FREE DR BIKE EVENT AND UP TO £250 IN GREEN TRAVEL VOUCHERS
Please see below for the latest event and initiatives coming up, as part of the Travel Plan for the Orchard Grove. FREE DR BIKE EVENT Is your bicycle in need of some TLC or could do with a safety check? Good news! Dr Bike will be visiting Orchard Grove on Sunday 24th...
WHAT’S HAPPENING ON SITE IN SEPTEMBER 2023?
As we head towards autumn, work continues on the Pocket Park, with the play equipment expected to be delivered later this month. While unfortunately there have been some delays to the completion and opening of this area, work is well underway and nearing the...
WHAT’S HAPPENING ON SITE IN AUGUST 2023?
This August Orchard Grove will look a little different, with a new site traffic entrance and new hoardings installed. The new hoardings will be one of the first things you see on approaching Orchard Grove and will feature graphics that give an insight into the new...
WHAT’S HAPPENING ON SITE IN JULY 2023?
More work will take place at the Pocket Park this month, with the footpaths completed and the grass areas seeded – all ahead of the play equipment being installed. Our commercial area will begin to look different this month, as the groundworks compound will up sticks...
WHAT’S HAPPENING ON SITE IN JUNE 2023?
As the sun shines over Somerset, work on site continues - both starting new projects and heading towards the end of others. Footpaths are being installed in the Pocket Park as this area - which is Orchard Groves' first public green space and area of parkland - moves...
WHAT’S HAPPENING ON SITE IN MAY 2023?
Now that the land for the primary school has been transferred to Somerset County Council, site set up will take place to enable work to start soon on this exciting project. This month, essential services linking to the school are also expected to be installed. We...
WHAT’S HAPPENING ON SITE IN APRIL 2023?
Spring signifies a time of new life and beginnings, and this is certainly the case on site this month. The land for the primary school has been transferred, which means that construction can soon commence - and this long-awaited project will start this month. It will...
WHAT’S HAPPENING ON SITE IN MARCH 2023?
As Spring arrives this month, work continues to create the development’s first park. A footpath will be created within Pocket Park, to create a route through the first public green space at Orchard Grove. The landscape will start to look different, with most of...
HIGHER COMEYTOWE FARM PLANS – FIND OUT MORE
Vistry Group are preparing plans for new housing at Higher Comeytrowe Farm, adjoining Orchard Grove, and part of the Comeytrowe urban extension area allocated by the council for new housing. The proposals are for up to 400 new homes, including around 100 affordable...
WHAT’S HAPPENING ON SITE IN FEBRUARY 2023?
As we look at the exciting progress planned for the year ahead at Orchard Grove, we are preparing for the Park and Bus facility to be built, which will be the community's new sustainable travel hub. Work is taking place to move the infrastructure compound away from...