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The Case for Integrating the Areas of Berryfield, Bowerhill and East Of COMMUNITY GOVERNANCE REVIEW Melksham Town, Melksham Without Parish and Seend The Case for integrating the areas of Berryfield, Bowerhill and East of Melksham to create a new single Melksham Council Including (B) creating a new Parish of Beanacre, Shaw and Whitley (c ) transferring the BRAG land from Seend for inclusion in a new Melksham Council boundary Prepared by N. W. 1 CONTENTS Paragraph Page COMMUNITY GOVERNANCE PROPOSAL 3 THE PROPOSAL 1 3 INTRODUCTION 12 6 REASONS FOR ONE INTEGRATED MELKSHAM COUNCIL Population Growth 18 6 The future Housing Market 26 7 Addressing Resident Concerns 31 8 BENEFITS OF ONE INTEGRATED COUNCIL 40 9 Local Governance Local Residents Wiltshire Council PROMOTING ECONOMIC AND STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT 44 10 Employment 48 10 Strategic Projects 57 11 Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) 66 12 Education and Training 73 13 Highways and Transport 80 14 THE TWO COMMUNITIES ARE MUTUALLY DEPENDENT 84 14 REVIEWING THE ‘VILLAGE STATUS’ ARGUMENT 95 15 A NEW PARISH COUNCIL FOR BEANACRE, SHAW AND WHITLEY 106 17 TRANSFERRING THE ‘BRAG’ LAND’ 115 18 ORIGINAL SUBMISSION TO COMMUNITY GOVERNANCE REVIEW 19 SOURCES 20 2 PROMOTING COMMUNITY COHESION: The Case for one integrated Council for Melksham COMMUNITY GOVERNANCE PROPOSAL 1. Dissolve both Melksham, Town and Melksham Without Parish Councils; 2. Create a single integrated Melksham Council within the Polling Districts boundaries of (see map): Melksham Town: FR1, FR2, FR3, FR4, FR5, FR6, ZY1, ZZ1, ZZ2, ZZ3, ZZ6 4,421 voters FN1, FN2, FN3, FN4, FN5, ZY2, ZY3, ZZ7 4,308 voters FM1, FM2, FM3, FM4, ZZ4, ZZ5, ZZ4, ZZ8 4,571 voters Melksham Without Parish: FZ1, FW1, FW2, FY1, FY2 6,008 voters with TOTAL CURRENT ELECTORATE (excluding new housing development) 19,308 voters 3. Review the number of Wards 4. Create a new separate Parish to include the historic villages of Beanacre, Shaw and Whitley, with a combined current electorate within Polling Districts of FX1 and FX2 of 1,431; 5. Transfer all the ’BRAG’ land from Seend Parish into the proposed new Melksham Council area THE PROPOSAL 1. Melksham is a long established market town, surrounded by agricultural farming land. In 2019, Melksham celebrated the 800th anniversary of the granting of a Royal Market Charter. Third tier civic governance is currently provided by Town and Parish Councils; derived from the former Urban and Rural District Councils serving the industrial and agricultural nature of these former communities. 2. However, new development in the Melksham area has seen rapid growth over recent years to the point that it already exceeds Wiltshire Council’s 2026 housing projection. More new housing estates are currently under development, being occupied or in the pipeline – particularly to the east and south of Melksham area. 3. All these developments adjoin existing housing in Melksham or the commercial and industrial premises on the large Bowerhill and Hampton trading estates. They are built on green field sites, which effectively closes the rural green buffer between Berryfield, Blackmore, Bowerhill; and the town, and further contributes to the further urbanisation of the entire Melksham local community. 4. Melksham Without Parish Council (MWPC) has already transferred 750 new East of Melksham houses to the Town Council; and it is understood that in response to this community governance review is proposing to similarly transfer the 100 Sandridge Place houses and the 450 new houses under construction East of Melksham. 2 5. Wiltshire Council has long included Bowerhill with town for planning purposes. It’s plans to achieve government demands for more houses in the period to 2036 is to transfer Melksham into the Chippenham Housing Market Area, which has a revised target of around 22,500 new houses – possibly with around 3,000 in the Melksham area.3 3 6. Data produced by Wiltshire Council in August 2018 4 suggested that the number of voters in each Polling District within the proposed integrated Melksham Council boundaries (as shown in the Map on page 2) is as indicated in the TABLE A below: TABLE A The proposed Integrated Melksham Council boundary – by Polling District Ward Description Polling Estimated Voters Suggested New Ward District 2018 2024 Melksham South 1 FM1 1721 1843 Melksham South Melksham South 2 FM2 897 931 Melksham South West Melksham South 3 FM3 1377 1429 Melksham East Melksham South 4 FM4 326 338 Melksham South East Melksham South 5 ZZ4 132 137 Melksham South West Melksham South 6 ZZ5 536 556 Melksham South West Melksham South 7 ZZ8 0 0 Melksham Central Melksham North 1 FN1 684 941 Melksham North West Melksham North 2 FN2 1101 1144 Melksham North West