Planning application
LACOCK ABBEY, HIGH STREET, LACOCK, CHIPPENHAM, SN15 2LG
Works: Trees
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
T1 Fraxinus excelsior - Reduction of limb as far back as the main trunk due to a cavity with active fungi at the branch union with significant decay. the reason for this being that this branch overhangs a visitor footpath.
As published by the council, reference PL/2026/05257
Application record
- Reference
- PL/2026/05257
- Type
- Notification of proposed works to trees in a conservation area
- Status
- Under Consultation
- Received
- 19 Aug 2026
- Validated
- 19 Aug 2026
- Ward
- Corsham Without ED
- Parish
- Lacock CP
- Postcode
- SN15 2LG
Comment by 15 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 5 applications since 2025: 2 approved, 0 refused.
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PL/2026/05216 Awaiting decision
LACOCK ABBEY, HIGH STREET, LACOCK, CHIPPENHAM, SN15 2LG
T1 Beech - Reduce canopy by 3 meters
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PL/2025/09735 Awaiting decision
Lacock Abbey, High Street, Lacock, Chippenham, SN15 2LG
Discharge of conditions 1 (work commencement deadline) and 3b (Archaeological works) of PL/2023/05998 - Installation of conventional lightning protection system employing a Faraday Cage involving network of air terminations and down conductors over roofs
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PL/2025/09087 Granted
LACOCK ABBEY, HIGH STREET, LACOCK, CHIPPENHAM, SN15 2LG
Removal of masonry chimney capping and replacement with stainless steel flue liner and terminal
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PL/2025/09068 Granted
LACOCK ABBEY, HIGH STREET, LACOCK, CHIPPENHAM, SN15 2LG
Works to carefully dismantle and re-build defective chimney
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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19 Aug 2026
Received by Wiltshire
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26 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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2 Sep 2026
Status changed to Under Consultation
Previously Valid.
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 14 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
4 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.
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