Many planning applications have been submitted this week in Wiltshire, including a proposed historical information facility at Marlborough College and an extended traveller site in Royal Wootten Bassett.

Extensions

The council has approved applications for extensions to 27 Elm Grove Road, Salisbury and Bourne View, Collingbourne Kingston, Marlborough.

Applications for similar extensions have been submitted for consideration at the following locations: Oakfield, Furlong Way; The Hollows, Lower Woodford; 56 Harnwood Road, Harmham; 11 Eastleigh Road, Devizes; 217 East Gomeldon Road, Gomeldon; 7 Milton Road, Pewsey; The Old School House, 79 Bristol Street; 1 Pound Close, Semington; 17 Home Ground, Royal Wotton Bassett; Lains, Hop Gardens, Whiteparish; 37 Woodvill Road, Salisbury.

The extension at Oakfield, Furlong Way would include the erection of an open timber carport with an electric charging point.

The application for The Old School House, 79 Bristol Street, Malmesbury proposes the installation of solar panels.

Changes of use and conversions

Jacobs Park, the land adjacent to 40 Marlborough Road in Royal Wootton Bassett, could see a change of use of the land to “provide an extension to existing Gypsy site, consisting of four pitches including 4 mobile homes, 4 day rooms, 4 touring caravans and associated hardstanding and landscaping.”

The application was first submitted in August 2022, and received conditional approval from the council.

One of the conditions was that the site “shall not be permanently occupied by persons other than gypsies and travellers” as “planning permission has only been granted on the basis of a demonstrated unmet need for accommodation for gypsies and travellers and it is therefore necessary to keep the site available to meet that need.”

Stockham Marsh Farm in Foxham, Chippenham has made a retrospective application for external alterations to an agricultural building designed to be a small retail unit, farm shop and Café.

Another application seeks permission to change agricultural land at Mead Acre in Milton Lilbourn, Pewsey, for private equestrian purposes.

It proposes the erection of stables and a store building, and the formation of hardstanding.

Tokes Farm Education Centre in Semley has submitted floorplans for a single-storey education building to be used for “school visits to the farm, alternative provision for Wiltshire Council, a home educational group, holiday clubs, fundraisers, evening yoga classes and talks for the community.”

Home Farm Cottage in Oare, Marlborough has an area of agricultural land that is being proposed for a residential amenity and a greenhouse for the cottage.

The council also received an application for the conversion of a garden pavilion in the grounds of Marlborough College into an information facility.

The application states that “this information centre will provide awareness and learning on the history of the (Marlborough) Mound through displays, photos, impressions, etc.”

Meanwhile, in Salisbury, Flat 129 on Bulford Road could see the conversion of an existing ground-floor barber shop and first-floor flat to create a single 3-bed residential dwelling.

There is also a proposed conversion of existing barns at 127 East Gomeldon Road to form a single-storey, two-bedroom residential dwelling.

Westfield Farm in Upper Woodford, Salisbury has applied to convert a cattle barn to a grain store.

The council also received an application for the proposed demolition of Weather Oak, Moor Hill in Fovant, Salisbury to see it replaced with a new dwelling.

Land east of Becketts in Ashley, Box, Corsham is subject to an application for the development of an “underused” piece of land to provide one private dwelling and three affordable dwellings.

Refused

An application for a certificate of lawfulness for the use of an outbuilding as a single-dwelling house and surrounding land as a residential curtilage at Sycamore Lodge, Roundway Park in Devizes has been refused.

The council said: “The submitted evidence is ambiguous and imprecise and is not persuasive that, on the balance of probability, a continuous period of independent residential occupation of the site occurred for four years up to the date when the breach was identified.

“The use of the site is therefore unlawful and remains open to enforcement action.”

The construction of a new porch at The Old Granary in Grittleton, Chippenham was also denied.