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Traffic damage to property
Reported anonymously at 18:50, Tue 16 July 2019
Sent to Oxfordshire County Council and South Oxfordshire District Council 5 minutes later
I am writing to highlight the damage being done to the front of our property by traffic, and to request options for remedy. As per the attached photos the bank and steps at the front of our house have been repeatedly struck by vehicles, a situation that has worsened significantly due to the number of vehicles which park opposite our house on double yellow lines whilst they go shopping in the nearby Tesco. Larger vehicles are frequently barely able to pass the parked vans/lorries/tractors, and when they do it often results in striking the earth bank or steps. I appreciate that policing the constant backlog of illegally parked vehicles blocking the road and pavement is not practical but I would ask that the council considers providing some support in protecting the bank from further damage. I am unclear how to do this on the boundary with the road hence approaching the County Council upon the advice of the Parish Council.
Council ref: ENQ19838093
Updates
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Thank you for your enquiry. This issue has been passed onto the relevant team for investigation.
State changed to: Investigating
Posted by Oxfordshire County Council at 18:55, Tue 16 July 2019
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Thank you for your report and please accept our sincere apologies for the delay in response. As you infer, both sides of the road are subject to no waiting (Double yellow lines) and, whilst the police may struggle with the necessary resource to adequately resource any vehicles that do get parked here, there are moves afoot to transfer the responsibility for parking enforcement from the Police to the Council. This, once implemented, should provide additional resource for all waiting restrictions. In the meantime (and if this is still a problem) please do report instances to Thames Valley Police on the Non-emergency number 101.
State changed to: Investigation complete
Posted by Oxfordshire County Council at 14:04, Thu 24 December 2020
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