Melksham Without Parish Council

Parish Council Opening Hours over Christmas

Melksham Without Parish Council Christmas Opening Hours: The parish council office will close at midday on Friday 20th December and reopen at 9.15am on Monday 6th January. For any urgent parish issues such as internal property ....More

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

Notice of Councillor Vacancy

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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

**UPDATE: Tender deadline extended to Monday 20th January at Midday** 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

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 Parish Councils.

The consultation starts on Wednesday 27th November 2024 and responses must be received no later than 5pm on Wednesday 22nd January 2025.

Following this consultation, the comments received will be passed to an independent examiner, to be appointed by Wiltshire Council, who will consider the representations and determine if the draft plan should be put to a community referendum.

Where possible, please provide any comments using the Consultation Portal where all of the documents that form part of the consultation can be found. Please be aware documents viewed via the consultation portal may not be available to view with Internet Explorer. Please use an alternative internet web browser such as Google Chrome.

Submit your comments via the Consultation Portal https://buff.ly/3Z6ekdN

Alternatively, an editable representation form can be downloaded from the Supporting Files section on the portal and completed forms can be emailed to neighbourhoodplanning@wiltshire.gov.uk.

For people who do not have access to digital methods of communication, responses can be sent by post to:

Neighbourhood Planning Strategic Planning Wiltshire Council County Hall Bythesea Road Trowbridge BA14 8JN

For people who do not have access to the internet to view the draft Joint Melksham Neighbourhood Plan 2 (2020 2038), a paper copy can be provided on request - please Tel: 01225 713698 to request one.

The Neighbourhood Plan can also be viewed at:

Melksham Community Campus, Market Place, Melksham SN12 6ES

Town Hall, Market Place, Melksham, Wiltshire, SN12 6ES

Sprockets Coffee 116 Top Lane, Whitley, Melksham, United Kingdom

Please be aware that all representations will be publicly available and may also appear on the Wiltshire Council website via the consultation portal.

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) ....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

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