Planning application
32 GREENACRES, DOWNTON, SALISBURY, SP5 3NG
Works: Trees
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
T1 - Great Western Cedar tree - remove lower branches T2 - Scots Pine tree - remove lower branches T3 - Scots Pine tree - remove lower branches
As published by the council, reference PL/2026/05410
Application record
- Reference
- PL/2026/05410
- Type
- Consent under Tree Preservation Orders
- Status
- Under Consultation
- Received
- 25 Aug 2026
- Validated
- 25 Aug 2026
- Ward
- Downton & Ebble Valley ED
- Parish
- Downton CP
- Postcode
- SP5 3NG
Comment by 16 September 2026
The council is taking comments on this application until then. Comments go to Wiltshire through their own planning portal.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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25 Aug 2026
Received by Wiltshire
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26 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 20 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
1 document 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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