The vacancy for the Community Development Officer for Kingsgrove & Wellington Gate has been published. You can find it here: https://kingsgrove-residents.co.uk/go/cdo-vacancy It is likely to have actually been published whilst I was on holiday, so the application deadline is very…
Christmas Services at Wantage Parish Church and Holy Trinity
The parish of Wantage with Holy Trinity, Charlton have a variety of Christmas services for everyone to take part in. The first of these takes place tomorrow, You can find other events here.
Meeting notes from Crab Hill Development Forum – 31 October 2024
Council Development Officer for Wantage and Grove Unfortunately, the Development Officer role has still not been advertised, either internally within the council or externally. The council state that they are still keen to find someone to fill the role, which…
Vistry Homes will be building Phase 7 of Kingsgrove
Vistry Homes, likely trading under either Bovis or Linden Homes, will be the developer in charge of Phase 7 of Kingsgrove. Phase 7 “completes” the area immediately to the west of the Central Park area, a part of which is…
Meeting notes from Kingsgrove Residents Working Group – 8 August 2024
Disclaimer These are just my notes from the meeting. They don’t claim to be a verbatim account of all that was discussed, but should help to provide some clarity on subjects that residents have an interest in. Attendees Discussion items…
Barn Dance & Silent Auction – Saturday 12 October
Wantage Community Church are wanting to continue to raise funds for the Kingsgrove Community Hub building as part of the bigger vision for Hub building. They will be organising a number of events over the coming year to help with…
Formal expression of interest from Wantage Town Council in adopting some public open space in Kingsgrove
Author’s note: I appreciate that this article is longer than most but I would urge people to read it as it is very important for residents to understand some of the possible implications of this. Please reach out to the…
CORRECTED: Disappointing news about S106 Open Space contributions
The original version of this article contained incorrect information about how the total amount of money that the Management Company can claim back is calculated, taking into consideration the 5% cap. The change is subtle but has quite far-ranging consequences.…
Next Residents Working Group – Thursday 8 August
The residents working group typically meets monthly discussing issues raised by residents, ideas to develop the Kingsgrove community etc. The meeting is attended by the resident representatives, representatives from Preim and St. Modwen Developments, representatives from the Housing Associations that operate in Kingsgrove. The next meeting…
New “county-wide” bus ticket launched!
A new bus ticket has been launched that allow travellers to use virtually all the bus services in the county for one fare. The ticket is called MyBus Oxfordshire and is available as a day ticket (currently £6.50) or a…