Councillors to decide fate of Abingdon road hotel plan (From The Oxford Times)
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Councillors to decide fate of Abingdon road hotel plan
8:00am Wednesday 11th July 2012 in Oxford
COUNCILLORS will tonight decide on plans for a Travelodge hotel in Oxford which planning officers say would “over-dominate” one of the main entrances to the city.
Oxford City Council’s planning department is recommending councillors to refuse permission for the 83-bedroom hotel in Abingdon Road. The proposals will be considered by the council’s west area planning committee.
In a report to councillors, officers said the plans for the former Motorworld garage site would “constitute an overlarge and over-dominant feature at a prominent location at the southern edge of the city, close to open land and the Oxford Green Belt” and added that the 45 car parking spaces planned would be inadequate for the number of guests the hotel is expected to cater for.
During consultation, 22 city centre shops, restaurants and bars wrote to support the plan.
The committee meeting, at the Town Hall, in St Aldate’s, begins at 6pm.
Comments(4)
xjohnx
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11:48am Wed 11 Jul 12
Bye the bye, since when has the Abingdon road been a main gateway to the city??
Sid Hunt
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12:03pm Wed 11 Jul 12
What entrance to the city? It will still be at least one mile to the actual city and it would back on to te park & ride! Why the 'city' extends to the ring-road (and further in some places) is beyond me.
This is an actual positive for Oxford and the planners, who would ordinarily allow any pile of junk to be built, are objecting!
It it is true that only 45 parking spaces are planned that needs to be addressed but otherwise there is no real reason to stop this.
Sid Hunt
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2:20pm Wed 11 Jul 12
Cathena says...
8:49am Wed 11 Jul 12