Chippenham Neighbourhood Plan – Checklist Produced To Assist Planning Applications
A checklist has been produced to assist developers, planners and stakeholders know which Neighbourhood Plan policies might be applicable in the assessment of common types of planning applications in Chippenham.
The checklist also specifies what information is required to be submitted in order to comply with specific policies.
The checklist can be viewed HERE.
Both the checklist and the latest Neighbourhood Plan Monitoring Report were agreed by the Neighbourhood Plan Monitoring Sub-Committee at their meeting of 18 December 2025.
The latest Neighbourhood Plan Monitoring Report presents the findings of monitoring carried out between June 2025-November 2025. Monitoring is being carried out to measure the Neighbourhood Plan’s effectiveness since it was ‘made’ in 2024.
The headline conclusions of the Report are as follows:
In the majority of cases the Local Planning Authority (LPA) are correctly selecting the most relevant Neighbourhood Plan policies to use in the assessment of planning applications (on 81% of occasions)
In the majority of cases, the LPA are determining planning applications in accordance with the relevant Neighbourhood Plan policies (on 72% of occasions)
Neighbourhood Plan Policies H2 (Housing Design) and TC4 (Development in Chippenham Conservation Area) are being used most frequently by the LPA, principally because they apply to both minor and major planning applications
Policy TC4 was cited by the LPA as a reason for refusal of a planning application in Chippenham town centre. This was on the grounds of the adverse visual impact of waste storage on the Conservation Area. The Policy was also used in the dismissal of an appeal for a large advertisement on Marshfield Road. The appeal was dismissed on the grounds of failing to preserve the special character of the Conservation Area
The latest Neighbourhood Plan Monitoring Report can be viewed on the Chippenham Neighbourhood Plan website.
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📻 We're delighted that our exhibition, "Wiltshire & the World: John Aubrey and the Quest for Knowledge", is being featured on the Ben Prater Morning Show on BBC Wiltshire all this week.
Tune in to hear historian Louise Ryland-Epton explore the remarkable life and achievements of John Aubrey, one of Wiltshire's most fascinating historical figures, 400 years after his birth in Easton Piercy. Today's link ⬇️
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m003014q (At 1.48.43)
Why not make time to visit the exhibition and discover Aubrey's extraordinary quest for knowledge for yourself?
📍 Open daily, 10.00am – 4.00pm
🎟️ FREE entry
🚪 Closed Sundays
We look forward to welcoming you!
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We have reduced our carbon emissions from our activities and services by 28.7% since 2019, according to our latest appraisal, covering 2024–2025.
Since we began measuring our emissions, we have made a number of changes to reduce our impact on the environment. These include replacing the LPG heating at Stanley Park with a heat pump and solar panels, switching to renewable energy suppliers, installing more energy-efficient heating and lighting, improving insulation in our buildings, and beginning the transition to electric vehicles and HVO fuel.
These measures form part of our Climate Action Plan, which sets out how we will achieve our commitment to become a net carbon zero organisation by 2030.
There is more work to do. Our next assessment will include further reductions from replacing gas heating at the Town Hall and Neeld Community & Arts Centre with heat pumps, helping us to remove fossil fuel heating from our buildings.
We will continue to look for practical ways to reduce our carbon emissions and make our services and buildings more sustainable.
To celebrate Swindon & Wiltshire Pride, we are flying the progress flag from the Town Hall.
For information on what celebrations are taking place this weekend, please visit
Swindon & Wiltshire Pride 2026 - 15 August 2026
www.swindonwiltshirepride.org.uk
Find out more about this years event on our website!