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Land at Seagry Hill, Sutton Benger, Nr Chippenham, SN15 4SA

PL/2026/02798Permission in PrincipleRefused
Outline / PiP

Refused on 18 September 2026

Council decision: Refuse1 reason for refusal

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

Proposal

Permission in principle for one dwelling (self build)

Submitted
1 May 2026
Ward
Kington ED
  1. Received1 May
  2. Validated1 May
  3. Consult.22 May
  4. Target5 Jun
  5. Decided18 Sep

Decided in 140 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an outline application at Land at Seagry Hill, Sutton Benger, Nr Chippenham, SN15 4SA. Wiltshire has handled 971 applications of this type. This one was decided in 140 days, 13 weeks longer than Wiltshire's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 114 applications across Kington ED. We hold 909 applications in total for the SN15 postcode area.

80% of outline 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, by reason of its location, would be contrary to the settlement, delivery and community area strategies and is unacceptable in principle. The site is poorly related to services, facilities and public transport, such that future occupiers would be heavily reliant upon the private car. The proposal therefore represents an unsustainable form of development that conflicts with the spatial strategy of the development plan. Accordingly, the proposal fails to accord with Core Policies 1, 2, 10, 60 and 61 of the adopted Wiltshire Core Strategy (January 2015) and policy S5 of the NPPF The harm identified relates to the principle of development and could not reasonably be addressed or overcome through the submission of a subsequent application for Technical Details Consent. Permission in Principle is therefore refused.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
SN15 4SA
Application type
Permission in Principle
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Sutton Benger CP

Planning application dates

Date validated
1 May 2026
Consultation expiry
22 May 2026
Consultation end
22 May 2026
Target decision date
5 June 2026

Planning decision

Case officer
Rose Fox
Statutory period
35 days

Additional information

Documents
3

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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