This is a page that shows some of the areas that Community Area Partnerships such as Melksham should be considering for now and the future. The pictures are purely illustrative - some are local to Melksham, others are ones that I have taken far and wide


Housing

Should new housing be built, and if so, where? Should it replace old or be on green fields? What type of housing, and how should it be served by ancilliary services?




Business, Commerce and Industry

Should a town retain traditional manufacturing? Look for new busineesses, perhaps more service based? Or should the town become a residential area with employment elsewhere?




Tourism

Does the town attract tourists? Does the town WANT to attract tourists, and if so, how? How can we attract them? How can we give them a good experience so that they send us more?




Waterway

The Melksham area already has the Kennet and Avon Canal passing through the more rural section to the south, but it's now proposed to open a fresh section of waterway to build towards a restoration of the Wilts and Berks link from Semington to Abingdon. Is this a good idea? What are the issues? If it goes ahead, which options should be choshen to make sure it does what we want for our own area?




Young People

From Birth to nursery to school, to teenage and first jobs. How do we provide faciities for new parents? Schools and other support - in study time and in leisure time? What is there for the kids to do?




Health and the Elderly

Hospitals, care homes, support as family members pass away and older people become more dependent. What needs to be provided in the area? How can we ensure that the area is fit for people in their retired years, or who are younger but never the less are less able to move freely and fully around.




Traffic

Do we design for heavy lorries and heavy car traffic? Can we reduce the need to travel? Can we provide easy access parking?




Public Transport

That's mostly "buses" in the Melksham area. We do have the occasional train. Can we co-ordinate public transport to make for better connections? Can we improve the train services? Or should we just use a stick of higher private motoring costs to force people financially onto the current services? Should we be providing new services as new housing areas open, rather than letting everyone move in, buy or bring cars, and only then provide an public transport alternative?




Walking and Cycling

Should we plan for shorter journeys, so that people can walk and cycle? Should new cycling routes be provided?




Security and Safety

How should we be policed? How can we make our home and workplaces, our leisure places and points between safer and more secure?



Not illustrated -Culture and Social Inclusion

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