Welcome to the new homepage of the Wixams Residents Group. We are currently building this site and adding lots of useful content to help residents solve issues and find out information about the development. Please look out for announcements for when the website is ready.
We originally started as an association but recently we decided to reform as a group and our focus will now be on working with residents on a set of campaigns.
There are 4 campaigns we are currently working on:
- Wixams Surgery Action Group – An independent group which is leading the charge to secure the surgery for our town. The group includes members of the public and a few of our committee members.
- Wixams S106 Agreement Modification – There are plans to change the sports and leisure facilities to be built in the rest of Wixams. The proposals go against the wishes of the community. Find out more here: www.wixams.town/2024/06/s106-guidance
- Maintenance and Service Charges – Focuses on reducing the fees residents pay for the maintenance of shared areas, visit www.wixamsservices.com for more info.
- Youth Campaign – We have kicked off a new campaign to work with our younger residents and ensure they are represented.
Wixams Residents’ Meeting – 3rd September – Crime & ASB
The last residents’ meeting was held in September and we welcomed the Police & Crime Commissioner for Bedfordshire and Inspector Russell Goldsmith who leads the policing team which covers Wixams. A full write-up is on the page below, including details of the outcomes from the meeting:
www.wixams.town/2024/08/residents-meeting-sept-2024
S106 Application Guidance
There is a 3rd open public consultation on an application to modify the S106 agreement for the planned sports and leisure facilities to be built in the rest of Wixams. The 2nd round of changes received over 120 objections from the community and has now led to some key changes:
- A new ‘teen provision’ replaces the parkour course, a great outcome from the objections.
- Only one more all-weather 3G pitch is planned and the application proposes to give it to the Wixams Academy whilst the community will only get grass pitches.
- A new application has been opened with an option to remove the ‘Gateway park’ and replace it with two football pitches.
- Other pitches would be lost from the plans completely.
We are recommending that residents object to this application again. A full set of guidance is available on this page:
www.wixams.town/2024/09/s106-guidance-3rd-round
The deadline for comments has now passed. The planners have expressed that they will accept submissions after the deadline so we recommend still making a comment about the proposals.
Wixams Residents’ Meeting – May
We held a public meeting on Tuesday 28th May and we have put together a full write-up with updates on:
- Town centre plans
- Doctors surgery
- Railway station
- S106 agreement application
- Green Lane parking restrictions proposal