One of the most expensive schools in the country, Marlborough College, might get a new golf simulator on its campus.

Wiltshire Council has received a planning application that requests permission for a building containing an indoor golf simulator for students.

As a proposed donation from The Old Marlburian Golf Society, the simulator would be purchased from the brand Trackman.

The planning application states: “The addition of an indoor simulator would significantly improve the standard of coaching the college would be able to offer its students, particularly during the winter months.

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“Young players will have the opportunity to develop their skills more effectively during their time at the College whilst also producing more low-handicap players capable of competing at a high level.”

Marlborough College was founded in 1843 and the Princess of Wales is among its former pupils.

Meanwhile, Wiltshire Council has approved a planning application for a new games area on the playing fields at the Corsham School.    

A new path is also set to be built connecting Melksham Oak School to the new Hunters Wood development in East Melksham.

In other planning news, the Black Horse Inn in Cherhill has been listed as an asset of community value, whilst Wiltshire Council will consider a similar nomination for The Plough pub in Shalbourne.

Also to be reviewed by the council is an application for a secure dog walking site on land to the noth of Sopworth Road in Sherston, as well as the erection of 29 storage containers at The Sty, near the small village of Gastard.

The Former Vauxhall Car Dealership on Bath Road in Chippenham could have the existing building demolished and replaced with a new self-storage facility according to another planning application submitted this week.  

Nearby, a lorry parking and EV charging area has been approved on land at Oakleigh Acres Pitstop in Draycot Cerne, as an extension to the existing Chippenham truck stop.

Proposals for new homes have been put forward for: land adjacent to 41 Liden Close, Lugershall, Andover, SP11 9NP; 65 Longcroft Road, Devizes, SN10 3AX.

Nine new homes have been refused at the former nursery on Barters Farm in Chapmanslade, but three new homes have been approved at Courtleigh House in Westbury Leigh.

Outbuildings, such as sheds and workshops, have been applied for at: Cheney Court Farm, Ditteridge, Box, Corsham, SN13 8QF; The Old Manor, All Saints Road, West Lavington, Devizes, SN10 4LT; Green Farm, 24, Crockerton, Warminster, BA12 8AU.

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Similar applications have been approved at: South Farm, Water Eaton, Swindon, SN6 6JU; Field View, Milbourne, Malmesbury, SN16 9JB; Crooked Billet, 24 Primrose Hill, Tockenham, Swindon, SN4 7PG; Acron House, Swan Meadow, Pewsey, SN9 5HW.

Wiltshire Council will consider applications for extensions and conversions for: 4 Acre Close, Ashton Keynes, Swindon, SN6 6PJ; 14, Sherwood Avenue, Melksham, SN12 7HJ; Three Bridges, Ashton Keynes, SN6 6PW; 32 Cook Road, Aldbourne, Marlborough, SN8 2EG; Barn at Quelfurlong, Crudwell, SN16 9SL; Chink Cottage, Cresswell Lane, Lea, Malmesbury, SN16 9PE; Land West of Merryfields, Whaddon Lane, Trowbridge; West Ashton Village Hall, Bratton Road, West Ashton, Trowbridge, BA14 6AZ; Down Farm, Kington St Michael, Chippenham, SN14 6LP; Hedge Cottage, 67 KIngston Deverill, Warminster, BA12 7HG; Little Acre, Cadley Road, Collingbourne Ducis, Marlborough, SN8 3EA; 18 Stone Lane, Lydiard Millicent, Swindon, SN5 3LD.

Such work has been given the go-ahead for: 30 Garraways, Royal Wootton Bassett, Swindon, SN4 8LL; Bullen Hill Farm, Ashton Common, Steeple Ashton, Trowbridge, BA14 6DY; Fore Street Farm, 23, Great Hinton, Trowbridge, BA14 6BX; 60 Priory Street, Corsham, SN13 0AX; 83 Hardens Mead, Chippenham, SN15 3AQ; 22 Rowan Drive, Royal Wotton Bassett, Swindon, SN4 7ES; 14 Acacia Crescent, Trowbridge, BA14 9SZ; Mariners Oak, Oare, Marlborough, SN8 4JA; 10 Palmer Drive, Bradford on Avon, BA15 1TH; 5 Broadleas Crescent, Devizes, SN10 5DH; 2 Niebull Close, Malmesbury, SN16 9TX; 5 Church Street, Royal Wootton Bassett, Swindon, SN4 7BQ; Meadow Farm, Marlborough Road, Royal Wootton Bassett, Swindon, SN4 7SA; Rabley House, Mildenhall, Marlborough, SN8 2LW; 7 Witts Lane, Purton, Swindon, SN5 4ER; Melville Cottage, 146 Boreham Road, Warminster, BA12 9HB; 1 Queens Road, Trowbridge, BA14 8NH; Manor Cottage, Butts Lane, Kilmington, Warminster, BA12 6RD; 26 Broad Town Road, Broad Town, Swindon, SN4 7RB; 5 Erneston Crescent, Corsham, SN13 9DH; 35 Brecon Close, Melksham,, SN12 7RZ; Tanglewood, Main Street, Keevil, Trowbridge, BA14 6LU; 1 Overway, Overway Lane, Donhead St Andrew, Shaftesbury, SP7 9LH; 4 Falkner Close, Marlborough, SN8 1UG; 24 Eyles Road, Tidworth, SP9 7WU; 152 The Commons, Holt, Trowbridge, BA14 6QJ.

An additional storey and side extension have been refused at Little Tyning, on Box Hill in Corsham.

Work on homes, such as roof alterations and window replacements, has been applied for at: The Priory, Inmead, Edington, BA13 4QR; Copper Beech, Bath Road, Cricklade, Swindon, SN6 6AX; 53 Church Street, Calne, SN11 0HZ; 3 Church Walk, Bishops Cannings, Devizes, SN10 2LE; 78 Southfield, Southwick, Trowbridge, BA14 9PW.

This type of work has been approved at: Ogbourne Maizey Manor, Ogbourne Maizey, Marlborough, SN8 1RY; Units 10A & 10B, Dunkirk Business Park, Southwick, Trowbridge, BA14 9NL; 5 Nethermore, Church Rise, Neston, Corsham, SN13 9XT; Lydiard Millicent Parish Hall, Church Place, Church Place, Swindon, SN5 3LS; Hollytrees, Tetbury Road, Sherston, Malmesbury, SN16 OLU.