Adverse Impact of Parking Scheme on Non-Included Roads (Roads)

Tue 15 Apr, 21:18 (last edited on Tue 15 Apr, 21:19)

They are designed, engineered, and built in Woking, Alice. Alongside the Formula 1 cars of the same name. And yes, back to the point, they shouldn’t have parked there but then neither should the Ford Fiesta (US money) that was parked without a blue badge outside the coop yesterday. I don’t see a photo of that appearing on the forum though.

Tue 15 Apr, 12:57

I wasn't making a point Neil, just providing some balance.  Are they still primarily made in Britain?  Their largest market is N. America so they are now behind a 25% tariff barrier to the US.  They also appear to make an annual loss, so the UK government won't get much tax out of them. 

Whoever they are, the owners don't have a right to park illegally.

Tue 15 Apr, 09:15

And your point is what, Alice…? 

Mon 14 Apr, 20:43

"McLaren Automotive is wholly owned by CYVN Holdings, an investment firm based in Abu Dhabi. The McLaren Group is under the control of Mumtalakat Holding Company, the sovereign wealth fund of Bahrain."

Sun 13 Apr, 16:41 (last edited on Sun 13 Apr, 19:44)

Thank you for the photo. 

Sun 13 Apr, 11:04

An illegally spaced number plate , APNR systems will not pick this up - but I would guess that in may be something associated with a D SMITH ? A fine looking car ( McLaren 540 ) , made in Britain 🇬🇧- supporting UK trade !

Sun 13 Apr, 11:04

An illegally spaced number plate , APNR systems will not pick this up - but I would guess that in may be something associated with a D SMITH ? A fine looking car ( McLaren 540 ) , made in Britain 🇬🇧- supporting UK trade !

Sat 12 Apr, 18:48

Obviously cannot read, pissed or mentally challenged. 😂

Sat 12 Apr, 18:10 (last edited on Sun 13 Apr, 18:00)

And on that note it’s great to see the disabled space is now a supercar only space - it’s about time Charlbury had one 6pm Saturday 12th. 

Sat 12 Apr, 15:14

Charlie, It would appear that some of the Notting Hill visitors don’t give a toss about local residents, whether they can get past cars blocking the road, access disabled parking spaces or whether buses can get through. 

Sat 12 Apr, 11:18

This morning at around 9:50 at the top of Church Street ... and the driver was overheard in a certain hostelry joking with his friends about how he had parked on double yellows. 

Fri 11 Apr, 21:49

The council is keeping a list of the consequences ready for the review which should be held within six months as originally agreed. 

Wed 9 Apr, 06:38 (last edited on Wed 9 Apr, 06:53)

Parking at Enstone Cross Roads - is an accident waiting to happen. I will accept it is a case of unintended consequences but we should not be having to wait 6 months and certainly not 12 months for an assessment. Is there no flexibility in whatever body was responsible for the original decision. Or are they all concentrating on the local elections? Come on wake up.

Tue 8 Apr, 19:52

Thank you Chris. Those two cars have been there more than two hours this evening. One (as I recall) is a G-reg (wherever that is from), and the other is an OU-reg. An evening part-time traffic warden might dissuade these morons from parking as they do. Whilst in the pub, I was approached by a well-known local personage who told me that my post summarised what many people were thinking. I am singularly unimpressed by OCC's farcical action on this issue. No review for a year? Are we guinea pigs? The county councillor whose initials are the 12th letter of the alphabet needs to get in touch with reality! 

Tue 8 Apr, 18:26

Tue 8 Apr, 16:36

Steve Cavell is right, it’s made it a lot harder and more dangerous to exit from Wychwood House and Suntrap. Turning right out of drives in a car means having to turn onto the wrong side of the road, and risk not having cleared the line of parked cars by the time something appears head on from the crossroads. Leaving on foot, I have to peer cautiously out to the left, knowing that cars will be coming up Enstone Road on the wrong side. And with cars parked all the way up past the bus stop to the corner, if a bus has to stop for a long time to take on passengers, there is very quickly gridlock across the junction, making it unsafe for vehicles and pedestrians.

Tue 8 Apr, 14:25 (last edited on Tue 8 Apr, 14:34)

A final thought. This part of the forum is referred to as "roads". 

