Draft Wiltshire Housing Site Allocations Plan – Advance notice of consultation

Draft Wiltshire Housing Site Allocations Plan – Advance notice of consultation

The draft Wiltshire Housing Site Allocations Plan, a formal Development Plan Document, has been prepared in accordance with the Wiltshire Core Strategy.   It will:

  • Revise, where necessary, settlement boundaries in relation to the Principal Settlements of Salisbury and Trowbridge, Market Towns, Local Service Centres and Large Villages; and
  • Allocate new sites for housing to ensure the delivery of homes across the plan period in order to maintain a five year land supply in each of Wiltshire’s three Housing Market Areas over the period to 2026.

Although the consultation will not start until Friday 14 July 2017 (and continue for 10 weeks) this letter is to give you advance notice of the proposed consultation period and drop in events being held as part of the consultation. The events will be open between 12 noon and 7pm as follows:

Neeld Community & Art Centre, High Street, Chippenham SN15 3ER          Monday 17 July 2017
Guildhall, Market Place, Salisbury SP1 1JH                                                   Wednesday 19 July 2017
Town Hall, St Johns Street, Devizes SN10 1BN                                             Monday 24 July 2017
Atrium, County Hall, Trowbridge BA14 8JN                                                    Wednesday 26 July 2017

Officers from the Council will be available during the day to answer your questions about the draft Plan and we would encourage Town and Parish Councils to send representatives to find out more about what the draft Plan proposes in their area.

Parish and Town Councils will be contacted again around the start of the consultation with more information about how to comment on the draft Plan and where all the supporting evidence can be viewed.  In the meantime, a list of the proposed housing sites is attached for information. Please note that the following webpage http://www.wiltshire.gov.uk/wiltshsgsiteallocationsplan where the latest information and all supporting documentation will be posted in due course.