Draft Joint Melksham Neighbourhood Plan 2020-2030
Regulation 16 Consultation
Wiltshire Council is currently consulting on the proposed draft Joint Melksham Neighbourhood Plan, which has been formally submitted by Melksham Town Council and Melksham Without Parish Council.
Following this consultation, the comments received will be passed to an independent examiner who will consider the representations and recommend whether the draft Neighbourhood Plan should be put to a community referendum.
The consultation starts on Wednesday 2nd December 2020 and responses must be received no later than 5pm on Wednesday 3rd February 2021.
Please be aware that all representations will be publicly available and may also appear on the Wiltshire Council website.
Further information including the submitted draft neighbourhood plan and how to comment can be found online via:
Where possible, please provide any comments using the Consultation Portal. Alternatively an editable representation form can be downloaded from the Supporting Documents section on the consultation portal, and completed forms can either be emailed to or sent by post to:
Spatial Planning Team
Economic Development and Planning
Wiltshire Council
County Hall
Bythesea Road
Trowbridge
BA14 8JN
If you have no access to the internet and you wish to view the draft neighbourhood plan, a copy can be sent to you on request by calling neighbourhood planning on 01225 713598 or 770354.
Following this consultation, the comments received will be passed to an independent examiner, to be appointed by the council, who will consider the representations and recommend whether the draft Neighbourhood Plan should be put to a community referendum.
If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact Spatial Planning on:
Tel: 01225 713598 or by email to neighbourhoodplanning@wiltshire.gov.uk
Regulation 15 is now COMPLETE
The Steering Group have completed the Regulation15 stage of the Neighbourhood Plan process. This involved reviewing and responding to comments received from the Regulation 14 consultation held earlier in the year, and amending the Draft Plan and Evidence Base reports to reflect comments that were relevant.
The reviewed Reg. 14 Consultation version (now the Submission Plan) was approved by the Steering Group on Wednesday 21st October and by Melksham Town Council and Melksham Without Parish Council at their respective Full Council meetings on Monday 26th October.
The Melksham Neighbourhood Plan - Submission Version October 2020 and the reviewed Evidence Base Reports are on this homepage and ready for the next stage of the plan.
The Submission Version has now been submitted to Wiltshire Council who will hold a Regulation 16 consultation. This will be advertised on this website, the parish and town councils’ websites and social media and by Wiltshire Council.
Regular updates will be shared in the Melksham Independent News. Reg. 16 will run for another 6-week minimum period of consultation. The Plan will be examined by an appointed Planning Inspector and a report issued setting out whether the Plan meets the basic conditions. If any modifications are needed, they will be made before proceeding to a Referendum.
Due to current Government Covid-19 regulations, no Referendum will be held before 6th May 2021.
Melksham Town Council
Tel: 01225 704187
Melksham Without Parish Council
Tel: 01225 705700
An Introduction to the Melksham Neighbourhood Plan
Who is doing it?
Business
Youth Health and Wellbeing
Children's Facilities
Download the Neighbourhood Plan documents
Please Note: Documents shown with the dark red background to the download link and (NEW) in the title have been updated from the Regulation 14 Consultation documents. Documents with the dark green/blue background and not displaying (NEW) in the title are the same as previously displayed and have not been updated
Large versions of the maps in the Neighbourhood Plan are available for
download at the bottom of this page
Supporting Material and Evidence Base
Supporting Material
When a Neighbourhood Plan is submitted to the Local Authority for the next stages of consultation and examination, it also needs to be accompanied by a number of required documents:
CONSULTATION STATEMENT
Evidence Base
When a Neighbourhood Plan is submitted to the Local Authority for the next stages of consultation and examination, it also needs to be accompanied by a number of required documents:
SITE ASSESSMENT DOCUMENTS
LARGER DETAILED VERSIONS OF THE MAPS IN THE NEIGHBOURHOOD PLAN
License information for maps where not otherwise stated:
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