I'm sure that one of my fellow admins / moderators will help me by merging this onto the right topic, but I'm not easily finding it this morning.

Result announced - referendum on the Joint Melksham Neighbourhood Plan 2 passed - detail at https://grahamellis.uk/blog1674.html

Great news locally - amongst many other factors it includes local community support, now with some legal weight, to the railway station in Melksham being / becoming a hub for public transport with better access between the town's various residential and business areas and the train service.

All the jigsaw pieces need to be joined up, and whilst I celebrate this result - which was overwhelming in my view.

Bur we also need to get our train service reliable and to increase the train service to at least one an hour each way as has been done with such success at Okehampton and Barnstaple, and will soon be done at Newquay and Portishead.   Bus services to and from the station are needed to connect with trains, and bus service also needs to be considered for all the developing housing on plan to the east of the town, where the develops themselves admit to the housing being within cycling distance of the centre rather than even claiming walking distance.