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SUMMARY OF COMMENTS Application Number: 06/01540/OUT Warneford Hospital SITE OF PLAYING FIELD: Outline application (seeking means of access only) for 150 residential units of assisted housing (Amended description) Comments have been received from: Littlehay Road (23) Lime Walk (89) Bartlemas Road (17) Capel Close (15) Warneford Road (11) Stone Street (3) Divinity Road (135,82,75,108,206,202,89,93,124,146) Mileway Gardens Residents’ Association St Peter’s Road (4) Nursery Close (9) Cowley Road (40) Girdlestone Close (12) Brookside (3,13) Latimer Road (26,28) Coolidge Close (9) Armstrong Road (1) Cedar Court (13) Bhandari Close (20) Cricket Road (88) St Mary’s Road Barrington Close (19,1) Finch Close (14) Oxford Sports Council Bickerton Road (8,38,37,10) Mileway Gardens (4,8,6) Highfield Residents Association Kennett Road (51) Southfield Road (128,66,63,82,92,83,123,18,98,20,70,37,20,108,85,97,111) Warren Crescent (49) Demesne Furze (17,3,13,16,90,6,84,64) Highfield Avenue (15,28,32,6,1A) Minster Road (1,40,18,19,9,8) Divinity Road (202,187,115,66,175,147,118,146,128,135,89) Old Road (67,51,63,72-74) Hill Top Road (42, 17,61,35,12,67,59,46, 51, 35, 64,72, 4, 12, 34 60,19,44,11,57,4,1,73,58,82,43,78,31,28,10,34,65,53,24,7,63, 7,59,39,56,69,5) Hill Top Road Residents Association Hill Top Court (7) Stone Street (1) Quarry Road (11) Stapleton Road (57, 46,50,33,24,53) Randolph Street (39,46) Bayswater Road (84 Venneit Close Flat 4 Morrell Avenue (189) Sandy Rise, Chalfont St Peter, Bucks Church End, Witney (73) Skene Close (18) Dept of Psychiatry, University of Oxford OBMH NHS Trust EAT CPRE Oxfordshire Oxford Civic Society Social and Community Services, OCC Environment and Economy, OCC Hill Top Residents’ Association Turnberry Consulting Divinity Road Area Residents Association Southfield Golf Club Southfield Park Management Committee Oxfordshire Area Ramblers Association Environment and Economy Thames Valley Police Sport England SIDCO Thames Water English Heritage West Waddy ADP South East England Regional Assembly Headington and District Allotments Association English Nature New Headington Residents’ Association Friends of Warneford Meadow Oxford Brookes University Comments can be summarised as follows: Loss of green space Visual impact Ecological impact Flood risk Traffic Variation of the Local Plan Overdevelopment Strain on infrastructure Loss of local amenity Threat to cycle routes/public footpath Height and bulk Decreased air quality Imbalance of ratio of students to local inhabitants Parking problems Noise No consideration for Conservation needs Adverse impact on character of the area Danger of increased traffic to children, pedestrians Concern whether replacement sports pitches will be adequate No consideration for residents Increased pedestrian traffic - increased noise Economical problem for shops in the local area Pollution (light/exhausts) Insensitive to landscape Concern over drainage Concern over increased anti-social behaviour (students) Concern over access Site suitable for student accommodation Comments received from Jan 2007 following re-consultation Proposals for usage of site too flexible Proposals have not been scaled down enough Traffic survey not representative Statutory and other parties Mileway Gardens Residents’ Association- Recommends approval for flexible and mixed use for student accommodation and/or housing (with an alternative access) Friends of Warneford Meadow - Not a designated site for assisted housing; the Field is the most suitable site for student accommodation and/or key worker housing; no evidence provided for need for assisted housing Environment Agency – Withdraw previous objections subject to certain conditions Highfield Residents’ Association- The Field is the most suitable site for student accommodation and/or key worker housing; not included in Local Plan Hill Top Road Residents’ Association – assisted housing is not designated on this site in the Local Plan; no case provided for the need for assisted housing and could be provided elsewhere in Oxford; Playing Field is most suitable site for student accommodation Divinity Road Area Residents’ Association – Traffic report deeply flawed and does not take into account developments in Oxford currently under construction. Site most suitable for student accommodation. Oppose wide access road. .