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Petitions and Public Address

Meeting: 05/11/2019 - County Council (Item 70)

Petitions and Public Address

Decision:

Mr Mike Tyso, Chipping Norton Town Council, spoke in support of Agenda Item 15 (Motion by Councillor Hilary Hibbert-Biles);

 

Mr Church, spoke in support of Question 7 on Notice by Councillor Suzanne Bartington in relation to the benefits of tree planting;

 

Mr David Gilmour, CPRE Oxfordshire, spoke in support of Agenda Item 13 (Motion by Councillor John Sanders on the Expressway);

 

 

Minutes:

Council received the following public address:

 

Mr Mike Tyso, Chipping Norton Town Council, spoke in support of Agenda Item 15 (Motion by Councillor Hilary Hibbert-Biles) on the basis that residents had petitioned for action for many years for action; that currently, the road was so narrow in places that a car and a HGV could not pass and that air pollution within the Town was well in excess international levels.  He urged the Council to Route HGVs away from the town Centre, warning that the Tank Farm development could increase traffic by 50%.

 

Mr Church spoke in support of Question 7 on Notice by Councillor Suzanne Bartington in relation to the benefits of tree planting.  He urged the Council to adopt a tree planting Policy and to create good quality green spaces with careful, well planned tree planting which could see Oxfordshire safe and clean by 2040 based on 3 major reports that suggested tree planting on a large scale could combat greenhouse gases.

 

100,000s of people were concerned about Climate Change, and whilst he acknowledged that tree planting would not resolve Climate Change, it would go a long way towards it.

 

Mr David Gilmour, CPRE Oxfordshire, spoke in support of Agenda Item 13 (Motion by Councillor John Sanders on the Expressway) on the basis that the Expressway would transform large parts of the County forever; there would be a huge loss of habitats and that the investment should be made in the north instead.  He questioned how the Council could support a schme of such increased car use having declared a ‘Climate Emergency’ and urged the Council to reject the Expressway.