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Lower Leaze, Nettleton, Chippenham, SN14 7NZ

PL/2026/02762Full planning permissionApproved
Full

Approved on 2 October 2026

Council decision: Approve with Conditions3 conditions

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

Proposal

The proposed development is the installation of a ground‑mounted solar photovoltaic array comprising 30 individual solar panels for residential use, arranged in three rows of ten panels, positioned within the private land associated with the dwelling.

Submitted
7 July 2026
Ward
By Brook ED
  1. Received7 Jul
  2. Validated7 Jul
  3. Consult.6 Aug
  4. Target1 Sep
  5. Decided2 Oct

Decided in 87 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a solar installation at Lower Leaze, Nettleton, Chippenham, SN14 7NZ. Wiltshire has handled 9,967 applications of this type. This one was decided in 87 days, 5 weeks longer than Wiltshire's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 85 applications across By Brook ED. We hold 2,034 applications in total for the SN14 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
SN14 7NZ
Application type
Full planning permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Nettleton CP

Planning application dates

Date validated
7 July 2026
Consultation expiry
6 August 2026
Consultation end
6 August 2026
Target decision date
1 September 2026

Planning decision

Case officer
James Webster
Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
16

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • National Landscape (AONB): Cotswolds
  • 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, 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, 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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