But it really seems to be about the views of car drivers. Pedestrians, cyclists, public transport passengers, mobility scooter users, delivery drivers, motorcyclists... all also have right to move around.

Tue 8 Apr, 14:25 (last edited on Tue 8 Apr, 14:49)

I'm back in Charlbury, having been away for a couple of months.  Four quick observations....

1. Walking through the town to the station there are far fewer poorly parked cars during the day. Streets that were clogged before Christmas now have space for residents to park safely.

2. The previously half empty station car park is now full. 

3. Some of the streets just outside the parking zone are full of cars. 

4. The speed of traffic seems to have dropped, as most people have adjusted to the 20mph speed limit (many thanks to the speedwatch team) and which is becoming the standard in most built up areas.

Mon 7 Apr, 06:04

From what I have seen, and as I expected, the whole scheme is one gigantic cock-up!

All that was ever needed was the appointment of a (part-time maybe) traffic warden, perhaps based in Charlbury, who could patrol randomly, including in the evenings when the double yellows in the town centre are so often ignored (as they were again this weekend.

It's not rocket science.

Sun 6 Apr, 08:49

The same impact can be seen on Sandford Rise and I’m sure once the roadworks have gone, the same will arise on Dancers Hill. We’ve been dealing with the fallout from the roadworks since the beginnings of January but it’s been manageable. There’s been a definite change for the worse since the permit scheme was introduced. 

Sun 6 Apr, 07:40

We were clearly told in a Town Council meeting held on the 27th November (just checked the minutes and it is there), that any changes required would be made at 6 months following a review. I think it needs to be explained why this has changed. 

Also, Liz is not correct in her post. A house can only have 2 cars registered so any house with more than 2 cars will be parking elsewhere. 

It is also apparent that when I go to work in the morning, I have seen residents who live in the parking zones parked in the 60 minute bay in the Spendlove car park (presumably over night) and on the double yellow lines outside the Rose and Crown, so the scheme obviously isn't working as intended. 

Sun 6 Apr, 07:21

The increased parking at the top of Enstone Road has certainly made exiting from Wychwood House more hazardous, and I suspect from Suntrap, Wychwood Paddocks and properties along Enstone Rd. Vehicles nosing their way out of the X-roads trying to see vehicles slaloming their way up the road is encouraging drivers to accelerate to reach the next passing point. Also makes it more difficult for pedestrians using the pavement and trying to cross the road back home. Edging out from between parked cars and slaloming boy racers reminds one of the saying "the quick and the dead". I shall continue to wave my walking stick at transgressors.

Sat 5 Apr, 22:25 (last edited on Sat 5 Apr, 22:26)

Yes, apologies, the review will be in 12 months, not six.

Sat 5 Apr, 18:25

Thank you for your response Liz. While I appreciate that a review is planned, I must clarify two key concerns based on both recent experience and communication with the council.

Firstly, the addition of double yellow lines has actually created a clearer, unobstructed road on Sheep Street—leading to noticeably higher vehicle speeds down Sheep Street into Hixet Wood. Previously, parked cars naturally slowed traffic. Now, without that friction, we are seeing an increase in both speed and safety concerns.

Secondly, we were informed by the council just last week that the formal review period is twelve months, not six. If this has changed, clarity would be welcome—but as it stands, residents are facing daily disruption with no short-term resolution in sight. We hope these real and immediate impacts will be factored seriously into any assessment of the scheme’s effectiveness.

Sat 5 Apr, 17:58

The scheme will be reviewed after six months and can be modified if necessary.  Households in the parking zone can get a permit for each car, so displacement shouldn't be a problem.

In Finstock, people like having cars parked on the road as it makes it virtually impossible for people to speed through the village!!! 

Sat 5 Apr, 17:23

Sat 5 Apr, 17:23

As anticipated, the new parking scheme has turned Hixet Wood into an overflow zone. We now return home daily to find five cars crammed outside our house—none of which belong to visitors of The Bull, but to residents displaced by the restrictions. It appears those without permits or with multiple vehicles are now using our road, one of the few central streets excluded from the scheme. Hixet Wood and Enstone Road are bearing the brunt of this poorly planned rollout.