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Search the Public Notice PortalRevised plans have been submitted as part of a huge 300-home development outside Melksham.
On 29 July last year a planning application was filed to build the vast estate on land off Snarlton Lane, east of Melksham.
The proposal reads: “Outline planning application with all matters reserved except for two pedestrian and vehicle accesses (excluding internal estates roads) from Eastern Way, for the erection of up to 300 dwellings (Class C3); land for local community use or building (incorporating Classes E(b), E(g) andF2(b) and (c)); open space and dedicated play space and service infrastructure and associated works on land South of Snarlton Farm, Snarlton Lane, Melksham, Wiltshire, SN12 7QP.”
The submission of last year’s application was a reworking of plans that were withdrawn in February 2024.
According to a design and access statement included in the application last July, the plans were resubmitted with a number of changes.
Now, the proposals appear to have entered yet a new phase as the applicant has recently produced further updated plans, and resubmitted the application form to Wiltshire Council on May 22.
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The latest plan reiterate much of the initial proposals, but offer changes to infrastructure and a document illustrating plans for improved community engagement.
In a covering letter submitted to the planning page on May 22, the applicant states a revised pack of drawings had been attached.
The letter indicates that following meetings with the highways department at Wiltshire Council, the applicant introduced a new entrance, which would see a roundabout built at the southern entrance to the proposed development.
A number of objections have been filed in response to the application at various stages.
On March 19, Gary Fossey, a Melksham-based driving instructor who ran as a candidate in the May 1 Wiltshire elections, said that he objected to this and all future development on the site on ecological and archaeological grounds, given that the land of the proposed site is currently open agricultural land.
Malcolm Cupis, meanwhile, objected to the plans in December 2024, stating that Melksham did not have the resources to cater for such a large influx of people.
However, an expected decision date pencilled in for late July, 2025, meaning that the plans are currently under close scrutiny.
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