IT’S good to hear that Oxford City Council may be thinking again about its decision in response to ‘technical problems’ and opposition from one or two local ‘heritage’ groups to remove solar panels from the newly-built affordable housing behind Bury Knowle Park (‘Eyesore’ solar panels will be taken down, March 11).

The panels in question “well screened by trees” are barely visible from most of the park and face away from Old Headington dwellings, so the heritage issue is irrelevant.

Seemingly the technical problems have also been fixed, so there is no justification for removing any of the panels.

If your story was correct, the council was unduly selective in its choice of residents’ groups consulted on this issue.

Users of Bury Knowle Park (the people who might “occasionally” glimpse the panels) come from all over Headington, and it is they “rather than a privileged few living in Old Headington” whose views should have been sought. Yet the views of other Headington resident associations and interest groups seem not to have been sought.

Nonetheless it is very clear from the comment thread following the online version of your article that the great majority of people want all of the panels to remain.

Far from being an ‘eyesore’, solar panels are the key way forward for sustainable urban energy microgeneration in the 21st century.

The city council should stick to its low-carbon principles and leave all the panels in place.

ROBIN GILL Gardiner Street Headington