The police station in Wantage is on the move from the current building in Church Street with plans to relocate to a new station at Grove Technology Park, which will serve the communities of Wantage, Grove and the surrounding villages. The planning application for this two-storey new station can be found here on the Vale of District Council website, where comments can also be made.
It is also planned to have a front counter facility in Wantage by the library to enable public access to the police as reported here. However, there is an ongoing discussion at the moment about the opening hours of this counter facility. Currently, the proposals are for opening just 4 hours a day for 5 days a week. I believe this is not sufficient for an area the size of ours and with Cllr Jenny Hannaby I have written a response to Thames Valley Police requesting that this is open for at least 8 hours a day with a Saturday opening as well. Please find below our response (click on it to enlarge):
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