We are working with Headington’s businesses to get an important message across to the City Council’s Executive Board members..
We must keep decisions on parking charge increases local!
The Town Hall is putting the viability of Headington’s shopping area under threat. Oxford’s Labour City Council is proposing to take the decision about car parking charges away from the local area and to introduce a huge hike in charges for Headington’s car parks.
Their plans will increase the charge by up to 100%: that means parking for 2-3 hours will go up from £1.50 to £3.00
We urge the the City Council’s Executive to see sense and:
- Keep local decisions locally, being made in meetings in the local community
- Back-track from the proposed hike in car parking charges that can only hit trade in Headington at a time when the Council should be working with local businesses to help improve the economy, not planning to undermine it
We support the petition that local businesses are asking customers to sign – if you feel strongly too, ask to sign the petition at shops in Old High Street and London Road
And another thing to consider…the tariffs will now run Mon-Sun till 8pm not Mon-Sat (till 6.30 pm) with a fixed charge on Sundays. This will hit the pockets of Sunday customers and those shopping in the evenings or using the car park to attend meetings at the Baptist Church Hall hard!