Council unhappy about demolition proposal
On 08/02/2017 At 5:19 pm
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THAME Town Council is not happy about a plan to demolish 69 Park Street and erect three houses, fearing danger to other vehicles and pedestrians when exiting into the road, near the school.
It has recommended refusal of the plan, citing Over development, Dangerous access onto the highway and Loss of retail units and employment. The building is currently occupied by J R Car Parts.
Cllr Nichola Dixon told fellow councillors at a meeting of TTC’s Planning and Environment Committee on January 31: “We should be increasing retail at that end of the town, what with all the new houses up there. It seems that the priority is to knock everything down and build what makes the most money for developers. We must make a stand to SODC and tell them that this plan should go to its Planning committee for a decision and not left to officers to decide.”
NB The Highways officer at Oxfordshire County Council has stipulated certain conditions to be placed upon any planning permission. see LINK The full planning application and associated documents can be read HERE and comments submitted.
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I really cannot see why this development would be a problem; the existing business might well relocate to a area with more parking. I would think that new houses would result in less vehicle traffic rather than more.
The new development adjacent will enhance this end of town and and think that this proposal will also. Now that the garage has gone this area of town is essentially residential, not industrial as in the past and the proposed new houses will fit in well.
As for increasing retail in the area, i agree this is desirable, but the existing shop has a very specific customer base, i.e. for car parts, so is not indicative of general retail that occupiers of new houses would use often.
Whilst homes are needed there used to be a Cottage there in my childhood there were also 11 retail shops Butchers Grocery Post Office Bakers Fishmonger Green Grocers Music Shop Hairdressers 2 Builders Merchants
From the Cross Keys to the Station Yard and 4 Public Houses Garage
and John Hampden School Instead of infill of 3 Houses 1 House
Park Street is a very busy road with parking on both sides Address the parking situation and repair the Road surface which is dreadful first