Planning application
BATH SPA UNIVERSITY, CORSHAM COURT, HIGH STREET, CORSHAM, SN13 0BZ
Works: Trees
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
G325 - Topiary Yews - Prune from adjacent building and wall to provide 1.5m clearance and allow installation of scaffolding rise for building maintenance works. G324, G325, G327 & G328 - Topiary Cloud Yews - trim annual regrowth to topiary form for this
As published by the council, reference PL/2026/05548
Application record
- Reference
- PL/2026/05548
- Type
- Notification of proposed works to trees in a conservation area
- Status
- Under Consultation
- Received
- 1 Sep 2026
- Validated
- 1 Sep 2026
- Ward
- Corsham Ladbrook ED
- Parish
- Corsham CP
- Postcode
- SN13 0BZ
Comment by 29 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 2024: 1 approved, 0 refused.
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PL/2026/05747 Awaiting decision
BATH SPA UNIVERSITY, CORSHAM COURT, HIGH STREET, CORSHAM, SN13 0BZ
T13 - Copper beech - Remove collapsed limb(s) and reduce overextended lateral limbs by crown thinning up to 15% - Reason - Sudden limb drop/Safety. T35 - Indian Bean Tree - Fell. Reason - Structurally unsound. T35c - Indian Bean Tree - Fell. Reason - S
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PL/2026/05752 Awaiting decision
BATH SPA UNIVERSITY, CORSHAM COURT, HIGH STREET, CORSHAM, SN13 0BZ
Adj. T62 - Cherry - Fell. Reason - Advanced Pseudomonas syringae. In decline. T52 - Goat willow - Fell. Reason - To prioritise historic Yew feature. T89 - Indian Bean Tree - Fell. Reason - In decline. T92 - Goat willow - Fell. Reason - To prioritise hi
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PL/2026/05546 Awaiting decision
BATH SPA UNIVERSITY, CORSHAM COURT, HIGH STREET, CORSHAM, SN13 0BZ
T13 Copper beech - remove and tidy shed and torn limbs to suitable growth points as required.
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PL/2024/07802 Granted
Bath Spa University, Corsham Court, High Street, Corsham, SN13 0BZ
Removal of existing softwood upper roof stucture and installation of new softwood roof structure on top of existing hardwood roof structure, at correct height and pitch to support new Spanish slate coverings previously consented under application PL/2021/
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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1 Sep 2026
Received by Wiltshire
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11 Sep 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 27 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
2 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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BATH SPA UNIVERSITY, CORSHAM COURT, HIGH STREET, CORSHAM, SN13 0BZ
99% historically approved · decision due ~5 Nov
T13 - Copper beech - Remove collapsed limb(s) and reduce overextended lateral limbs by crown thinning up to 15% - Reason - Sudden limb drop/Safety. T35 - Indian Bean Tree - Fell. Reason - Structurally unsound. T35c - Indian Bean Tree - Fell. Reason - S
Awaiting decision Trees 2 docs -
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Works to trees as identified by highlighting in purple and yellow on Tree Survey Report 1 and Tree Survey Report 2
Granted Trees 7 docs -
Bath Spa University, Corsham Court, High Street, Corsham, SN13 0BZ
Removal of existing softwood upper roof stucture and installation of new softwood roof structure on top of existing hardwood roof structure, at correct height and pitch to support new Spanish slate coverings previously consented under application PL/2021/
Granted Heritage and listed buildings 7 docs -
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PL/2026/05646 Awaiting decision
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PL/2026/04519 Granted
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PL/2026/04873 Granted
FARTHINGS, 56-57 HIGH STREET, COLLINGBOURNE DUCIS, MARLBOROUGH, SN8 3EQ
T1 - Yew tree - crown thin and crown lift to shape; remove several dead branches T2 - Sycamore tree - overall prune to keep tree back from dwelling
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PL/2026/04581 Granted
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