Elmslea House, Bentham Lane, Bentham, Purton, Swindon, SN5 4HZ

PL/2026/02308Householder planning permissionApproved

Householder

Approved on 24 July 2026

Council decision: Approve with Conditions4 conditions

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

Proposal

Erection of new residential outbuilding

Submitted: 9 April 2026
Council: Wiltshire Council
Ward: Purton ED

ReceivedSubmitted9 Apr
ValidatedValidated9 Apr
Consult.Consultation15 May
TargetTarget Date4 Jun
DecidedDecided24 Jul

Decided in 106 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for an outbuilding at Elmslea House, Bentham Lane, Bentham, Purton, Swindon, SN5 4HZ. Wiltshire has handled 9,967 applications of this type. This one was decided in 106 days, 8 weeks longer than Wiltshire's typical decision time. The site is in 2 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 36 applications across Purton ED. We hold 815 applications in total for the SN5 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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Application details

Postcode: SN5 4HZ
Application type: Householder planning permission
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Purton CP

Planning application dates

Date validated: 9 April 2026
Consultation expiry: 15 May 2026
Consultation end: 15 May 2026
Target decision date: 4 June 2026

Planning decision

Case officer: Isabel Gatier
Statutory period: 56 days

Additional information

Documents: 9

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

Listed building: Grade II: Carriage House to Bentham HouseOn or next to this site
Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, 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.

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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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