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  • 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 is Notes from the August meeting can be found here. Items from the agenda will likely…

  • “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 meant to be temporary and, as such, wasn’t included in the original planning applications. As…

  • Your opportunity to suggest cycling and walking improvements in Kingsgrove and the wider community

    Oxfordshire County Council are in the process of developing the Wantage and Grove Local Cycling and Walking Infrastructure Plan (LCWIP). OCC are currently looking for thoughts and suggestions on where there are issues or concerns for cycling and walking facilities in the Wantage and Grove area. Your suggestions on where improvements could be made are…

  • 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 Lighting bollards between Phases 1a and 1b Unfortunately, due to vandalism, the lighting bollards on…

  • Kingsgrove’s integration with Wantage & Grove – survey results

    Back in April 2024, a group of Wantage & Grove residents felt it would be helpful to poll opinion across the whole community as to how residents felt things were going. The intention being to help those people and organisations involved in that evolution work better, both individually and together. The results of that survey…

  • 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 this. Please do join them for the first one at WPA Hall, where you will…

  • 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 reps if you need more information. It was confirmed at the Kingsgrove Residents Working Group…

  • 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. The two paragraphs that have been altered are What does “capped at 5%” mean? and…

  • 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 encompasses most of what has been built so far, meaning it must have been done…

  • 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 detailed in this article, a consultation took place regarding the proposed changes, with the deadline…