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Woodlands House, Berwick St John, Shaftesbury, SP7 0EX

PL/2026/03793Full planning permissionAwaiting decision
Full
Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Installation of 36 solar PV panels for domestic and farm supply on Back Field adjacent to Woodlands House

Received
12 October 2026
Ward
Fovant & Chalke Valley ED
  1. Received12 Oct
  2. Validated12 Oct
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided

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About this application

This is a planning application for a solar installation at Woodlands House, Berwick St John, Shaftesbury, SP7 0EX. Wiltshire has handled 226 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 12 October 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in the Berwick St John conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 123 applications across Fovant & Chalke Valley ED. We hold 1,993 applications in total for the SP7 postcode area.

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Application details

Postcode
SP7 0EX
Application type
Full planning permission
Parish
Berwick St. John CP

Planning application dates

Date validated
12 October 2026

Planning decision

Case officer
Hayley Clark

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: Berwick St John
  • Nutrient neutrality catchment: River Avon SACApplies to new homes and overnight accommodation
  • National Landscape (AONB): Cranborne Chase & West Wiltshire Downs
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (20)

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, 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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