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Melksham House, 27 Market Place, Melksham, SN12 6ES

Awaiting decision Wiltshire PL/2026/04624 Full planning permission

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Proposal

Internal and external alterations to support the continued use of the building as a specialist school for children and young people. Internal works include the installation of reversible timber slatted screening and access-controlled gates to selected sta

As published by the council, reference PL/2026/04624

Application record

Reference
PL/2026/04624
Type
Full planning permission
Status
Under Consultation
Received
7 Aug 2026
Validated
7 Aug 2026
Ward
Melksham South ED
Parish
Melksham CP
Postcode
SN12 6ES

Site history

Applications at this address on the Wiltshire register

This site has had 7 applications since 2021: 5 approved, 0 refused.

  • PL/2026/04955 Awaiting decision

    Melksham House, 27 Market Place, Melksham, SN12 6ES

    Internal works include the installation of reversible timber slatted screening and access-controlled gates to selected staircases in order to improve safeguarding, manage pupil movement between age groups, and enhance security. Additional acoustic panelli

    Submitted 7 Aug 2026 Heritage and listed buildings
  • PL/2026/03789 Granted

    Melksham House, 27 Market Place, Melksham, SN12 6ES

    Discharge of condition 3 of PL/2025/06042 (Clubhouse paint colour)

    Decided 19 Jun 2026 Conditions
  • PL/2023/01867 Granted

    MELKSHAM HOUSE, 27 MARKET PLACE, MELKSHAM, SN12 6ES

    Discharge of Conditions No 2,4,5,6,7,8 and 9 on PL/2021/07395 (Renovation of Grade II Listed Melksham House, with demolition of modern single storey extensions to rear and construction of a new roof extension to provide internal lift access.)

    Decided 20 Apr 2023 Conditions
  • PL/2021/07395 Granted

    Melksham House, 27 Market Place, Melksham, SN12 6ES

    Renovation of Grade II Listed Melksham House, with demolition of modern single storey extensions to rear and construction of a new roof extension to provide internal lift access.

    Decided 7 Oct 2021 Heritage and listed buildings
  • PL/2021/07229 Granted

    Melksham House, 27 Market Place, Melksham, SN12 6ES

    Renovation of Grade II Listed Melksham House, with demolition of modern single storey extensions to rear and construction of a new roof extension to provide internal lift access.

    Decided 7 Oct 2021
  • PL/2021/04875 Granted

    MELKSHAM HOUSE, 27 MARKET PLACE, MELKSHAM, SN12 6ES

    Partial discharge of condition 9 (materials) of 20/09353/VAR.

    Decided 10 Aug 2021 Conditions

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 7 Aug 2026

    Received by Wiltshire

  2. 12 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

  3. Decision

    Awaiting decision

    Decision expected by 2 October 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

21 documents on file for this application

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What happens while it is decided

This application is with Wiltshire for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year Wiltshire decided full applications in a median of 91 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.

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Nearby applications

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  • Melksham House, 27 Market Place, Melksham, SN12 6ES

    PL/2026/04955 Submitted 7 Aug 2026 50 yards away

    96% historically approved · decision due ~2 Oct

    Internal works include the installation of reversible timber slatted screening and access-controlled gates to selected staircases in order to improve safeguarding, manage pupil movement between age groups, and enhance security. Additional acoustic panelli

    Awaiting decision Heritage and listed buildings 20 docs
  • MELKSHAM HOUSE, 27 MARKET PLACE, MELKSHAM, SN12 6ES

    PL/2023/01867 Submitted 3 Mar 2023 50 yards away

    Discharge of Conditions No 2,4,5,6,7,8 and 9 on PL/2021/07395 (Renovation of Grade II Listed Melksham House, with demolition of modern single storey extensions to rear and construction of a new roof extension to provide internal lift access.)

    Granted Conditions Extension Roofing +1 33 docs
    Small domestic
  • MELKSHAM HOUSE, 27 MARKET PLACE, MELKSHAM, SN12 6ES

    PL/2021/04875 Submitted 7 May 2021 50 yards away

    Partial discharge of condition 9 (materials) of 20/09353/VAR.

    Granted Conditions 5 docs
  • Melksham House, 27 Market Place, Melksham, SN12 6ES

    PL/2021/07395 Submitted 3 Aug 2021 50 yards away

    Renovation of Grade II Listed Melksham House, with demolition of modern single storey extensions to rear and construction of a new roof extension to provide internal lift access.

    Granted Heritage and listed buildings Extension Roofing +1 64 docs
    Small domestic
  • Melksham House, 27 Market Place, Melksham, SN12 6ES

    PL/2021/07229 Submitted 3 Aug 2021 50 yards away

    Renovation of Grade II Listed Melksham House, with demolition of modern single storey extensions to rear and construction of a new roof extension to provide internal lift access.

    Granted Extension Roofing +1 64 docs
    Small domestic
  • Melksham House, 27 Market Place, Melksham, Wilts, SN12 6ES

    PL/2021/04442 Submitted 29 Apr 2021 50 yards away

    Discharge of condition 10 of 20/09353/VAR

    Granted Conditions

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    23 - 25 Whitegates, Upper Castle Combe, Chippenham, SN14 7HQ

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    Received 23 Jul, published by the council 1 Aug 2026 Full applications
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    Received 5 Oct, published by the council 8 Oct 2026 Full applications