Planning application
BEECH HOUSE, HIGH STREET, SEEND, MELKSHAM, SN12 6NU
Works: Trees
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Two Yew trees to be felled.
As published by the council, reference PL/2026/05606
Application record
- Reference
- PL/2026/05606
- Type
- Notification of proposed works to trees in a conservation area
- Status
- Under Consultation
- Received
- 4 Sep 2026
- Validated
- 4 Sep 2026
- Ward
- Devizes Rural West ED
- Parish
- Seend CP
- Postcode
- SN12 6NU
Comment by 30 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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4 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 30 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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