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5 Bishopstrow Road, Warminster, BA12 9HQ

PL/2026/02383Full planning permissionApproved
Full

Approved on 22 May 2026

Council decision: Approve with Conditions2 conditions

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

Proposal

Change of use from Class C2 (boarding school) to Class C3 dwelling house

Submitted
22 April 2026
Ward
Wylye Valley ED
  1. Received22 Apr
  2. Validated22 Apr
  3. Consult.20 May
  4. Target17 Jun
  5. Decided22 May

Decided in 30 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 5 Bishopstrow Road, Warminster, BA12 9HQ. Wiltshire has handled 9,967 applications of this type. This one was decided in 30 days, 3 weeks quicker than Wiltshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Bishopstrow conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 120 applications across Wylye Valley ED. We hold 1,459 applications in total for the BA12 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
BA12 9HQ
Application type
Full planning permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Bishopstrow CP

Planning application dates

Date validated
22 April 2026
Consultation expiry
20 May 2026
Consultation end
20 May 2026
Target decision date
17 June 2026

Planning decision

Case officer
Adrian Smith
Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
8

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Conservation area: Bishopstrow
  • Nutrient neutrality catchment: River Avon SACApplies to new homes and overnight accommodation
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage 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, 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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