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

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) ....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 - at 261,592 for the 2024/25 financial year, which is an increase of 16,320.97 (6.65%) on last years Precept. This means that the average Band D household will contribute 89.94 to Melksham Without Parish Council, a 5.23 (6.17%) rise from last year. (Band D properties are used as a measure of the national average).

The parish council has strived to keep the cost low for residents, and within the level of inflation, whilst maintaining services and investing in assets.

You can read all the details in the Finance Committee minutes of 8th January

To Access a copy of the budget please go to our accounts and audit page: Accounts and Audit for 2024/25

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