Planning application
NATIONAL TRUST, HIGH STREET, STOURTON, WARMINSTER, BA12 6QD
Works: Trees
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Fir Walk Avenue mixture of Broadleaf and Coniferous planting proposed works is to reclaim historic view through avenue to the Obelisk from the garden and back. Works to cut back branches straying into the designed vista, of the Obelisk throughout walk.
As published by the council, reference PL/2026/02832
Application record
- Reference
- PL/2026/02832
- Type
- Notification of proposed works to trees in a conservation area
- Status
- Closed
- Decision
- No Objection
- Received
- 1 May 2026
- Validated
- 1 May 2026
- Decided
- 26 Jun 2026
- Ward
- Mere ED
- Parish
- Stourton with Gasper CP
- Postcode
- BA12 6QD
Site history
Applications at this address on the Wiltshire register
This site has had 8 applications since 2024: 6 approved, 0 refused.
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PL/2026/05141 Awaiting decision
NATIONAL TRUST, HIGH STREET, STOURTON, WARMINSTER, BA12 6QD
T1 Mature Purple Beech tree - Fell.
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PL/2026/03949 Granted
NATIONAL TRUST, HIGH STREET, STOURTON, WARMINSTER, BA12 6QD
T1 Beech - Spread Eagle Car Park - Crown lift to 5 metres. T2 Oak - Spread Eagle Car Park - Crown lift to 5 metres. T3 Beech - Spread Eagle Car Park - Crown lift to 5 metres. T4 Beech - Estate Office Path - Crown lift to 5 metres. T5 Beech - Church Pa
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PL/2026/03394 Awaiting decision
National Trust, High Street, Stourton, Warminster, BA12 6QD
Proposed construction and operation of a ground mounted solar PV array together with all associated works, ancillary infrastructure and equipment, landscaping, biodiversity improvements and access
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PL/2026/01538 Granted
National Trust, High Street, Stourton, Warminster, BA12 6QD
Improvements and repair to garden lake along crest of the embanked western arm of the lake and remediation of sinkhole by excavating and backfilling (retrospective)
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PL/2026/00658 Granted
National Trust, High Street, Stourton, Warminster, BA12 6QD
Estate Office - internal repairs to office wall and floor
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PL/2026/00110 Granted
NATIONAL TRUST, HIGH STREET, STOURTON, WARMINSTER, BA12 6QD
T1 Prunus Avium - Remove lower limb. T2 Liriodendron Tulipifera - Remove. T3 Ilex Aquifolium - Remove. T4 Taxus Baccata - Remove.
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PL/2024/07590 Granted
NATIONAL TRUST, HIGH STREET, STOURTON, WARMINSTER, BA12 6QD
All tree works as listed in attached Schedule
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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1 May 2026
Received by Wiltshire
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26 Jun 2026
Decision issued: No Objection
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1 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
6 documents on file for this application
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
Wiltshire granted permission on 26 June 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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