I read with total disbelief the letter by Roy Darke.

When all the streets of Oxford are littered with cars, which not only make the street look ugly and a mess but interfere with the movement of both vehicles and pedestrians, we do not need a reduction in the number of off-street parking places. Pretty obviously, we need many more.

Oxford City Council also wants to build on St Clement’s car park – such ideas are not going to work and should be stopped immediately.

It seems that, quite often, the council will not listen to common sense and is hell-bent on getting the go-ahead for these harebrained schemes.

I also read that they were looking at the Ferry Link car park as a possible building site.

It does make one wonder who thinks up these barmy ideas.

The trouble is that councillors always think they are right even when they are obviously wrong.

DERRICK HOLT, Fortnam Close, Oxford