Planning application
Pickers Palmers Farm, Capps Lane, Heywood, Westbury, BA13 4NE
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Convert barn 4 and barn 6 into 4 dwellings with external insulated cladding and external garden and parking space area
As published by the council, reference PL/2026/04938
Application record
- Reference
- PL/2026/04938
- Type
- Prior approval Part 3 Class Q: Agricultural buildings to dwellinghouses
- Status
- Valid
- Received
- 6 Aug 2026
- Validated
- 6 Aug 2026
- Ward
- Ethandune ED
- Parish
- Bratton CP
- Postcode
- BA13 4NE
Comment by 9 September 2026
The council is taking comments on this application until then. Comments go to Wiltshire through their own planning portal.
Site history
Applications at this address on the Wiltshire register
This site has had 2 applications since 2025: 1 approved, 0 refused.
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PL/2025/09355 Granted
Pickers Palmers Farm, Capps Lane, Heywood, Westbury, BA13 4NE
Changes after approval for Barn 1 (residential conversion to units 1-5), Barn 2 (residential conversion to unit 6). Proposed boundary change to external areas for units 1-6. Proposed roof alteration to units 1-5 to include solar panels. Proposed brickwork
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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6 Aug 2026
Received by Wiltshire
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16 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 1 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 49 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
14 documents on file for this application
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Open the documentsWhat 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 prior approval applications in a median of 28 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.
About prior approval applications
Prior approval applies where permitted development rights already grant the principle of the work, leaving the council only the specific matters the rules name, commonly within 56 days. More in our guide to planning application types.
Nearby applications
Within 500 metres
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Pickers Palmers Farm, Capps Lane, Heywood, Westbury, BA13 4NE
Changes after approval for Barn 1 (residential conversion to units 1-5), Barn 2 (residential conversion to unit 6). Proposed boundary change to external areas for units 1-6. Proposed roof alteration to units 1-5 to include solar panels. Proposed brickwork
Granted Full applications 22 docs -
Pickers Palmers Farm, Capps Lane, Heywood, Westbury, Wiltshire, BA13 4NE
Convert barn 4 and barn 6 into 4 dwellings with external insulation to walls and roof not exceeding 0.2m (200mm) and proposed external garden and parking space area to not exceed the original Barn area
Refused Prior approval 17 docsSeveral homes
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