Planning application
THE COTTAGE, BARFORD LANE, DOWNTON, SALISBURY, SP5 3QA
Works: Trees
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
T1 Fig Tree - Crown reduction 1m, shorting branches to make blanched aesthetic shape, reduce overhang into Barford Lane.
As published by the council, reference PL/2026/05045
Application record
- Reference
- PL/2026/05045
- Type
- Notification of proposed works to trees in a conservation area
- Status
- Under Consultation
- Received
- 11 Aug 2026
- Validated
- 11 Aug 2026
- Ward
- Downton & Ebble Valley ED
- Parish
- Downton CP
- Postcode
- SP5 3QA
Comment by 8 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 3 applications since 2024: 1 approved, 0 refused.
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PL/2026/04641 Awaiting decision
THE COTTAGE, BARFORD LANE, DOWNTON, SALISBURY, SP5 3QA
T1 Copper Beech (Fagus sylvatica f. purpurea) - Crown lift up to 5m and carefully shortening branches to create a uniform, balanced aesthetic shape, reduce overhang and shading on the effected boundary properties. T2 Yew (Taxus baccata) - Crown lift up
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PL/2024/09721 Granted
THE COTTAGE, BARFORD LANE, DOWNTON, SALISBURY, SP5 3QA
T1 - Fig tree - reduce crown by 1m T2 - Magnolia tree - crown lift and crown reduce by 1m-1.5m T3 - Cotoneaster - cut back lower canopy by 1.5m T4 - Holly tree - fell T5 - Cherry Laurel tree - fell T6 - Yew tree - cut back overhanging branches by 1.5
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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11 Aug 2026
Received by Wiltshire
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19 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 6 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
3 documents on file for this application
A planning file usually holds the application form, drawings and site plans, consultee responses, the officer's report and the decision notice.
Trade members open them from here.
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 tree works applications in a median of 38 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.
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.
Nearby applications
Within 500 metres
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THE COTTAGE, BARFORD LANE, DOWNTON, SALISBURY, SP5 3QA
99% historically approved · decision due ~5 Oct
T1 Copper Beech (Fagus sylvatica f. purpurea) - Crown lift up to 5m and carefully shortening branches to create a uniform, balanced aesthetic shape, reduce overhang and shading on the effected boundary properties. T2 Yew (Taxus baccata) - Crown lift up
Awaiting decision Trees 3 docs -
THE COTTAGE, BARFORD LANE, DOWNTON, SALISBURY, SP5 3QA
T1 - Fig tree - reduce crown by 1m T2 - Magnolia tree - crown lift and crown reduce by 1m-1.5m T3 - Cotoneaster - cut back lower canopy by 1.5m T4 - Holly tree - fell T5 - Cherry Laurel tree - fell T6 - Yew tree - cut back overhanging branches by 1.5
Granted Trees 2 docs -
3A HIGH STREET, DOWNTON, SALISBURY, SP5 3PG
T1 Maple tree - Pollard tree by up to 50%. T2 Liquid Amber - Reduce height down by a maximum of 4 metres.
Granted Trees 3 docs -
Rear of 23 High Street, Downton, Salisbury, SP5 3PG
89% historically approved · decision due ~28 Aug
Replacement building with storage and garaging at ground floor and a 1 bed studio flat above
Awaiting decision Full applications 19 docs -
27 LODE HILL, DOWNTON, SALISBURY, SP5 3PW
T1 Sycamore - all round reduction to old cut points - routine maintenance to keep natural balanced shape
Granted Trees 3 docs -
29 LODE HILL, DOWNTON, SALISBURY, SP5 3PW
T1 Lawsons Fir - Reduce in height by approximately 50% and bring in longer laterals at appropriate point; in order to maintain this tree at a reasonable size for its location.
Granted Trees 3 docs
Other tree works applications
In Wiltshire
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PL/2026/04928 Granted
Land off Byron Road, next to track to Drews pond and backing on to houses on Elliott Court, Devizes, SN10 5EG
T33 Ash tree - Reduce canopy by 2 to 3m. Previous failures in canopy, position backing on to neighbouring houses.
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PL/2026/04761 Granted
36 OLD COACH ROAD, BULFORD, SALISBURY, SP4 9DA
T1 Goat Willow - Fell to ground level.. T2 Smoke Bush - Remove dead branches and reshape. T3 Yew - Trim and reshape after the goat willow is removed. T4 Silver Maple - Remove epicormic growth from the main stem. T5 2 x Sycamore - Cut back lateral g
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PL/2026/04762 Granted
LUCKINGTON MANOR, THE STREET, LUCKINGTON, CHIPPENHAM, SN14 6NP
T1 Cedar - Tree is dead. Remove tree to ground level. T2 Lime - Thin tree by 30% to reduce sail weight and allow more light into garden below.
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PL/2026/04750 Granted
4 COTLEY PLACE, HEYTESBURY, WARMINSTER, BA12 0HT
T1 Walnut tree - Reduce the lateral spread by up to 2 metres and height by 1 metre. T2 Tulip tree - Crown lift up to 5 metres and reduction of the long lateral branches on the bottom half of the tree by up to 2 metres to balance the trees shape.
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PL/2026/04788 Granted
PEACOCK COTTAGE, WOODBOROUGH, PEWSEY, SN9 5PG
T1 Copper Beach - Reduce crown by 3.5 metres and crown raise 3 metres and shape accordingly to clear adjacent thatch and roof.