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Chippenham Substation, Off Upper Cocklebury Lane, Chippenham, Wiltshire, SN15 1GE

Granted Wiltshire PL/2025/08337 Lawful development: Proposed use

Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.

Proposal

Lawful development certificate for proposed development consisting of the installation of 132kV transformer and bund, replacement of existing 33kV switchgear, formation of access, and erection of 2.4m fence

As published by the council, reference PL/2025/08337

Application record

Reference
PL/2025/08337
Type
Lawful development: Proposed use
Status
Closed
Decision
Granted As published: Approve
Received
17 Oct 2025
Validated
17 Oct 2025
Decided
2 Feb 2026
Ward
Chippenham Monkton ED
Parish
Chippenham CP
Postcode
SN15 1GE

Site history

Applications at this address on the Wiltshire register

This site has had 2 applications since 2025: 2 approved, 0 refused.

  • PL/2026/00100 Granted

    Chippenham Substation, Off Upper Cocklebury Lane, Chippenham, Wiltshire, SN15 1GE

    Notification under Part 15, Class B of GPDO 2015 for approval of details of the design and external appearance of 33kV switchgear room

    Decided 22 Jan 2026 Outline

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 17 Oct 2025

    Received by Wiltshire

  2. 2 Feb 2026

    Decision issued: Approve

  3. 12 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Documents

Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report

14 documents on file for this application

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What this grant of permission means

Wiltshire granted permission on 2 February 2026, subject to any conditions on the decision notice. Work must normally begin within three years or the permission lapses. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.

About lawful development applications

A lawful development certificate is a legal determination that existing or proposed works do not need planning permission; the merits of the scheme are not considered. More in our guide to planning application types.

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