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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

Interested in becoming a Parish Councillor?
NEW YEAR, NEW CHALLENGE? Do you want to get more involved in supporting and improving your local community? The parish, town and Wiltshire councillors are all up for election on 1st May 2025, look out for more details in the New Year. If becoming ....More

Invitation to tender for Grass Cutting
Melksham Without Parish Council is inviting tenders for their grasscutting and bin emptying contract, for 3/5 years commencing 1st April 2025. Contact Marianne Rossi for more details.   ....More

Latest Flooding Advice
Information update following Storm Bert For the latest up to date information, please follow the below link to the flooding page on the Wiltshire Council website: https://www.wiltshire.gov.uk/article/986/Flooding ....More

Draft Joint Melksham Neighbourhood Plan 2 Consultation (2020 – 2038) (Regulation 16)
Draft Joint Melksham Neighbourhood Plan 2 Consultation (2020 – 2038) (Regulation 16) Wiltshire Council is formally consulting on the proposed draft Joint Melksham Neighbourhood Plan 2 which has been submitted by Melksham and Melksham Without ....More

Grant Aid 2025-26
Grant Aid 2025/26 Grant Awards Does your group/organisation benefit residents of Melksham Without? If so, you can apply for grant funding for 2024/25. The closing date for applications is 31st January 2025, with awards to be made at the Annual Parish ....More

Update on Submission of Joint Melksham Neighbourhood Plan 2 (JMNP2)

UPDATE ON THE SUBMISSION OF THE JOINT MELKSHAM NEIGHBOURHOOD PLAN 2 (JMNP2)

The review of the adopted Joint Melksham Neighbourhood Plan is now complete and following the unanimous approval of the latest draft (Submission Version: September 2024) by the Steering Group, Melksham Town Council and Melksham Without Parish Council in late September and early October the Plan has now moved to the next important stage. The Plan, and its suite of evidence documents, have now been submitted to Wiltshire Council where it will be subject to a further 6-week consultation period, and then on to Examination and eventual Referendum. We will notify you of these various stages.

You can view the draft Plan and the evidence documents here https://www.melkshamneighbourhoodplan.org/

YOU SPOKE. WE LISTENED.

Over the past two years, the Steering Group have been part of the local voices that have shaped this Neighbourhood Plan. From online surveys to drop-in events, to working meetings and research, and most recently with consultations on draft versions of the Plan, we’ve aimed to make sure this Plan responds to our shared local ambitions and concerns. We’ve also listened to what ‘statutory’ consultees, such as Wiltshire Council and the Environment Agency said. Alongside this, many businesses, landowners and their agents have also put forward their views about what the Plan should address. This is all summarised in a Consultation Statement - this includes responses to over 1300 comments from the Autumn 2023 and Summer 2024 consultations from the Steering Group. You can view the draft Plan, the Consultation Statement and other documents on the website https://www.melkshamneighbourhoodplan.org/

Councillor David Pafford, Chair of the Melksham Neighbourhood Plan Steering Group says of this important next step in the Plan process:

"“The first Joint Melksham Neighbourhood Plan (JMNP) 2020 – 2026 was brought into force on 1st July 2021 when our community gave it the thumbs up, through a positive community referendum result. It is therefore adopted as part of the Development Plan for Wiltshire to be used to guide and decide upon planning applications. Ongoing and new issues like providing affordable homes in the right places, tackling climate change and helping local businesses recover from the impact of COVID and deal with the Cost-of-Living crisis make it imperative that our Neighbourhood Plan evolves to continue to provide a strong local planning voice, alongside Wiltshire’s emerging new Local Plan that will set out where new homes and jobs will be provided looking ahead to 2038. To achieve this Melksham Town and Melksham Without Parish Councils and the Steering Group jointly launched the review of the Neighbourhood Plan to look ahead to 2038. The result is this second edition of the Joint Melksham Neighbourhood Plan (JMNP2). It has been updated and added to in order to make sure it remains up-to-date, forward looking and strong. This is a bold Plan that goes beyond minimum requirements, with the aim of getting the best possible outcomes from development for our communities as well as providing a legacy for future generations from a plan-led regeneration of brownfield sites. It tackles the difficult issue of housing shortage and need, by taking a positive and proactive approach to managing future development. It prioritises the regeneration of both the Cooper Tires and the Old Library site to support the delivery of homes, jobs and town centre vitality. Both of these projects attracted strong community support at the consultation stage. At Shaw and Whitley, the strategy protects the separate identities of each village and enables the delivery of much needed smaller and more affordable homes. The Plan even seeks to ensure that development granted at appeal, such as land South of Western Way, delivers on local priorities. From those members of our community who are part of our Steering Group, to the people who joined our working groups, to those who have responded to our consultations; it’s local people who have helped to shape this update. Our thanks to the many of you who have taken the time, in one way or another, to contribute to this Plan, to make sure it stays bang up-to-date and gives us the strongest possible say in local planning decisions.“


  

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

Budget & Precept for 2024/25
Budget 2024/25 Melksham Without Parish Council agreed their Budget for 2024/25 at the Full Council meeting held on Monday 22nd January 2024. The Council unanimously agreed to set its Precept the proportion of Council Tax paid to the Parish Council ....More

500 Homes Blackmore Farm
There is a new planning application for 500 houses at land at Blackmore Farm; to the north east of Melksham, with the access off the A3102 Calne Road. There is already another application for 650 houses at the same location by the same applicants, so ....More

Welcome to Councillor Martin Franks
A warm welcome and congratulations to Councillor Martin Franks who was co-opted by Melksham Without Parish Council last night, representing the Beanacre, Shaw, Whitley & Blackmore Ward. Martin signed his Declaration of Office and got stuck in straight ....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

Pre-application meetings with developers welcomed
The Parish Council welcomes the opportunity to hold meetings with developers at early pre-application stage in order to discuss the needs and requirements of the community and how any potential future development could meet or address these. Please click ....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

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