Block Management in Calne
No groundwater alert, no flood warning area, and an Article 4 direction that reaches exterior painting.
For residents' management companies, RTM companies and freeholders in Calne, we provide block management, service charge accounting and leasehold administration. The town's single Article 4 direction removes rights over roofs, porches, hard surfaces and exterior painting across 1.2 hectares. 73 per cent of the built-up area is radon class 2, where measurement is advised. Unlike Devizes, Pewsey and Warminster, Calne has no groundwater flood alert.
What We Would Put First for a Block in Calne
Confirm the Article 4 Boundary Before Redecoration
Calne's direction removes rights for exterior painting, roof alterations, porches and hard surfaces over 1.2 hectares, and no street list is published. We would confirm with Wiltshire Council whether the block falls inside before specifying any external redecoration.
ConsentsCommission Radon Measurement in Communal Areas
Eleven of the fifteen one-kilometre squares over Calne are class 2, covering 73 per cent of the town, where the published advice is that measurement is advised. We would recommend testing ground floor communal areas and record the result on the compliance file.
ComplianceCheck Listing Status Ahead of Any Specification
Calne has 176 listed buildings and features, almost all inside the conservation area that follows the river and takes in the Green and the Strand. We would check the block's status before preparing a Section 20 specification so consents are in hand.
Major works and Section 20Present the True Flood Position to Insurers
No flood warning area reaches Calne and the nearest groundwater alert stops 4.66 kilometres away, while the upper Bristol Avon alert covers 3.43 per cent of the built-up area. We would set out that position when placing buildings insurance.
InsuranceManaging a Block in Calne at a Glance
- Local authority
- Wiltshire Council
- Authority type
- Unitary
- Building control
- Wiltshire Council Building Control
- County
- Wiltshire
- Fire and rescue service
- Dorset and Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service
- Water and sewerage
- Wessex Water
- From our Plymouth office
- About 119 miles in a straight line
- Setting
- Inland
What It Costs to Move a Block in Calne to Us
Management is a fixed annual fee, quoted for the building and agreed before we start. We take no commission and no third-party incentives, so the fee is the whole of what we earn from the building. Taking a block on carries a one-off start-up fee, set by size:
| Block size | Fee |
|---|---|
| Start-up fee, up to 10 units | £420.00 |
| Start-up fee, up to 25 units | £540.00 |
| Start-up fee, 50 units and above | £660.00 |
Taken from our published Additional Services price list, PBM Form #01-27 rev.6, effective 23 June 2025. All fees quoted are inclusive of VAT. See the full price list and how a handover works.
Article 4 Here Reaches Roofs, Porches and Exterior Painting
One Article 4 direction applies, and it removes a broader set of rights than either of the two at Devizes: the enlargement, improvement or alteration of a dwellinghouse, alterations to a roof, porches, hard surfaces and the painting of the exterior. It covers 1.2 hectares, about a quarter of one per cent of the town. Neither its sealing date nor a street list is published. Because it reaches exterior painting, a block's position should be confirmed with Wiltshire Council before any external redecoration is specified.
Fewer Than One Household in Eight Lives in a Flat
The census output areas inside the built-up area hold 8,420 households with 995 in flats, 11.8 per cent. Of these, 848 were in purpose-built blocks, 55 in a converted or shared house, 43 in another converted building and 49 over commercial premises. Four wards carry the Calne name and sit between 92 and 100 per cent inside the town, so their figures are a fair guide. The fifth, Calne Rural, has only 2 of its 19 output areas inside the town and a flat share of 2.3 per cent, so its figures do not describe Calne. Most flats here are in purpose-built blocks, where the leases and the service charge budget usually follow a standard pattern.
No Flood Warning Area Reaches Calne
One Environment Agency area covers Calne, the upper Bristol Avon alert, at 3.43 per cent of the built-up area, and Calne is named in the published description of that area. No flood warning area reaches the town. Calne has no groundwater containment at all, the nearest groundwater alert stopping 4.66 kilometres away, unlike Devizes, Pewsey and Warminster where groundwater is the defining mechanism. The Environment Agency's record names no specific watercourse through the town, giving only the Bristol Avon. For most blocks that is a modest flood position, and it is worth setting out clearly when buildings insurance is placed.
