Public Arts Funding Now on Hold
By Nige
on November 24, 2022
at 11:12 am
Type: News
Category: Handover
Tags: Announcements | Public Arts Funding | Vale of White Horse District Council
Following a lot of hard work by the team looking into how we best spend the £47k arts funding that we have available to us, our council rep has suggested that we can’t actually progress with this until the Management Company (MC) takes over responsibility for the Public Open Space (POS), so effectively it’s all […]
Clarification about FirstPort Additional Charge
By Nige
on October 7, 2022
at 11:11 am
Type: News
Category: Service Charges
Tags: FirstPort
Just want to make sure this is highlighted to everyone that has recently received a charge from FirstPort: We have all of the documentation that anyone needs to submit a claim. Just ask!
Extra Charges from FirstPort
By Nige
on October 7, 2022
at 11:09 am
Type: News
Category: Service Charges
Tags: FirstPort
We have just received a letter in the post from FirstPort advising of an extra charge for this year. Cheeky blighters. Only £8.15 for us. Assume the same for others. What really annoys us though is them including a page of rights and obligations at the back, which does not apply to us! We are […]
Public Arts Funding
By Nige
on October 3, 2022
at 11:07 am
Type: News
Category: Handover
Tags: Public Arts Funding | Vale of White Horse District Council
Another quick update in respect to the Arts Council funding – bit of a holding statement to be honest. The Arts Funding Sub-Committee (!) has been working hard in the background on developing ideas and liaising with a very helpful member of the council. A more detailed update will be provided very soon on this […]
Status of Handover
By Nige
on October 3, 2022
at 11:06 am
Type: News
Category: Handover
Tags: Announcements | Bloor Homes | Vale of White Horse District Council
Sorry for the long delay since the last update! Not a great deal happening recently from a Bloor Homes perspective, but there has been some movement in the last few days. So what’s the status of the handover between Bloor Homes and the Management Company we hear you ask? Latest update is below: Feel free […]
Concerns over Landscape Maintenance
By Nige
on July 12, 2022
at 11:04 am
Type: News
Category: Maintenance
Tags: Bloor Homes
For awareness, we have heard from a few people about concerns over the landscape maintenance, including a lack of weeding (thanks for taking this on Paul), the need to keep the balancing pond growth under control, weeds on the block paved roads and now a note about ragwort on the east edge of the Dovecote […]
Reminder about Arts Funding Ideas
By Nige
on June 30, 2022
at 11:02 am
Type: News
Category: Handover
Tags: Public Arts Funding | Vale of White Horse District Council
Quick reminder about sending in your suggestions for the use of the £47k arts funding. Deadline is Sun 3rd July. You can post your suggestions here, on Facebook or you can send your suggestions to the normal email address or just use our contact us form.
Speeding at the Main Crossroads
By Nige
on June 22, 2022
at 11:00 am
Type: News
Category: Estate Management
Tags: Announcements | Roads
We have had an email from a resident in regards to the main crossroads at Virgate/Furlongs/Lammas Land. Specifically highlighting a concern over speeding and/or general driving without due care of others. This ties in with others’ concerns over speeding on site by delivery drivers and others, raised on the FB group. Is there anything we […]
Update on the Public Arts Funding
By Nige
on June 20, 2022
at 10:58 am
Type: News
Category: Handover
Tags: Public Arts Funding | Vale of White Horse District Council
After holding the Public Arts Funding Teams call last week (thanks to those that attended), we have propped up a board against the Oak tree at the front of the development to let those not on FB or email that there is some arts funding that we can take advantage of (see photos). We had […]
Public Arts Team Meeting
By Nige
on June 15, 2022
at 10:56 am
Type: News
Category: Handover
Tags: Announcements | Public Arts Funding | Vale of White Horse District Council
Final reminder about the Arts Teams meeting at 7pm. For those who may have checked, the Teams meeting will open at 6:30pm for our council reps and us to catch up ahead of 7pm. If everyone else joins at around 7pm, we can get started promptly. If anyone struggles with the link in the Facebook […]
