Salisbury’s estates at Bishopdown, Harnham and Laverstock are straightforward family roofs, while the city centre and the Cathedral Close are conservation areas with many listed buildings. Swindon has Victorian terraces in the old railway village, also a conservation area. West Swindon and Abbey Meads are large 1970s to 1990s estates, with newer homes at Wichelstowe and Tadpole Garden Village. Trowbridge, Chippenham and Melksham mix stone terraces with post-war and new-build estates. Bradford on Avon and Malmesbury have stone centres where listed buildings are common.
Planning goes through Wiltshire Council, or Swindon Borough Council in Swindon. Stonehenge and Avebury are a World Heritage Site, and the Cranborne Chase, North Wessex Downs and Cotswolds National Landscapes cover large parts of the county. SSEN is the network operator across much of Wiltshire, with National Grid Electricity Distribution in parts of the west, and we confirm yours at the survey. Villages along the Avon, Wylye and Nadder valleys are on overhead rural lines, where winter power cuts make battery backup worth asking about.