1. CONTENT SUBJECT TO PLANNING CONSENT.
ALL TIMINGS INDICATIVE.
Melksham Area Board
Wednesday 10th October 2012
Melksham Community Campus –
Project Update

2. CONTENT SUBJECT TO PLANNING CONSENT.
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Background
• COB update
• Existing site plan - challenges and opportunities
• Site plan - preferred layout
• Adjacencies diagram
• Draft accommodation schedule

3. CONTENT SUBJECT TO PLANNING CONSENT.
ALL TIMINGS INDICATIVE.
Melksham Shadow Community Operations Board
(COB)
• Appointed by Area Board
• The team
• Our role
• New approach
Community Engagement
• Consultation (Community Area Partnership and Youth Survey)
• Fact Finding with community groups
(Melksham House users and sports clubs, Christie Miller
Members Forum, Chamber of commerce)

4. CONTENT SUBJECT TO PLANNING CONSENT.
ALL TIMINGS INDICATIVE.
Communications
• Development of website
Melkshamcampus-scob.org.uk
• Posters
• Melksham House User
Updates
• Press Releases
• Updates to Area Board

5. CONTENT SUBJECT TO PLANNING CONSENT.
ALL TIMINGS INDICATIVE.
Development of Feasibility Brief
• The initial proposal
• Design / Equalities / Travel principles
• Service specifications
• Local considerations
• Discussions with Architect

6. CONTENT SUBJECT TO PLANNING CONSENT.
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Aerial view
Nature reserve
St Michael’s
Cemetery Church
Site boundary
Assembly Hall
Cricket and Blue Pool
rugby pitches CONTENT SUBJECT TO PLANNING
CONSENT. ALL TIMINGS INDICATIVE. Site entrance
Secondary site Market Place
access
Melksham House
A350 Western Parking
Way
Melksham
Town FC

7. CONTENT SUBJECT TO PLANNING CONSENT.
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Site analysis
Overview
•Great opportunity
•Excellent site
•Central location
•Level ground
•Total area
5.6 hectares
(13.9 acres)
•Some key
site issues
to consider

8. CONTENT SUBJECT TO PLANNING CONSENT.
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Site analysis
Listed buildings:
•Melksham
House
(main façade
and entrance
porch)
•Gate piers to
Place Road
•Gate piers to
Market Place

9. CONTENT SUBJECT TO PLANNING CONSENT.
ALL TIMINGS INDICATIVE.
Site analysis
Listed buildings
Existing pond
•Valuable asset
•Historic
significance
•Potential
ecological value

10. CONTENT SUBJECT TO PLANNING CONSENT.
ALL TIMINGS INDICATIVE.
Site analysis
Listed buildings
Existing pond
Trees and TPO’s
•Around pond
•Along
north boundary
•In front of House
and bowling
green

11. CONTENT SUBJECT TO PLANNING CONSENT.
ALL TIMINGS INDICATIVE.
Site analysis
Listed buildings
Existing pond
Trees and TPO’s
Restricted main
entrance
•No vehicle /
pedestrian
separation
•Conflicting
accesses
•Narrow road

12. CONTENT SUBJECT TO PLANNING CONSENT.
ALL TIMINGS INDICATIVE.
Site analysis
Listed buildings
Existing pond
Trees and TPO’s
Restricted main
Entrance
Parkland setting
•Valuable asset
•Retention
important

13. CONTENT SUBJECT TO PLANNING CONSENT.
ALL TIMINGS INDICATIVE.
Site analysis
Listed buildings
Existing pond
Trees and TPO’s
Restricted main
Entrance
Parkland setting
Access off A350
•Inadequate
visibility
•Not viable

14. CONTENT SUBJECT TO PLANNING CONSENT.
ALL TIMINGS INDICATIVE.
Site analysis
Listed buildings
Existing pond
Trees and TPO’s
Restricted main
Entrance
Parkland setting
Access off A350
Potential cemetery
expansion

15. CONTENT SUBJECT TO PLANNING CONSENT.
ALL TIMINGS INDICATIVE.
Site analysis
Site access and
Rights of Way
•Variety of
access points
•Several
permissive
and public rights
of way

16. CONTENT SUBJECT TO PLANNING CONSENT.
ALL TIMINGS INDICATIVE.
Site analysis
Site access and
Rights of Way
Ecology
•Link to Cemetery
and Nature
Reserve on north
and west sides
•Trees and stone
walls on north
half of site
•Pond
•Keep western half
‘dark’

17. CONTENT SUBJECT TO PLANNING CONSENT.
ALL TIMINGS INDICATIVE.
Site analysis
Site access and
Rights of Way
Ecology
Archaeology
•Northern side of
site

18. CONTENT SUBJECT TO PLANNING CONSENT.
ALL TIMINGS INDICATIVE.
Site analysis
Site access and
Rights of Way
Ecology
Archaeology
Facilities / Activities
•Assembly Hall
adjoining the site
•Blue Pool site
•Rugby and cricket
pitches
•MTFC pitch
•Snooker, skittles,
bowls, tennis and
social clubs
centred on
Melksham House

19. CONTENT SUBJECT TO PLANNING CONSENT.
ALL TIMINGS INDICATIVE.
Proposals
• Key elements of
Melksham House
retained
• Small scale new build
around Melksham
House
• New development for
leisure facilities
on MTFC ground
• Creation of good
quality public space
• Single point of contact
in central hub building
• Cricket pitch retained
• Potential cemetery
expansion
• Potential additional
car parking
• Potential reuse of Blue
Pool

20. CONTENT SUBJECT TO PLANNING CONSENT.
ALL TIMINGS INDICATIVE.
Proposals
• Key elements of
Melksham House
retained
• Small scale new build
around Melksham
House
• New development for
leisure facilities
on MTFC ground
• Development
supports existing
rights of way and
routes into the site
• Creation of good
quality public space
• Pond retained and
enhanced
• Parkland approach
retained
• Single point of contact
in central hub building

21. CONTENT SUBJECT TO PLANNING CONSENT.
ALL TIMINGS INDICATIVE.
Adjacencies schematic
Supplementary new
build / extension to
Melksham House
(appropriate in scale)
Library
Service
accommodation,
Multi-purpose
spaces, etc.
Retained heritage
elements of Melksham
House (ground and
first floors)
Primary leisure elements Single point of contact Wiltshire Council service provision
and core and core specification

22. CONTENT SUBJECT TO PLANNING CONSENT.
ALL TIMINGS INDICATIVE.
Draft Accommodation Schedule

23. CONTENT SUBJECT TO PLANNING CONSENT.
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Next Steps
• Detailed design: October 2012 – March 2013
• Planning: Aiming for Spring 2013
• Assuming Area Board approval liaise with Melksham Town Council
to ensure that the existing Assembly Hall is considered within
scope for the project and that associated activities are protected.

24. Questions?