Bowerhill Lodge, 382 Longleaze Lane, Melksham, SN12 6QJ

PL/2026/02740Consent to display an advertisementApproved

Advertisement consent

Approved on 17 July 2026

Council decision: Approve with Conditions

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

Proposal

Brick plinth with sign identifying care home with up lighting for night time visibility

Submitted: 22 May 2026
Council: Wiltshire Council
Ward: Melksham East ED

ReceivedSubmitted22 May
ValidatedValidated22 May
Consult.Consultation19 Jun
TargetTarget Date17 Jul
DecidedDecided17 Jul

Decided in 56 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an advertising consent application at Bowerhill Lodge, 382 Longleaze Lane, Melksham, SN12 6QJ. Wiltshire has handled 203 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days, 7 days longer than Wiltshire's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 10 applications across Melksham East ED. We hold 273 applications in total for the SN12 postcode area.

92% of advertising 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: SN12 6QJ
Application type: Consent to display an advertisement
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Melksham CP

Planning application dates

Date validated: 22 May 2026
Consultation expiry: 19 June 2026
Consultation end: 19 June 2026
Target decision date: 17 July 2026

Planning decision

Case officer: James Webster
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.

Source: Wiltshire

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