Oxford: St Michael's Street - proposed vehicle restriction extension

Following on from a previous consultation carried out in 2022 regarding the experimental scheme to prohibit vehicles from entering the eastern end of St Michael's Street in central Oxford (click here for details), we're now asking for your views on the proposals to extend this restriction westwards by a further 13 metres to the western boundary of the Northgate Hall. This will enable additional safe use of outside seating by customers of the adjacent premises, and introduce improved cycle parking to enhance the convenience and amenity for the general public.

In order to facilitate the proposal, the following additional supporting measures are being proposed:

1. reduce by approximately 5 metres at the east end (in the vicinity of the Northgate Hall) the current 25 metre length of Disabled Persons Parking Places on the north side of St Michael's Street, and
2. remove the existing 10 metre length Doctors parking place on the south side of Beaumont Street approximately 60 metres west of its junction with Gloucester Street, and in its place to designate a 6.6m length Disabled Persons Parking Place.

Have your say.

Please read the detailed information provided on this consultation and take the time to complete the survey as your views and opinions matter. Your response should be completed and returned by 5pm on Friday 31 March 2023.

Whilst we will endeavor to answer simple queries during the course of the consultation, any more complex questions/issues will be appraised and dealt with as part of consultation process.

What happens next?

The County Council will review the responses and if necessary (i.e. if objections are received) prepare a report to be presented to the Cabinet Member for Highway Management at a meeting scheduled for later in 2023. This will be public meeting at which members of the public may apply to speak. The agenda and reports for meetings will be made available on the Oxfordshire County Council web site about a week before the meeting (please note that occasionally it is necessary to defer reports to a later meeting, and it is therefore advisable to check the agenda ahead of attending a meeting). The Forward Plan of decisions meetings can be viewed here.