Westgate development
From:
Julia Gasper
Date:
Feb 26 12:45 UTC
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I cannot help laughing when I read the phrase "no substantive grounds for
refusing planning permission".
The Council has just ignored and completely failed to register the immense
disruption, inconvenience and nuisance to the tens of thousands of people
who use the town centre, both residents of Oxford and those who come in from
outside. We don't want newer, bigger, mega-shops.
We want to left alone!
Year after year we are subjected to vast, hideous, noisy, dirty and
obstructive re-building schemes. Instead of being a place for people, the
city centre is a permanent building site.
The City Council has also failed to register that it is a serious
inconvenience even for a fit and young person to have to move house when you
don't need to. These people are being treated like junk, to be pushed around
and thrown out for the sake of profit. It is never environmentally
profitable to pull down and replace relatively new housing, so don't think
you are kidding us, Mr Crofton-Briggs.
The same goes for shops.
And finally, their reply has of course totally ignored the destruction of
the supposedly protected trees.
The burden of proof should be on the developers to demonstrate that any
changes affecting the public were necessary, not the other way around.
How would the councillors and bureaucrats like to be kicked out of their
homes?
The whole scheme is appalling and barmy, and I hope the meeting of
those who oppose it on Thursday evening at the Town Hall will be
well-attended.
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