You report that work on the Westgate redevelopment scheme in Oxford "was delayed in March as developers waited on the result of Oxford City Council's application for a compulsory purchase order for surrounding land" (Oxford Mail, July 11).
In fact, work was delayed last autumn when it became clear that a public inquiry into the compulsory purchase of privately-owned homes in Abbey Place was taking place in December.
It was delayed again when the inquiry result was put back from February until late May, by which time the credit crunch had begun to bite and the economic climate was changing rapidly.
If Capital Shopping had not been so greedy for that piece of extra land, for which it was prepared to evict people and demolish their homes, it could have gone ahead with its massive scheme last year. For once, a major developer has been hoist by his (or her) own petard!
SUSHILA DHALL (Councillor) Green Party Oxfordshire County Council Oxford City Council
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