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…
Crab Hill Development Forum – Thursday 31 October
The next Crab Hill Development Forum will be held on Thursday 31 October at Wantage Primary Academy. About the Crab Hill Development Forum Occurring once every four months or so, the forum serves as a place to discuss the progress…
Kingsgrove Local Centre – one unit still available!
Is anyone interested in renting the one remaining space in the new Local Centre? The developers behind the construction of the Local Centre, LSP, are looking for a business that could really benefit the local community by being in walking…
Kingsgrove Community News – Autumn 2024
The latest Kingsgrove Community newsletter has been published by the Kingsgrove Community team, aka St. Modwen as master developer. If you want to receive these type of updates directly via e-mail then please subscribe here. If you prefer to browse the newsletter via…
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…
POSTPONED until Thursday 19 September: Next Residents Working Group
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…
“Temporary” fencing to be removed from around play area and woodland walk
St. Modwen, Kingsgrove’s master developer have informed us that, in the coming weeks, fencing will be removed from around the play area and the woodland walk. Despite some of it being in place for several years, it was only ever…
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…
Kingsgrove is on the satellite view of Google Maps (finally)!
Lagging somewhat behind Apple Maps, the satellite view of Google Maps has finally been updated to include a lot more of Kingsgrove. Whereas the previous view only had Phase 1a and some of Appletons / Cherry Croft, the new view…
Final proposals for changes to Oxfordshire County Division boundaries, especially for Kingsgrove
Background The Local Boundary Commission for Oxfordshire have proposed 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. Consultation As…