Oakridge was a village in

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, England, immediately north of

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History

The area was built with mansionettes as part of the rapid expansion of Basingstoke. The new estate did not age well. The area became increasingly run-down and proved hard to let. In 1997, a group called the Oakridge Central Regeneration group was set up to have the estate redeveloped.

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was appointed and planning permission was granted in 2000. The redevelopment was built in phases: Phase 1 comprised mostly terraced housing, and Phase 2 most three-story apartments (Phase 3 was built by another contractor entirely). 149 homes were replaced with 299, increasing both the population density of the area and its

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. People nowadays call Oakridge a

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