CORSHAM: (pictured) A new nursery could be opened in Springfield Community Campus off Beechfield Road. Plans have been submitted to use two rooms at the centre, run by Wiltshire Council, for children to spend time in. As part of the plans a 1.8m galvanised steel fence will be put up to create a play area.

Corsham Town Council initially objected to the development and said: “Object to the application on the grounds that there was insufficient detail for the Town Council to make an informed decision. The Town Council would appreciate further information as they currently have concerns regarding safe access and potential loss of a community facility.” However the objection was withdrawn at a later stage. Parking will not be changed at the community centre. Permission has been granted.

MARLBOROUGH: Security fences will be put up around St Johns School that is 69m long and 2.4m high. The fence is set to improve security as well as stop pupils from leaving the school using routes that should be blocked off. Planning officers noted that the fence is meant to improve relationships between people living nearby and the school to change routes made by pupils in and out of school. Marlborough town council said: “ The purpose of the works is not only to provide better site security but also to control the flow of school pupils who leave the site to the rear to minimise the disturbance to neighbours by pupils using unauthorised routes.”

BROMHAM: Plans have been thrown out after a range of objections were made by planning officials criticising an application to turn farm land into holiday homes. Static caravans already at the site were going to be renovated and turned into places for holiday makers and farm workers to stay. However a raft of objections were raised over plans originally submitted by Lance Beale at Wyatts Lake Farm on Westbrook Road. Plans for a new access road were rejected by highways officers and claims that the farm was being run as a business were questioned by neighbours. Mr Beale said: “If the development is allowed this would secure current employees and create additional employment opportunities in the local area”The plans were rejected, with one reason given: “The site is in an elevated position within the landscape where the proposed works and siting of mobile homes would have a detrimental impact on the rural and landscape character of the area.”

CALNE: A homeowner in Mile Elm has been blocked from turning an outhouse into a new home. Consent had previously been granted to adapt the outhouse but plans to make it a separate home have been refused. Officers said: “when this outbuilding was granted consent conditions were applied tying it to the host dwelling Sunnycroft, precisely for the reason to avoid the creation of an additional dwelling in the countryside. The effects derived for the creation of an isolated dwelling in the countryside remain as harmful now as they did in 2002.” Neighbour Dave Robb raised worries over the speed of the road connecting to the proposed site and said that quiet hamlet of Mile Elm should not become part of suburbia.

WARMINSTER: Plans to knock down commercial buildings off Bradley Road and build eight new homes have been rejected. Wiltshire Council ruled that the development was not sustainable and the area did not fall within the boundaries of the Wiltshire Core Strategy. Neighbours also raised concerns that they would lose their privacy if the homes were built.

CALNE: A former hair salon could be turned into a home after an application was submitted for Spider’s Web on Oxford Road to change use. The salon will soon close and Elliot Property Associates Ltd want to turn it into a two bedroomed ground floor flat. A decision from planners is due in September.

WESTBURY: Plans to turn a shop into a dental practise on the High Street have taken a further step forward. The plans have now been validated and a decision is due in September.

HOLT: Plans for a ground floor extension have been given the green light after changes were made to the designs. Permission at Leigh Grange on Leigh Road have now been approved.

The applicant David Hempleman-Adams said: “The listed building has been extended previously with a less than ideal finish. This extension would continue from the existing extension - no loss of historic fabric involved - and would be a sympathetic and simple way of creating a larger space for the kitchen.”