There has recently been quite a lot of confusion as to who has responsibility for maintaining the “verge” that runs around the edge of Fullers Meadow, a.k.a. Cala development, especially along Primrose Avenue. Current arrangements Currently St. Modwen, in its…
Block paving along Primrose Avenue & Elder Way
Some people have expressed concern that the installation of block paving across some roads in Kingsgrove would render them unadoptable by the council. I have had it confirmed by St. Modwen that this is false and that the paving being…
Letter to residents from St. Modwen
I have added some of my own observations on the news article below. Observations Raising issues As part of this website, there is already an existing Raising Issues page. Those e-mail addresses that weren’t already there will now be added…
kingsgrove-residents.co.uk & Fullers Meadow (Wantage) Management Company Limited (and others)
Background When this website was first set up, I was only aware of one management company existing in Kingsgrove, namely Kingsgrove Estate Management Company Limited. As such, the structure, and language, of this website concentrated solely on this single management…
Significant proposed changes to Oxfordshire County Division boundaries, especially for Kingsgrove
Background The Local Boundary Commission for Oxfordshire are proposing wide-ranging changes to County Division boundaries, i.e. the areas that elect particular county councillors. You could think of the divisions as a similar concept to that of constituencies for MPs. How would…
Official notification of the upcoming works affecting Kingsgrove
An e-mail has been sent out from the Kingsgrove Community team, aka St. Modwen as master developer, regarding the upcoming works on the A417 / Elder Way junction and, separately, the footpath from Charlton to the woodland walk. If you…
Home Owners Rights Network
https://www.homeownersrights.net/ & https://www.facebook.com/groups/homeownersrights Most of the residents on Kingsgrove pay some sort of service charge to the Kingsgrove Estate Management Company for the upkeep of the shared spaces on the estate. This is because Wantage Town Council have decided not…
FURTHER UPDATES from Cllr Andy Crawford & Stuart Walker : Provision of “public toilets” in the Central Park sports pavilion
Further to my previous communications, I have now received information from both Councillor Andy Crawford and Stuart Walker, the planning officer handling the application. Councillor Andy Crawford I have had an e-mail from Councillor Andy Crawford that he wanted me…
You can now choose to be e-mailed with every news article!
As much as I try to ensure that everyone is aware whenever a news article is published on this website, I am not always able to do so. However, you now have an option to subscribe to the news articles.…
URGENT – Crab Hill Development Forum update
UPDATE Given the comments etc following my Facebook post, and e-mails received, it is clear that a lot of people object to the toilets falling under the responsibility of the Kingsgrove Estate Management Company. As a result, I have taken…