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Land at Blackmore Farm, Sandridge Common, Melksham, SN12 7QS

PL/2026/05437Hedgerow removal noticeApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 30 October 2026

Council decision: No Objection

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

Proposal

The proposed removal of hedgerow is anticipated following the Outline consent approved in 2025 (LPA Ref: PL/2023/11188), as demonstrated in the approved parameters plan, access and temporary construction access plans and ecology figures.

Submitted
27 August 2026
Ward
Bowerhill ED
  1. Received27 Aug
  2. Validated27 Aug
  3. Consult.18 Sep
  4. Target8 Oct
  5. Decided30 Oct

Decided in 64 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at Land at Blackmore Farm, Sandridge Common, Melksham, SN12 7QS. Wiltshire has handled 5,450 applications of this type. This one was decided in 64 days, 2 weeks longer than Wiltshire's typical decision time. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 28 applications across Bowerhill ED. We hold 274 applications in total for the SN12 postcode area.

99% of trees 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 7QS
Application type
Hedgerow removal notice
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Melksham Without CP

Planning application dates

Date validated
27 August 2026
Consultation expiry
18 September 2026
Consultation end
18 September 2026
Target decision date
8 October 2026

Planning decision

Case officer
Russell Brown
Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Documents
2

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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