Almost All 176 Listed Buildings Sit in the Conservation Area
One conservation area, designated in January 1973. The council describes the boundary as having been reviewed and adjusted periodically, most recently in 2000. It follows the route of the river and takes in the areas around the two main routes into the town centre. That includes the historic Green and the later Strand as well as the retail and commercial heart of the settlement. An appraisal exists, but it is published as a scan and carries no date. External works to a block inside the boundary need the conservation area taken into account in the specification.
The council publishes a figure for the town: 176 listed buildings and features in Calne, almost all of which are in the conservation area. The National Heritage List holds 179 entries inside the built-up area, one Grade I, thirteen Grade II* and 165 Grade II. The Grade I is the Church of St Mary. The council also publishes a grade split of three Grade I, seventeen Grade II* and 280 Grade II, but that covers the two-parish neighbourhood plan area of Calne Town and Calne Without together, not the town. Bowood lies in Calne Without rather than in Calne. Two scheduled monuments sit inside the built-up area, both medieval settlement sites. A block's listing status should be checked before a major works specification is prepared, so any consent is in hand.
Measurement Is Advised Across 73 Per Cent of Town
Low bands, but mostly class 2. Of the fifteen one-kilometre squares over the built-up area, eleven are class 2, covering 73 per cent of the town. There the maximum radon potential is 1 to 3 per cent of homes at or above the action level, and the published advice is that measurement is advised. The remaining four are in the lowest band, where the advice is that measurement is not needed. For most blocks, testing ground-floor communal areas and recording the result on the compliance file is the sensible step.
A Second Neighbourhood Plan Now Runs to 2038
Decided under the Wiltshire Core Strategy, adopted 20 January 2015, together with saved policies from the North Wiltshire Local Plan adopted in June 2006. The Calne-specific saved allocations cover Quemerford House, Lower Quemerford Mill and Station Road for housing, and land east of Beversbrook Farm and the Porte Marsh industrial estate for employment. The emerging Wiltshire Local Plan reached examination in November 2024 but was withdrawn on 22 May 2026 under section 22 of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004. Its replacement is not expected before 30 April 2029. The council states that the 2015 Core Strategy's policies are not automatically out of date and will continue to guide development. Calne has had two neighbourhood plans made, and the second supersedes the first. The original was made on 6 February 2018 after a referendum on 1 February carried by 3,391 votes to 247 on a 23.4 per cent turnout. Calne Community Neighbourhood Plan 2, running from 2023 to 2038, was made on 3 March 2025 after a referendum on 27 February carried by 2,083 votes to 168 on a 13.01 per cent turnout. The North Wessex Downs boundary passes within 100 metres of the built-up area without touching it, so the town is outside that designation, even though Calne Without parish contains part of it. Applications for works to a block are decided against the Core Strategy, the saved North Wiltshire policies and Neighbourhood Plan 2.
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Calne Questions
Does the Article 4 Direction in Calne Affect Repainting Our Block?
It can. Calne's single direction removes permitted development rights for the enlargement or alteration of a dwellinghouse, roof alterations, porches, hard surfaces and the painting of the exterior. It covers 1.2 hectares, about a quarter of one per cent of the town. Neither its sealing date nor a street list is published, so the boundary should be confirmed with Wiltshire Council.
Is Calne at Risk from Groundwater Flooding Like Devizes?
The Environment Agency record shows no groundwater containment for Calne at all, with the nearest groundwater alert stopping 4.66 kilometres away. That sets it apart from Devizes, Pewsey and Warminster, where groundwater is the defining mechanism. The one area covering the town is the upper Bristol Avon alert, at 3.43 per cent of the built-up area, and no flood warning area reaches Calne.
Which Plans Decide a Planning Application Near Our Block in Calne?
Applications are decided under the Wiltshire Core Strategy, adopted 20 January 2015, with saved North Wiltshire Local Plan policies from June 2006. The emerging Wiltshire Local Plan was withdrawn on 22 May 2026. Calne Community Neighbourhood Plan 2, running from 2023 to 2038, was made on 3 March 2025 and supersedes the plan made in 2018.
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