Student flats ‘will destroy St Clements’ – Oxford
Plans to build on a car park near Magdalen Bridge would be the “final nail in the coffin” of St Clements as a shopping area, traders in the area have warned.
With Oxford City Council understood to be set to make £3.5m from the major development, shops and restaurants accused the council of putting dozens of businesses at risk by allowing St Clements car park to be used for student accommodation.
At an angry meeting on Tuesday, retailers pledged to fight plans to build blocks of student accommodation housing 141 students on the busy car park, on which they say their restaurants and shops depend …