Planning application
Site 145 THE FORMER VICARAGE, HIGH STREET, SEEND, MELKSHAM, SN12 6NR
Works: Trees
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
T1 - Horse Chestnut tree - remove 2 branches to gain 1m clearance from overhead cables T3 - Acacia tree - side prune back to main stem one overhanging branch to gain 2m clearance from overhead cables G1 - group of Yew trees - through prune to gain 0.5m
As published by the council, reference PL/2025/08492
Application record
- Reference
- PL/2025/08492
- Type
- Consent under Tree Preservation Orders
- Status
- Closed
- Decision
- Approve with Conditions
- Received
- 14 Oct 2025
- Validated
- 14 Oct 2025
- Decided
- 18 Nov 2025
- Ward
- Devizes Rural West ED
- Parish
- Seend CP
- Postcode
- SN12 6NR
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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14 Oct 2025
Received by Wiltshire
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18 Nov 2025
Decision issued: Approve with Conditions
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12 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
5 documents on file for this application
A planning file usually holds the application form, drawings and site plans, consultee responses, the officer's report and the decision notice.
Trade members open them from here.
Open the documentsWhat a grant of permission means
The process from here
Permission has been granted, usually subject to conditions listed on the decision notice, some of which must be discharged before work starts. The decision notice on the council portal sets out exactly what was approved.
Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses. Neighbours cannot appeal a grant; challenging one means judicial review of how the decision was made, within tight time limits.
About trees applications
How this application type works
Tree applications cover work to protected trees: those under a tree preservation order need consent for pruning or felling, and trees in a conservation area need six weeks written notice before work starts. The council assesses the amenity value of the tree and can refuse consent, approve it with conditions, or in conservation areas make a preservation order in response.
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