Land South Of Snarlton Farm, Melksham, Wiltshire

Proposed Residential Development & Community Facilities

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Planning Application Update

An outline planning application for Land South Of Snarlton Farm, Melksham has been submitted to Wiltshire Council and can be viewed on their planning portal using the reference PL/2024/07097 (August 2024).

Statutory consultees and local residents will have the opportunity to formally comment on the application direct with Wiltshire Council once validated.

We will continue to work closely with Wiltshire Council and where necessary will respond to statutory consultees through the planning process.

In summary the proposals include:

  • Up to 300 new homes
  • 30% affordable housing
  • For those looking to downsize, a proportion of the new homes include bungalows
  • Reducing carbon emissions in line with the Future Homes Standard.  Its aim is to ensure that new homes built from 2025 will produce 75-80% less carbon emissions. (compared to the previous building regulations)
  • Electric car charging points will be provided for each new home
  • Land for community use such as allotments and orchard or a building with carparking
  • Over 19.8 acres (8ha) of open space and green infrastructure including two children’s play areas which amounts to more than 40% of the site
  • Significant new landscaping and creation of new habitats to deliver biodiversity net gains of 20% with the creation of a green walking and cycling corridor park alongside Clackers Brook.  This is well in excess of the +10% mandated in the Environment Act
  • Integration of existing public rights of way within the open space network and creation of new linked and circular footpath routes through the development and exploring connections to surrounding community and leisure uses

As with the previously withdrawn scheme earlier in the year, this latest application is for outline consent.  The number of homes, affordable housing and community facilities remain the same.  The main changes are predominately around improved green corridors and buffers along the existing hedgerows to better respect bat foraging routes.

We will update this website on a regular basis as our proposals and our proposals for the site progresses.

Outline Planning Application

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.

Pressure On Existing Infrastructure - Schools, Doctors And Local Services Capacity 

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:

  • Transport Infrastructure: road capacity, rail services, bus services, community transport, walking/cycling and parking
  • Education: early years and childcare, primary schools, secondary schools, further education, higher education and adult learning
  • Health: primary care, secondary care
  • Community: indoor and outdoor sports/leisure facilities, outdoor children’s play areas, parks and amenity green space, allotments and community gardens, community meeting spaces and libraries
  • Green Infrastructure: green corridors natural and semi-natural urban green spaces

Original Outline Planning Application Withdrawal

Our original Outline Planning Application (Reference PL/2023/07107) was withdrawn on the 20th February 2024 (this can be viewed on the Wiltshire Council's website).

This application was withdrawn following the adoption of the revised National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) in December 2023, which amended the Policy context within which the application would be considered and determined. 

Catesby Estates selected as preferred land promoter for strategic land site in Wiltshire

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.

Planning Application Update

An outline planning application for Land South Of Snarlton Farm, Melksham has been submitted to Wiltshire Council and can be viewed on their planning portal using the reference PL/2024/07097 (August 2024).

Statutory consultees and local residents will have the opportunity to formally comment on the application direct with Wiltshire Council once validated.

We will continue to work closely with Wiltshire Council and where necessary will respond to statutory consultees through the planning process.

In summary the proposals include:

  • Up to 300 new homes
  • 30% affordable housing
  • For those looking to downsize, a proportion of the new homes include bungalows
  • Reducing carbon emissions in line with the Future Homes Standard.  Its aim is to ensure that new homes built from 2025 will produce 75-80% less carbon emissions. (compared to the previous building regulations)
  • Electric car charging points will be provided for each new home
  • Land for community use such as allotments and orchard or a building with carparking
  • Over 19.8 acres (8ha) of open space and green infrastructure including two children’s play areas which amounts to more than 40% of the site
  • Significant new landscaping and creation of new habitats to deliver biodiversity net gains of 20% with the creation of a green walking and cycling corridor park alongside Clackers Brook.  This is well in excess of the +10% mandated in the Environment Act
  • Integration of existing public rights of way within the open space network and creation of new linked and circular footpath routes through the development and exploring connections to surrounding community and leisure uses

As with the previously withdrawn scheme earlier in the year, this latest application is for outline consent.  The number of homes, affordable housing and community facilities remain the same.  The main changes are predominately around improved green corridors and buffers along the existing hedgerows to better respect bat foraging routes.

We will update this website on a regular basis as our proposals and our proposals for the site progresses.

Outline Planning Application

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.

Pressure On Existing Infrastructure - Schools, Doctors And Local Services Capacity 

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:

  • Transport Infrastructure: road capacity, rail services, bus services, community transport, walking/cycling and parking
  • Education: early years and childcare, primary schools, secondary schools, further education, higher education and adult learning
  • Health: primary care, secondary care
  • Community: indoor and outdoor sports/leisure facilities, outdoor children’s play areas, parks and amenity green space, allotments and community gardens, community meeting spaces and libraries
  • Green Infrastructure: green corridors natural and semi-natural urban green spaces

Original Outline Planning Application Withdrawal

Our original Outline Planning Application (Reference PL/2023/07107) was withdrawn on the 20th February 2024 (this can be viewed on the Wiltshire Council's website).

This application was withdrawn following the adoption of the revised National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) in December 2023, which amended the Policy context within which the application would be considered and determined. 

Catesby Estates selected as preferred land promoter for strategic land site in Wiltshire

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.

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