In his letter, Owners kept so badly informed (Oxford Mail, November 13), Chris Boswell has echoed what many residents have been saying about the proposed Rose Hill development scheme in Oxford.

Over the past five years since the first exhibition was held, I have tried to draw housing services' attention to many vital issues that affect all residents in this area, but they have chosen to ignore them and concentrate on replacing 98 Orlit pre-fab houses and some reasonable sheltered housing with 258 housing units - one of the highest density levels in the city.

All the surveys, meetings, consultations and the odd exhibition thrown in are a joke as none of the vital issues, such as drainage, car parking, footpaths, roads and alleyways, has been resolved.

Undaunted, the Oxford Citizens Housing Association (Ocha), with the appointed developer, Taylor Woodrow, submitted five applications for full planning permission.

At the specially convened south east area committee meeting, it was agreed to recommend the city's strategic development control committee to support the development, subject to conditions, and grant delegated powers to officers to issue Notices of Permission when satisfied that the applicant (Ocha and Taylor Woodrow) had fully complied.

This is a very unsatisfactory situation for residents, as the planning services' record for enforcing conditions in this area is very poor and fraught with contention.

I was also surprised to hear that, even though Taylor Woodrow was appointed a year ago, contracts between the city, Ocha and Tayor Woodrow have not been signed.

Oxford City Council is, therefore, still the major owner of the land and some properties, which makes any decision by the committee amount to a conflict of interest.

Concern was expressed by many residents who felt their rights had been ignored and simply taken away.

What chance have they of a fair deliberation, especially when both the county and city have discarded their very own design guides, which they stringently apply to all other developments?

Mr Boswell can take heart that he is not alone in being missed out.

At the last Littlemore Parish Council meeting on November 13, I was surprised to hear from the chairman that the council had not been informed that applications for full planning permission had been submitted - probably the city council's planning services are not aware that this development lies within the parish boundaries.

VIM RODRIGO Rivermead Road Rose Hill Oxford