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Barn at Lifely Farm, West Ashton, Trowbridge, BA14 6AU

PL/2026/02193Full planning permissionRefused
Full

Refused on 23 July 2026

Council decision: Refuse1 reason for refusal

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

Proposal

Demolition of an existing agricultural barn (which has prior approval for conversion to two dwellings under Class Q permitted development) and the erection of two detached self-build dwellings.

Submitted
15 April 2026
Ward
Southwick ED
  1. Received15 Apr
  2. Validated15 Apr
  3. Consult.14 May
  4. Target10 Jun
  5. Decided23 Jul

Decided in 99 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Barn at Lifely Farm, West Ashton, Trowbridge, BA14 6AU. Wiltshire has handled 9,967 applications of this type. This one was decided in 99 days, 7 weeks longer than Wiltshire's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 24 applications across Southwick ED. We hold 2,268 applications in total for the BA14 postcode area.

93% of full 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 would result in dwellings of incongruous and unsympathetic domestic design, scale and massing that would not reflect the rural and agricultural character of the site and its surroundings. This would result in harm to the character of the local area as well as the wider landscape character. This would be contrary to CP51 and CP57 of the Wiltshire Core Strategy and section 12 of the NPPF. The identified harm has not been outweighed by any benefits of the scheme, especially given the fallback Class Q position would yield the same benefits without resulting in harm to the local and landscape character.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
BA14 6AU
Application type
Full planning permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
West Ashton CP

Planning application dates

Date validated
15 April 2026
Consultation expiry
14 May 2026
Consultation end
14 May 2026
Target decision date
10 June 2026

Planning decision

Case officer
Russell Brown
Statutory period
56 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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