THE following planning applications have been decided by Wiltshire Council recently.

Box: Planning officers have rejected a retrospective planning bid after a stable block was built at Hobbs Bottom Farm.

John Hill, who submitted the plans after the works were partially completed, was criticised by officers who said the build was not appropriate or justified for agricultural or equestrian uses.

The plans also sought permission for the stable block to house a milk-vending station, as well as alterations to its existing access.

In their report, the officers wrote: “The building, as built, is considered an obtrusive development that does not blend in with its surroundings and would have an adverse impact on the openness and setting of the adjacent green belt. The council is also concerned about the cumulative impacts the proposal has on the green belt.”

Pewsey: A bid to replace the equipment store at the Pewsey Vale Football Club has been approved by planning officers.

Grittleton: A bid by Mr Payne to convert an agricultural building at Golden Acres has been refused. Mr Payne wanted to turn the building into two dwellings.

In their report, planning officers wrote: “The application is not supported by a robust structural survey to demonstrate how the building would be converted into residential use.

“It has not been demonstrated that the existing structure is capable of taking the loading associated with the residential conversions.”

The officer added that the scope of the proposed works would go beyond what is deemed to be a conversion.

Calne: Plans to remove the signs and cashpoint at Lloyds bank on the high street have been approved.

Mere: Permission has been refused to Mrs S Fineman of Breaches Barn in Barrow Street, who wanted to change the use of an agricultural building with the intention of converting it to a dwelling.

Planning officers believed that the building could not be converted without significant work being done first, which would have meant approval fell beyond what the council considers to be a conversion.

Trowbridge: plans to build a two-storey side extension with a single-storey rear extension and conservatory at 11 Balmoral Road have been approved.

Trowbridge: Michael Hillier of 3 Hilperton Road has had a planning bid rebuffed by the council, after he wanted to build a timber-framed shed and Wendy house at the front of his property.

Mr Hillier’s plans were opposed by the town council, which said the development would be out of keeping with the rest of the area and too close to the road.

The town council suggested the Wendy house could be built in the back garden.

Wiltshire Council’s planning officer’s agreed that the build would not be in keeping with the rest of the houses in the area, adding: “They would also result in less than substantial harm at the upper end of the scale to the character and appearance of the conservation area and the setting of the listed building and provides no substantive public benefits.”

Warminster: Plans to build 46 houses at land north of Folly Farm have been approved.

The plans include demolishing the existing structures on the land, as well as constructing the new houses with garages, parking spaces, open space and infrastructure.

A raft of opposition to the Redrow Homes' bid, did come to the development from concerned residents.

Mary Russell, of Bramley Close, said: “So a potential for a further 184 people to book into the overstretched doctors' surgery, there are no spaces available for registering with an NHS dentist.

“Surely Warminster has exceeded its allocation of new homes?”

Bromham: Carol Eldridge, of 212 St Edith's Marsh, has been granted permission to build a single-storey extension, front porch and garage/workshop at her property.