Wednesday 8th October 2025
Kate Moore has posted on Facebook:
Planning Application: PL/2025/o7191
Site Address
Knoll Farm, Norton Ferris, Warminster, BA12 7FG
Proposal
Change of use of agricultural land and building to storage (class B8), general industrial use (class B2) and light industrial use (Class E (g) (iii), including excavation works, on-site bund, parking, landscaping and external storage.
Kate Moore writes:
Please comment on this application before 28th October. And tell others to do so all along the Wylye Valley.
it is important to state whether you object or support the application at the outset.
It is the very untidy farm area on the left as you go south to Mere between Maiden Bradley and Norton Ferris.
– It threatens the River Wylye which rises just on the edge of the site
– It will further increasing traffic on our beleaguered B3092!
– Kilmington are concerned that it will impact their drainage systems.
Neighbours / consultees say:
“Westcorn Enviro Waste Ltd has been operating unlawfully from this site, a former pig farm, since 2019 without planning permission and is now seeking retrospective approval to continue, and increase, its activities. The business involves the collection, transportation, and recycling of animal by-products (bone, meat, carcasses, fallen stock etc.).
I am concerned the existing activities at Knoll Farm present a number of environmental risks, arising from the following:
Pollution risks to the Wylye: The site, nearby road and adjacent land is prone to serious surface water flooding. Recent works on site appear to include drainage pipes laid to direct water away to ditches which lead to the River Wylye. There does not appear to be any sump or wastewater disposal system, leaving no provision to prevent wash-down water from lorries — containing cleaning chemicals and animal by-products — from flowing into the ditch.
Significant increase in HGV traffic: These activities inevitably mean a marked rise in the number of large lorries using the B3092 and surrounding lanes, which are already unsuitable for sustained heavy vehicle traffic. This raises safety concerns for residents and road users, alongside the added pressure on local infrastructure.
Furthermore, the planning application submission is poorly detailed and lacks any technical justification of the impacts that will (and are already) resulting from activities carried out at this site. A drainage assessment should be provided as well as an ecological survey (currently not part of the submission) to demonstrate the impact to flood risk, local drainage issues and wider ecology. An assessment should also be required to properly quantify and address the impacts of increased lorry traffic on the B3092 and surrounding roads, alongside associated noise and air quality considerations.”
development.wiltshire.gov.uk/pr/s/planning-application/a0iQ300000GQhRVIA1/pl202507191
