Planning application
National Trust, High Street, Stourton, Warminster, BA12 6QD
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
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
As published by the council, reference PL/2026/03394
Application record
- Reference
- PL/2026/03394
- Type
- Full planning permission
- Status
- Under Consultation
- Received
- 10 Jun 2026
- Validated
- 10 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/2026/02832 Granted
NATIONAL TRUST, HIGH STREET, STOURTON, WARMINSTER, BA12 6QD
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.
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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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10 Jun 2026
Received by Wiltshire
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1 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 5 August 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
45 documents on file for this application
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Open the documentsWhat happens while it is decided
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About full applications
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Nearby applications
Within 500 metres
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National Trust High Street Stourton BA12 6QD
Quercus cerris (T1) - crown lift to allow light and air circulation to overshadowed Pear 'Vicar of Winkfield', a historic cultivar, and to facilitate access through this part of the Walled Garden.
Decided Trees 5 docs -
NATIONAL TRUST, HIGH STREET, STOURTON, WARMINSTER, BA12 6QD
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.
Granted Trees 6 docs -
NATIONAL TRUST, HIGH STREET, STOURTON, WARMINSTER, BA12 6QD
All tree works as listed in attached Schedule
Granted Trees 14 docs -
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)
Granted Full applications 32 docs -
Land at Stourhead, Near Mere, Warminster, BA12 6QD
Request for a Screening Opinion under Regulation 6 of the Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2017 (as amended) for Construction and operation of a ground mounted solar PV array together with all associated works, ancil
Decided Outline 1 doc -
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
Granted Trees 3 docs
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