A CARIBBEAN restaurant refused permission to have tables and chairs on the pavement outside because it could be a fire safety hazard for the Randolph Hotel next door is trying again.
Turtle Bay has now applied for planning permission to have six tables, 24 chairs and three umbrellas, not in front of its own windows, but on the other side of Friars Entry.
In the submission to Oxford City Council, the restaurant reminded planners that its initial bid for outdoor seating in 2015 was refused.
Managers quoted the decision then given by the council that the tables and chairs would have a 'severe impact on the safety in respect of the fire exits from the Randolph Hotel and neighbouring properties'.
Those comments were made less than six months after a devastating fire started by a flambéed beef stroganoff ripped through the Randolph Hotel.
Now, though, Turtle Bay is hoping its slight adjustment will make all the difference.
Members of public can see the application at oxford.gov.uk using reference number 17/01615/FUL.
The council is aiming to make a decision by August 23.
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