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Wiltshire Local Development Framework additional employment opportunities helping to balance housing and employment in the town, potentially increasing its self-containment. The Strategic Sites background paper contains further detailed information. 3.4.9 Recommendations for future employment land supply have been set out in the Wiltshire Workspace and Employment Land Strategy 2009. Further information can be found in the Strategic Sites background paper. Bradford on Avon is not identified as a town for strategic employment growth. However, the preferred option is likely to be a mixed use development, containing some employment. Further assessment will be carried out on employment sites in Bradford on Avon. 39
Wiltshire Local Development Framework 3.5 Calne community area 3.5.1 Calne is one of the market towns in Wiltshire. It lies on the A4 at its junction with the A3102, six miles to the east of Chippenham. Residential growth has taken place in the past without the necessary community infrastructure and there is a limited range of cultural and entertainment facilities on offer in the town. The town suffers from heavy traffic congestion. The priority for Calne is to invest in services and facilities and to increase its self-containment by delivering much needed town centre improvements. 3.5.2 Limited infill development will be appropriate within the smaller villages of Derry Hill / Studley and Heddington. Figure 3.5.1 Calne community area What are the key issues and opportunities for Calne that need to be planned for 3.5.3 Issues The town suffers from heavy traffic congestion and whilst a northern bypass was completed in 2001, there has been a long held aspiration for a road on the eastern side to alleviate congestion in the town. However, the level of growth necessary to support such a road may make this unrealistic. Residential growth has taken place without the necessary community infrastructure and there is a limited range of cultural and entertainment facilities on offer in the town. As a 40
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