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Architects working at a splendid Grade II-listed house in Corsham dating back to the early 1700s want to restore parts of it, at least, to its former glory. Bath Conservation Architects want to make several changes to more recent additions to Ivy House in Priory Street. The group’s application asks permission to remove 1930s partitions in the entrance hall, demolishing an ‘unsightly’ modern garage, removal of one staircase added in the 1930s and the replacement of another, a change of modern windows to more in-keeping sash windows, putting up a new greenhouse and replacing the property’s missing original iron railings.
A roundabout on the very edge of Trowbridge could be used to pay tribute to the town’s military and industrial heritage. Trowbridge Town Council wants to put up public art on the Bradley Roundabout featuring three quarter-size realistic sculptures of Second World War Spotfire fighter aircraft ‘flying’ on slender steel supports at varying heights and angles, suggesting a dogfight. READ MORE: All your Wiltshire planning news The council says its aim is “to create a prominent monument in the South West UK, to commemorate the role Trowbridge (and the general area) played in the production of the iconic Spitfire fighter planes, which were so instrumental in defending this country".
It wants: “To acknowledge the sacrifice and bravery of the British, Polish, Commonwealth and other pilots who fought so bravely to secure the freedom and liberty we enjoy today and to produce a focal point for the town and region when remembering key dates, such as the Battle of Britain each year and to specifically mark and celebrate the site of the Spitfire construction factory in Trowbridge.” The owner of Hesdin Hall on the Hesdin Estate in Westbury, James Jenner, has applied for retrospective permission for a change of access route and the provision of more parking than originally approved. Mr Jenner was given permission to build nine houses onsite, converting six existing buildings and putting three new ones up which are still under construction.
As part of the development new access route was created and extra parking added, to the development, and now approval is sought for those changes. It is legal to seek retrospective permission, but applicants run the risk of having to undo all their work if it is refused. Three garages associated 1 Box Hill in Corsham could become a holiday rental if Amanda Tunbridge’s proposal is approved.
A previous application to convert the three garages arranged in a terrace into a residential property was refused by planners at County Hall and then dismissed at appeal. But Ms Tunbridge’s new application says the Planning Inspector was not against all re-use of the building. The new application says the building could be converted to a two-bedroom property with living spaces on the same ground floor and a lower ground floor games room/study, and could be restricted to holiday use only.
Bats in Warminster could benefit from the approval last year of farm buildings at Perry Farmhouse to offices. As part of the approval of that plan by the Trustees of Lord Seymour’s 1971 Settlement, an alternative provision of bat roosts is needed as the animals will be displaced by the development of one of the farm buildings. The applicants have asked for permission for a bespoke single-story building, built of brick with a traditional slate roof especially as a roost for the nocturnal mammals.
The historical presence of a Society of Friends or Quakers’ Meeting House in the centre of Bradford on Avon could be marked if an application for a new plaque is approved. The town’s Preservation Trust has applied to put up the plaque, at the behest of the local Quaker group on the rear wall of Westbury house in St Margaret’s Street, facing the car park behind it to mark the group’s historic meeting house and burial ground. The plaque will be 38cm in diameter.
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