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Elm Cottage, Seend Hill, Seend, Melksham, SN12 6RU

PL/2026/06966Householder planning permissionAwaiting decision
Householder
Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Outbuilding rebuild including material changes and very slight increase in footprint, due to large tree (now demolished with correct approval from council) causing damage to foundations.

Received
30 October 2026
Ward
Devizes Rural West ED
  1. Received30 Oct
  2. Validated30 Oct
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided

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About this application

This is a planning application for an outbuilding at Elm Cottage, Seend Hill, Seend, Melksham, SN12 6RU. Wiltshire has handled 331 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 30 October 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in the Seend conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 90 applications across Devizes Rural West ED. We hold 274 applications in total for the SN12 postcode area.

96% of householder planning permission 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 6RU
Application type
Householder planning permission
Parish
Seend CP

Planning application dates

Date validated
30 October 2026

Planning decision

Case officer
David Cox

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: Seend
  • Listed building: Grade II: Hill Farm HouseOn or next to this site
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (21)

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, 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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