Planning application
HOMEMEAD HOUSE, VICARAGE LANE, STEEPLE ASHTON, TROWBRIDGE, BA14 6HH
Works: Trees
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
3 Yew trees - To be thinned and reduced in height by c. 25%.
As published by the council, reference PL/2026/00645
Application record
- Reference
- PL/2026/00645
- Type
- Notification of proposed works to trees in a conservation area
- Status
- Closed
- Decision
- No Objection
- Received
- 30 Jan 2026
- Validated
- 30 Jan 2026
- Decided
- 11 Mar 2026
- Ward
- Melksham Without West & Rural ED
- Parish
- Steeple Ashton CP
- Postcode
- BA14 6HH
Site history
Applications at this address on the Wiltshire register
This site has had 3 applications since 2021: 3 approved, 0 refused.
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PL/2021/06475 Granted
HOMEMEAD HOUSE, VICARAGE LANE, STEEPLE ASHTON, TROWBRIDGE, BA14 6HH
T1 - Ash - Crown thin and crown rise. Shown as T1 on the plan Just moved into the property. Last tree works completed June 2016..
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PL/2021/06486 Granted
HOMEMEAD HOUSE, VICARAGE LANE, STEEPLE ASHTON, TROWBRIDGE, BA14 6HH
Yew Trees x 3 - 30% reduction
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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30 Jan 2026
Received by Wiltshire
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11 Mar 2026
Decision issued: No Objection
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12 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
3 documents on file for this application
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
Wiltshire granted permission on 11 March 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 tree works applications
Applications for works to trees cover protected trees: consent under a tree preservation order, or six weeks notice for trees in a conservation area. More in our guide to planning application types.
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