Melksham Without Parish Council

CONTACT YOUR COUNCILLOR

Information on how to contact your councillor can be found on the Councillors and Representatives page. Their email addresses are provided, but if you wish to ring or write a letter to your councillor please contact the office on 01225 705700 or email: ....More

OUT OF HOURS CONTACT DETAILS

OUT OF HOURS PHONE NUMBER For urgent matters please ring the out of hours mobile 07341 474234 (please ring, not text, as diverted to a staff member)....More

Look out in this week's Melksham News

Look out in your Melksham News this week for news about the next (and final) stage of the review of the joint Melksham Neighbouhood Plan 2 - the Referendum on Thursday 31st July. There is a full page round up of what it means for residents, and a leaflet too, outlining the planning policies.

The Melksham Neighbourhood Plan 2 already has significant weight, and if adopted will be used in consideration of all planning applications in Melksham and Melksham Without.

You can read both the documents here:

Miniguide leaflet: https://www.melkshamneighbourhoodplan.org/_files/ugd/fcc864_11dd5147725f40a0a2fae500a6fc78d7.pdf?index=true

Melksham News advert/article: https://4629ab47-0345-48f4-a6cb-1988bcd6afd1.filesusr.com/ugd/fcc864_f8c06dc1220d4b48ad90caeb1f1e49d1.pdf

Polling cards will also start arriving over the next day or so to all residents in Melksham and Melksham Without.

Lots of detailed info here: www.melkshamneighbourhoodplan.org

NOTICE OF PUBLIC RIGHTS AND PUBLICATION OF UNAUDITED ANNUAL GOVERNANCE & ACCOUNTABILITY RETURN 24/25

NOTICE OF PUBLIC RIGHTS AND PUBLICATION OF UNAUDITED ANNUAL GOVERNANCE & ACCOUNTABILITY RETURN 2024/25 Parish and Town Councils must publish an Annual Return that includes a summary of their income and expenditure; its assets and other balances. They ....More

REFERENDUM NOTICES: Melksham Neighbourhood Plan 2

Summer 2025 UpdateThe review of the Joint Melksham Neighbourhood Plan 2 is now complete, it has successfully completed its independent examination and Wiltshire Council have published their Decision Statement.A referendum will be held on Thursday 31st ....More

Sewer Upgrade by Wessex Water in Bath Road, Shaw

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Lime Down Solar Targeted Consultation - June 2025

Lime Down Solar Targeted Consultation June 2025 Lime Down are currently holding a stage of targeted consultation on a series of localised changes they are proposing for their plans for Lime Down Solar Park. This stage of targeted consultation ....More

Budget & Precept for 2025/26

Budget 2025/26 Melksham Without Parish Council agreed their Budget for 2025/26 at the Full Council meeting held on Monday 27thJanuary 2025. The Council unanimously agreed to set its Precept the proportion of Council Tax paid to the Parish Council - ....More

JOINT MELKSHAM NEIGHBOURHOOD PLAN 2 (JMNP2) - Submitted to Wiltshire Council Nov 2024

Follow this link to the Joint Melksham Neighbourhood Plan 2 dedicated website: https://www.melkshamneighbourhoodplan.org/....More

How to access published council meeting recordings on YouTube

How to access recordings of meetings on YouTube: All parish council meetings are recorded and published on YouTube following the meeting. You can access the parish councils YouTube channel by following the link Melksham Without Parish Councils YouTube ....More

Map of Electric Car Charging points

Want to find out where Car Electric Charging points are locally - and when you travel - have a look at this useful map https://www.zap-map.com/live/ ....More

Chairman Allowance

Chairman's Allowance In accordance with the Local Authorities (Members Allowances) (England) Regulations 2003 a parish or town council, in establishing a members allowances scheme, has to have regard to the recommendations of the Parish Remuneration ....More

How to find out the latest road closures in the parish

Road Closures in the parish To find the latest road closure in the parish please follow the link below to one network where they can be found. https://one.network/....More

JOINT MELKSHAM NEIGHBOURHOOD PLAN 1 (JMNP1) - adopted July 2021

Formal 'making' of theJoint MelkshamNeighbourhood Plan 2020 - 2026 Following an independent examination and a positive referendum result, Wiltshire Council have decided to formally 'make' the Joint Melksham Neighbourhood Plan 2020-2026. TheJoint Melksham ....More

Privacy Notice & Data Protection Policies

For details of the parish council's privacy notice and Data Protection policies please see the section "Council Policies" under "Your Council" from the main menu. ....More

Privacy Notice

The information you provide (personal information such as name, address, email address, phone number, organisation) will be processed and stored to enable us to contact you and respond to your correspondence, provide information and/or access our facilities ....More

Want to keep in touch?

Want to keep in touch? Follow us on facebook Melksham Without Parish Council or Teresa Strange (Clerk) for additional community news, on twitter @melkshamwithout and melkshamwithoutpc on instagram. ....More