Melksham North 3 FN3 969 1008 Melksham North East Melksham North 4 FN4 739 767 Melksham North East Melksham North 5 FN5 35 217 Melksham North West Melksham North 6 ZZ7 184 191 Melksham Central Melksham North 7 ZY2 4 4 Melksham North East Melksham North 8 ZY3 6 6 Melksham North East Melksham Central 1 FR1 431 454 Melksham North East Melksham Central 2 FR2 674 702 Melksham Central Melksham Central 3 FR3 39 40 Melksham Central Melksham Central 4 FR4 1183 1228 Melksham Central Melksham Central 5 FR5 648 711 Melksham Central Melksham Central 6 FR6 1018 1090 Melksham East Melksham Central 11 ZY1 2 2 Melksham East Melksham Central 7 ZZ1 10 10 Melksham South West Melksham Central 8 ZZ2 0 0 Melksham South West Melksham Central 9 ZZ6 191 198 Melksham East Melksham Central 10 ZZ3 0 0 Melksham South West Blackmore 1 FW1 308 515 Melksham North East Blackmore 2 FW2 156 1036 Melksham South East Bowerhill 1 FY1 1484 1998 Melksham South Bowerhill 2 FY2 1423 1477 Melksham South West Berryfield FZ1 654 982 Melksham South West TOTAL 16,934 19,955 AVERAGE PER WARDS (x7 2,418 2,850 Average per Councillor @ x3 ward 806 950 7. The PARISH 2 proposal below assumes that the Melksham Council has SEVEN Wards each with an average voter range of around 2850 by 2024 to take account of planned new housing development. It is suggested that each Ward should have THREE Councillors – electing a total of 21 Councillors in total every four years – with the number of extra voters in the proposed Melksham South Ward being addressed by having extra Councillors elected - say 4 or 5 - in order to maintain balance with the average per Councillor. 4 8. The proposed Wards or a new integrated Council is detailed in the following TABLE B TABLE B Proposed Ward Allocation for New Integrated Melksham Council Suggested Ward Description Polling Estimated Voters Estimated Voters Cllrs District 2024 2018 Melksham North West FN1 684 941 FN2 1101 2251 1144 2756 3 FN5 35 217 FR1 431 454 Melksham North East FN3 969 1008 FN4 739 767 FW1 308 2403 515 2691 3 ZY1 2 2 ZY2 4 4 ZY3 6 6 ZZ6 191 198 ZZ7 184 191 Melksham East FM3 1377 1429 FM4 326 2723 338 2859 3 FR6 1018 1090 ZY1 2 2 Melksham South West FM2 897 931 FZ1 654 982 ZZ! 10 2229 10 2616 3 ZZ2 0 0 ZZ3 0 0 ZZ4 132 137 ZZ5 536 556 Melksham South ** FM1 1721 3205 1843 3841 3, 4 or FY1 1484 1998 5 Melksham South East FW2 156 1036 FY2 1423 1579 1477 2513 3 Melksham Central FR2 674 702 FR3 39 40 3 FR4 1183 2544 1228 2681 FR5 648 711 ZZ8 0 0 TOTAL 16,934 TOTAL 19955 21 - 23 ** Melksham South - extra voters could be addressed by having additional Councillors – either 4 or 5 9. The integrated Ward proposal above seeks to relate adjoining Polling Districts - regardless of their original Town / Parish allocations - to seek a approximate equal balance in the number of voters served by any one Councillor. 10. Population growth projection data from various sources for the Melksham Community Area suggested a rise from 24,100 (2006) to 26,590 (2011) and then up to 29,810 (2026) 5. The 2011 census showed the actual population was 28,343 6, which already exceeds the 2026 projection used to plan facilities and services, and more recent 2018 ONS data indicates this has risen again to 30,867.7 5 11. In order of size of populations by civil parish in Wiltshire, Melksham Town ranks as 7th and Melksham Without Parish is 17th. However, the combined total of one integrated Melksham Council (24,052) would rank as the 4th largest population in Wiltshire - after Salisbury, Trowbridge and Chippenham.8 INTRODUCTION 12. Wiltshire Council describes Melksham as “ one of Wiltshire’s oldest towns “ 9. Originally a Saxon settlement on a ford across the River Avon, in medieval times Melksham became a centre for a range agricultural and wool-based cloth weaving activity. It was surrounded by farming land and served as a royal forest during the Middle Ages. 13. As the weaving industry started to decline during the early 1800s, Melksham evolved to use the closed mills along the River Avon for manufacturing purposes. In 1940, the Royal Air Force took over agricultural land in the Bowerhill area to create No 12 Technical Training School and also the Berryfield area became married quarters housing. 14. When the RAF closed these training facilities during the mid 1960’s, the land did not revert to farming but was used instead to build housing and industrial estate premises for distribution, manufacturing and warehousing. Today the land at Bowerhill and Berryfield is largely covered in houses and the large industrial and commercial estates separated from Melksham town only by the A350 and A365. These housing developments and those in Blackmore to the East of Melksham area have been built on green field sites, immediately adjoining the Town Council boundary.
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