As I am sitting here surrounded by snow I thought I would give everyone a 'heads up' on the proposals for future housing growth in the area. There are two exhibitions coming up next week:
Thursday 12th February Wantage Civic Hall
Friday 13th February Old Mill Hall, Grove
Both exhibitions start at 3pm until 7pm and there will be discussion groups from 7pm until 9pm on both evenings. I hope residents will find the time to go along and feed in their views.
This is part of a wider consultation with the Vale of White Horse District Council who are required to find sites for major development up until 2026. Read the document in full which is available to download on the website. This identifies a site north east of Wantage for major housing development. This would start after 2016 and would have to be accompanied by a new road from the roundabout at the Mably Way junction (Wantage Eastern Relief Road). However, there are other options in the report including:
Thursday 12th February Wantage Civic Hall
Friday 13th February Old Mill Hall, Grove
Both exhibitions start at 3pm until 7pm and there will be discussion groups from 7pm until 9pm on both evenings. I hope residents will find the time to go along and feed in their views.
This is part of a wider consultation with the Vale of White Horse District Council who are required to find sites for major development up until 2026. Read the document in full which is available to download on the website. This identifies a site north east of Wantage for major housing development. This would start after 2016 and would have to be accompanied by a new road from the roundabout at the Mably Way junction (Wantage Eastern Relief Road). However, there are other options in the report including:
- 1500 homes for south west Abingdon as an alternative to the Wantage site
- 2300 homes west of Didcot
- 420 homes south of Park Road at Faringdon
Also available at the exhibitions will be more details on the SCOTS (Southern Central Oxfordshire Transport Strategy) consultation. This report is available on Oxfordshire County Council's website and recommends the Wantage Eastern Relief Road and Grove Northern Link Road as bringing significant benefit in mitigating the highways network in the event of future housing development to the area.
If you are not able to make the exhibitions, it is still important to respond to the consultation which will have a major impact on our area.
If you are not able to make the exhibitions, it is still important to respond to the consultation which will have a major impact on our area.
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