WHAT’S HAPPENING ON SITE IN OCTOBER 2024?
Residents may see a couple of new additions this month, with two community noticeboards being installed. One will be near the zebra crossing on Egremont Road and the other in the Pocket Park. These will feature updates about Orchard Grove and useful information. Two...
SCHOOL OPEN DAYS: DISCOVER MORE
Orchard Grove Primary School is now open! Pupils are in their brand-new school premises and enjoying life as part of the new community. The new site is Somerset's first net zero school, which means the building is state-of-the-art and fit for the future, which makes...
ON YER BIKE! SUCCESSFUL SUSTAINABLE TRAVEL EVENT
On Saturday 14 September, an event was held at Orchard Grove, which included a Dr Bike cycle repair pop-up. Residents could learn more about the local travel plan from the local travel plan coordinator at Somerset Council, discuss their local travel and transport...
HIGHFIELD PARK: NEW PARKLAND TAKES SHAPE
Work is now underway to create one of Orchard Grove's new public parks. Highfield Park is one of five accessible open spaces and areas of parkland planned for the new community, and in time it will form part of a network of connected green spaces running through...
WHAT’S HAPPENING ON SITE IN SEPTEMBER 2024?
As a new school year starts this September, Orchard Grove primary will open its doors for the first time. The site team is busy putting the finishing touches to the land around the school site, including the road surface on the spine road. Another exciting step...
PLANS TO BETTER CONNECT ORCHARD GROVE TO TAUNTON
Plans are advancing to improve Orchard Grove's connectivity to Taunton city centre and the surrounding community, thanks to a new 'red route'. Part of the Taunton Local Cycling and Walking Infrastructure Plan (LCWIP), which was published in 2022, plans are moving...
REGISTERING INTEREST IN ORCHARD GROVE’S COMMERCIAL AREAS
Orchard Grove will have employment land and a local centre, providing a host of commercial opportunities for local businesses and those from further afield. The employment land sits at the top of the site, near the park & bus facility and just off the A38, with...
WHAT’S HAPPENING ON SITE IN AUGUST 2024?
The finishing touches are being made to the Spine Road, which means it will be complete for both road users and pedestrians using the adjacent footpath. It stretched from the A38 roundabout down to the new primary school. By the 16th August, a stopping up order will...
ORCHARD GROVE PRIMARY: HANDED OVER
Work to build the primary school in Orchard Grove has now officially finished, with contractors completing the project and handing the keys over. In a ceremony to mark the completion of the project, the state-of-the-art new facility has now become part of the...
ORCHARD GROVE’S FIRST PARK OPENS
Just in time for summer, Orchard Grove’s first public park has opened. The new open space has a place for children to play, along with picturesque planting and places to relax. Known as ‘Pocket Park’, this is the first of many open and accessible green spaces within...