{"id":12846,"date":"2014-11-23T22:55:14","date_gmt":"2014-11-23T21:55:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/?p=12846"},"modified":"2014-11-23T22:55:14","modified_gmt":"2014-11-23T21:55:14","slug":"abbey-grounds-3-options-progress-so-far","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/?p=12846","title":{"rendered":"Abingdon Abbey Grounds &#8211; The 3 Scenarios &#8211; progress to date"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Abingdon Area Committee of the VWHDC (Vale of White Horse District Council) meet on Mon 24th Nov 2014 to consider the results of the consultation into the Abbey Grounds.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag14\/14112304.jpg\" alt=\"Abingdon Abbey Grounds\" \/><br \/>\nThe consultation considered previous studies that had some bearing on the Abbey Grounds, but really  involved 30 Abingdon Community groups at a meeting on 4th November, and 60 pupils from Larkmead and Fitzharris Schools at another date. These consultees ranked how Abbey Meadow facilities are valued by the community:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag14\/14112305.jpg\" alt=\"Abingdon Abbey Grounds\" \/><br \/>\nThe consultees also considered what could be added to improve the area with ideas such as: circular walks with better surfaces, adventure playground, picnic area, outdoor gym, bandstand &#8230;<\/p>\n<p>3 scenarios have now been put together to improve the area using \u00a3500K set aside for that purpose by the VWHDC. The 3 scenarios will be first discussed at the Abingdon area committee, and then the VWHDC cabinet. Then the three scenarios will be put forward for people to vote upon during Jan &#8211; Feb 2015.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag14\/14112303.jpg\" alt=\"Abingdon Abbey Grounds\" \/><br \/>\nIn one of the scenarios  (focus on structured sport and recreation) the open air pool is opened out to the splash area and has a cafe added; in another scenario (focus on tourism and leisure) the open air pool is removed and replaced with a cafe; and in the third scenario (focus on informal use of green space) the pool is not mentioned but there are better walks.<\/p>\n<p>Peter Harbour from Friends of the Outdoor Pool would love to hear from people about what the pool means to you. There is a\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.abingdonoutdoorpool.org.uk\/p\/contact-us.html\">comments area<\/a> on the friends website so that would be a good place to write. He would like the pool to continue whatever else is done.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag14\/14112301.jpg\" alt=\"Abingdon Abbey Grounds\" \/><br \/>\nOther facilties are even more in danger because of their low usage and lack of investment. They include the tennis courts &#8230;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag14\/14112302.jpg\" alt=\"Abingdon Abbey Grounds\" \/><br \/>\ncrazy golf, and pitch and put, especially as the VWHDC have to pay somebody to operate a second kiosk to keep them going.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Abingdon Area Committee of the VWHDC (Vale of White Horse District Council) meet on Mon 24th Nov 2014 to consider the results of the consultation into the Abbey Grounds. The consultation considered previous studies that had some bearing on the Abbey Grounds, but really involved 30 Abingdon Community groups at a meeting on 4th [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12846","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-abbey-grounds"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12846","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12846"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12846\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12846"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12846"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12846"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}