Marlborough Town Council
Marlborough Area Neighbourhood Plan
A Referendum will be held on 23 March
A Referendum about whether to adopt the Marlborough Area Neighbourhood Plan will be held on 23 March 2023. The area covers three parishes: Marlborough (including Manton), Mildenhall and Savernake.
The question which will be asked is:
"Do you want Wiltshire Council to use the neighbourhood plan for Marlborough to help it decide planning applications in the neighbourhood area?"
READ THE PLAN
The Plan and supporting documents are available on Wiltshire Council’s website at: http://www.wiltshire.gov.uk/planning-neighbourhood-latest-news
FIND OUT MORE
Please read the plan, supporting documents and take a look around our Neighbourhood Plan pages for background information.
You can also meet Steering Group members to find out more information as follows:
- Saturday, 11 March in person at Marlborough Town Hall
- Informal drop-in/Q&A: 10.30 to 12.30
- Presentation: The Neighbourhood Plan Explained + Q&A: 1.30 to 2.30
- Tuesday, 21 March, online via Zoom at 7pm (link will be published nearer the time)
Open the 
Press Release here
VOTE
Polling day is Thursday, 23 March. The Notice of Referendum will be posted on 16 February with more details about when, where and how to vote.
On 13 February Wiltshire Council published the information statement:
Marlborough Area Neighbourhood Plan Information Statement
A referendum relating to the Marlborough Area Neighbourhood Plan will be held on 23rd March 2023.
The question which will be asked in the referendum is ‘Do you want Wiltshire Council to use the neighbourhood plan for Marlborough to help it decide planning applications in the neighbourhood area?’
The referendum area is identified on the map which is included with this information statement. The referendum area reflects the area that has been designated as the Marlborough Neighbourhood Area.
A person is entitled to vote in the referendum if:-
• He or she is entitled to vote in an election of any Councillor of Wiltshire Council whose area is in the referendum area; and
• His or her qualifying address for the election is in the referendum area. A person’s qualifying address is, in relation to a person registered in the register of electors, the address in respect of which he or she is entitled to be so registered.
The referendum expenses limit that will apply in relation to the referendum is £2,779.60. The number of persons entitled to vote in the referendum by reference to which that limit has been calculated is 6,960.
The referendum will be conducted in accordance with procedures which are similar to those used at local government elections.
A copy of the specified documents, that is those documents listed below, may be inspected during normal opening hours at:
• The Library, 91 High St, Marlborough SN8 1HD
The documents are also available for public viewing on Wiltshire Council’s website at: http://www.wiltshire.gov.uk/planning-neighbourhood-latest-news
The specified documents are:-
- The referendum version of the Marlborough Area Neighbourhood Plan;
- Referendum Information Statement;
- The report of the independent examiner into the draft Neighbourhood Plan;
- Copies of the written representations submitted to the independent examiner;
- A Decision Statement of the Local Planning Authority’s satisfaction that the draft Neighbourhood Plan meets the basic conditions specified by statute and complies with the provision made by or under Sections 38A and 38B of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004;
- A statement that sets out general information as to town and country planning including neighbourhood planning and the referendum;
- Map of the Marlborough referendum area.
Terence Herbert
Counting Officer
Wiltshire Council
County Hall
Bythesea Road
Trowbridge BA14 8JN
Monday 13 February 2023
Download this statement as a PDF here