> Dear Neighbours
>
> Having submitted my own comments on the proposed change of use at 1H
> Hayfield Road from ‘Dwelling House’ to ‘House in Multiple Occupation’, I
> would urge all concerned residents to do the same. Presumably the planners
> will take more notice if there is evidence of widespread concern.
>
> The deadline for submitting comments is 10th May. The process is very
> simple, using this link:
>
http://public.oxford.gov.uk/online-applications/applicationDetails.do?activeTab=dates&keyVal=O48EI2MF0TQ00.
> I sent the following objection:
>
> Hayfield Road is a narrow, densely populated street of terraced houses.
You must have meant "densely populated by cars". :-)
In densely populated (think high-rise apartment blocks) streets people
do not have cars, or at least do not park them on the street.
> Competition for parking spaces is intense, especially in the evenings when
> residents have returned home from work. My visitors sometimes have to park
> 300 yards away at the far (northern) end of the street, or even further.
This is horrible, horrible... Did you hear about park and ride?
> An HMO at 1H will almost certainly increase pressure on spaces.
or decrease, hopefully?
> Denial of
> residential and visitors’ parking permits would make no difference outside
> the CPZ controlled times, i.e. in the evenings, when the congestion is at
> its worst, and at weekends. If permission is granted later this year for
> four 4-bedroom houses on the canal wharf next to the properties at 1
> Hayfield Road, with only one off-street space per house, the competition for
> space will become even more intense.
>
> I also fear the prospect of noisy parties in this quiet residential street.
> Long-term residents in Hayfield Road, living in very close proximity to each
> other, respect their neighbours’ right to peace and quiet. Short-term
> tenants in an HMO are perhaps less likely to do so. If a precedent is set at
> 1H and other applications follow, the character of the community is likely
> to change – and not for the better.
Oy gevalt, hoi-polioi will come and ruin our truly exclusive enclave.
Unspeakable, unspeakable might start to happen, e.g. the almost always
absent oligarch owner of the Bridge House would sell out, and normal
folks would move in...
It is already happening, e.g. I don't see a Rolls-Royce parked on
Frenchay Rd any more...
Sorry, just cannot resist posting this... :-)
Dima
>
> Catherine Robinson
> 12 Hayfield Road
>
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