The outline planning application for up to 300 new homes and community facilities on land south of Snarlton Farm, Melksham has been withdrawn - February 2024.
(Application Reference - PL/2023/07107).
This is to enable us to carry out further technical work.
An outline planning application for new homes and community facilities on land south of Snarlton Farm, Melksham has been submitted to Wiltshire Council (August 2023).
The application reference number is PL/2023/07107, and the application is available to view on the Council's website.
In summary the proposals include:
An outline planning application seeks to establish whether the scale and nature of a proposed development would be acceptable to the Council, before a second fully detailed planning application (Reserved Matters) is submitted.
Where outline permission has been granted, and within three years of the outline approval, an application for the outstanding Reserved Matters can be submitted, i.e., the information excluded from the initial outline planning application.
This will include information about the exact layout, scale and appearance of the new homes, as well as the details of the open space and landscaping.
No development can take place on site until the Reserved Matters application has been consented.
Statutory consultees (e.g., Environment Agency and the Highways Authority) and local residents will have the opportunity to formally comment on the application direct with Eastbourne Borough Council
We will continue to work closely with the Council and where necessary will respond to statutory consultees through the planning process.
Wiltshire Council has been undertaking a review of its Local Plan. The Local Plan seeks to identify and meet the need for homes, jobs, shopping, leisure and the environment in the area.
As part of the Local Plan, the Emerging Spatial Strategy proposes a requirement for 3,950 homes to be delivered in Melksham of which 2,545 homes remain to be allocated.
The current Local Plan Review consultation has indicated land at Snarlton Farm as part of a potential wider development site to provide a strategic extension to the east of Melksham.
Wiltshire Council cannot currently demonstrate a 5 year housing land supply and there has been delays to the Local Plan.
This site can provide much needed high quality homes in the short term to assist the Council in meeting its housing shortfall.
If planning permission is granted for our proposals, a Community Infrastructure Levy charge per metre of development will be paid to the Council to fund necessary improvements to local infrastructure.
We expect receipts from the Community Infrastructure Levy payment to be directed towards:
We are also investigating the need for additional sports provision locally which could potentially be funded in part or in full as a Section.106 contribution
Catesby Estates are promoting land south of Snarlton Farm, Melksham, Wiltshire with potential for new homes and community facilities, including a policy compliant percentage of affordable housing.
The site lies within the administrative area of Wiltshire Council.
The land site is in a sustainable location close to the market town of Melksham which provides a wide range of services and facilities.
Myron Osborne, Land & Development Director for Catesby Estates said; “We are pleased to add this well located and sustainable potential residential site to our land promotion portfolio."
"Our in-house planning and technical teams will be now be working with both the Wiltshire Council and Melksham Without Parish Council to bring this site forward for housing.
The outline planning application for up to 300 new homes and community facilities on land south of Snarlton Farm, Melksham has been withdrawn - February 2024.
(Application Reference - PL/2023/07107).
This is to enable us to carry out further technical work.
An outline planning application for new homes and community facilities on land south of Snarlton Farm, Melksham has been submitted to Wiltshire Council (August 2023).
The application reference number is PL/2023/07107, and the application is available to view on the Council's website.
In summary the proposals include:
An outline planning application seeks to establish whether the scale and nature of a proposed development would be acceptable to the Council, before a second fully detailed planning application (Reserved Matters) is submitted.
Where outline permission has been granted, and within three years of the outline approval, an application for the outstanding Reserved Matters can be submitted, i.e., the information excluded from the initial outline planning application.
This will include information about the exact layout, scale and appearance of the new homes, as well as the details of the open space and landscaping.
No development can take place on site until the Reserved Matters application has been consented.
Statutory consultees (e.g., Environment Agency and the Highways Authority) and local residents will have the opportunity to formally comment on the application direct with Eastbourne Borough Council
We will continue to work closely with the Council and where necessary will respond to statutory consultees through the planning process.
Wiltshire Council has been undertaking a review of its Local Plan. The Local Plan seeks to identify and meet the need for homes, jobs, shopping, leisure and the environment in the area.
As part of the Local Plan, the Emerging Spatial Strategy proposes a requirement for 3,950 homes to be delivered in Melksham of which 2,545 homes remain to be allocated.
The current Local Plan Review consultation has indicated land at Snarlton Farm as part of a potential wider development site to provide a strategic extension to the east of Melksham.
Wiltshire Council cannot currently demonstrate a 5 year housing land supply and there has been delays to the Local Plan.
This site can provide much needed high quality homes in the short term to assist the Council in meeting its housing shortfall.
If planning permission is granted for our proposals, a Community Infrastructure Levy charge per metre of development will be paid to the Council to fund necessary improvements to local infrastructure.
We expect receipts from the Community Infrastructure Levy payment to be directed towards:
We are also investigating the need for additional sports provision locally which could potentially be funded in part or in full as a Section.106 contribution
Catesby Estates are promoting land south of Snarlton Farm, Melksham, Wiltshire with potential for new homes and community facilities, including a policy compliant percentage of affordable housing.
The site lies within the administrative area of Wiltshire Council.
The land site is in a sustainable location close to the market town of Melksham which provides a wide range of services and facilities.
Myron Osborne, Land & Development Director for Catesby Estates said; “We are pleased to add this well located and sustainable potential residential site to our land promotion portfolio."
"Our in-house planning and technical teams will be now be working with both the Wiltshire Council and Melksham Without Parish Council to bring this site forward for housing.