The Vale of the White Horse Local Plan 2031 and the developments approved before the plan was finalised have meant that over 7,000 homes are planned for Wantage and Grove between 2011 and 2031, this is nearly 17,000 people and about 12,000 cars.

Since the 2011 Census about 2,500 homes have been given full planning permission in OX12 and a further 4,750 have received outline planning permission. Another 450 are either included in the local plan or have applications being considered. So in total 7,700 homes are planned for OX12 on top of the 11,500 homes included in the census.
This is all before the District Council start their new Local Plan to 2041 and bow to the pressure from developers to allow many more homes to be built between Wantage and Grove, and East Challow or East Hanney.

• We were told by NHS England in 2012 that the extension to the Health Centre was imminent - it has just received planning consent (March 2022).
• Our hospital was still open to in-patients for rehabilitation and respite - still temporarily closed since July 2016.
• The Wantage Eastern Link Road was going to be finished by 2020 - now started and might be finished by 2023.
• The straightening of Featherbed Lane to make travel to Milton Park and the A34 easier (promised many years ago) is under review because the Council doesn’t want the bother of a Compulsory Purchase Order.
• An £18m new leisure centre would be built in Wantage by 2020 according Matthew Barber (Leader of the District Council) in 2017 - now cancelled.
• New cycleways would be built joining Wantage and Grove to Harwell and Milton Park - still possible. Work has started but surfaces aren't suitable for cycling.
• Grove Railway Station was included in the Network Rail plans in 2011 - now a distant idea with no firm plans.
• New Schools would be built on Grove Airfield quickly to take the pressure off King Alfred’s and our existing primary schools - a primary school opened on Crab Hill in September 2020 but those on Grove Airfield are still years away.
• Parking in Wantage is a nightmare - unless you want to park on a double yellow line - even then you will have difficulty finding a space. Moving from police to civil enforcement of parking rules has happened but enforcement is very patchy.