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The Old Chalk Pit, Old Malthouse Lane, Ford

PL/2026/03622Lawful development: Existing useApproved
Lawful development certificate

Approved on 11 September 2026

Council decision: Approve

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Certificate of Lawfulness (Existing Use) to confirm that the container, its containment area, and associated access have been in continuous existence for more than 10 years

Submitted
7 July 2026
Ward
Winterslow & Upper Bourne Valley ED
  1. Received7 Jul
  2. Validated7 Jul
  3. Consult.4 Aug
  4. Target1 Sep
  5. Decided11 Sep

Decided in 66 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at The Old Chalk Pit, Old Malthouse Lane, Ford. Wiltshire has handled 251 applications of this type. This one was decided in 66 days, 2 weeks longer than Wiltshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Long Dean, Ford and Slaughterford conservation area, with 12 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 72 applications across Winterslow & Upper Bourne Valley ED.

85% of amendment 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

Application type
Lawful development: Existing use
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Firsdown CP

Planning application dates

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

Planning decision

Case officer
Amy Houldsworth
Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Long Dean - Ford - Slaughterford
  • Listed building: Grade II: K6 Telephone KioskOn or next to this site · +4 more
  • National Landscape (AONB): Cotswolds
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (20)

flood storage 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, 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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