Planning application
Land off Scotland Road, Scotland Road, Melksham, SN12 8AJ
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Retrospective application for the storage of up to 72 personal storage units on the former car park area of Cooper Tyres.
As published by the council, reference PL/2025/09205
Application record
- Reference
- PL/2025/09205
- Type
- Full planning permission
- Status
- Under Consultation
- Received
- 21 Nov 2025
- Validated
- 21 Nov 2025
- Ward
- Melksham Without North & Shurnhold ED
- Parish
- Melksham CP
- Postcode
- SN12 8AJ
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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21 Nov 2025
Received by Wiltshire
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1 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 16 January 2026, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.
Wiltshire took a median of 50 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
52 documents on file for this application
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