton ED. We hold 2,268 applications in total for the BA14 postcode area.

99% of trees applications at Wiltshire Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode: BA14 7SQ
Application type: Consent under Tree Preservation Orders
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Hilperton CP

Planning application dates

Date validated: 27 March 2026
Consultation expiry: 21 April 2026
Consultation end: 21 April 2026
Target decision date: 8 May 2026

Planning decision

Case officer: Kate Tate
Statutory period: 42 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.

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

Source: Wiltshire

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