Gleeson Story Board

800 new houses in Malmesbury?

Filands and Wychurch fields

Gleeson already ‘control’ the Filands and Wychurch site.

Documents submitted by Gleeson to Wiltshire Council make clear they would like to build a total of 800 houses across the entire site.

Gleeson are currently preparing to present their proposals for 200 houses on two fields in the west of the site area, which is expected to take the form of an exhibition style presentation in the Town Hall.  Let’s call this Phase 1.

The pictures below show what the fields currently look like, what Gleeson's plans are, and what perhaps it could look like.

Do we want this?

1) What it's like today

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2) Gleeson Proposals

Gleeson quotes '...it is likely that Malmesbury could potentially accommodate up to 800 dwellings on Greenfield sites (up to 2026)' '...an increased allocation above 200 dwellings is required' '...to include the entire Whychurch Farm site' (Gleeson Dec. 2009)

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3) Gleeson 'Phase 1' area today

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4) What it could look like

Gleeson proposed housing density giving ~200 houses Proposals for later phases are even higher densities, similar to new estates in Swindon or Chippenham At least 30% Social, or Affordable Housing (example from West Swindon)

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5) Gleeson Illustrative Plan

Phase 1: 200 houses Are we being given realistic information ? Phase 1 proposes a housing density ~ 50% higher than Reeds Farm. Why does the density in the Plan look lower ? Are 200 houses shown ? Are the houses the right size ? What about property details (driveways, fences etc.)?

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Other issues

• Malmesbury has already gained 600 new houses since 2004 (25% growth)
• No primary school capacity
• No new jobs
• Traffic increase
• Parking problems
• Increased flood risk
• Conservation risks
• Irreplaceable loss of countryside

Other issues

Come to the Town Hall for the council planning meeting on Tuesday 14th September at 7pm

Contact our Councillors: Town (Ray Sanderson); County (Simon Killane); and Wiltshire's MP (James Gray)

Join the Residents' Association ( This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. )

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