City Councillors have been working to support residents of a housing estate after they made a number of complaints against the developers.

Residents of Newman Place in Littlemore complained of poor facilities, anti-social behaviour, noisy building work and strict parking measures.

One resident, who wished to be anonymous, moved out of the flat as a result of the living situation.

They described it as a "candidate for the worst estate" in an email sent to the Oxford Mail, and said the housing association had “killed the dream of home ownership”.

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Councillors Anne Stares and David Henwood from the Independent Oxford Alliance arranged a public meeting at Littlemore Village Hall on Tuesday, October 15

The meeting was attended by a Peabody representative, a Thames Valley Police Sergeant and over 70 residents.

Councillor Anne Stares said: “In response to resident concerns, I have been involved in the Newman Place development since August.

“Issues being raised range from the safety of the perimeter fencing, which I raised with the developers Peabody, who initially began to address this, but work has since stalled. Parking and the recently imposed parking enforcement.

“The negative effects of the large science park development currently under construction and reports from residents of feeling miss sold.

“Antisocial behaviour and the lack of play facilities to claims of lack of communication from Peabody.

“Many of these issues have been building for some time and residents are rightly frustrated and angry.

“Councillor David Henwood and I are currently working to help residents and liase with Peabody in a bid to address these concerns.”

Councillor Henwood said he was currently working on the parking tickets that were issued by the county council, after Peabody painting double yellow lines on Armstrong road. 

He added: “As local councillors, we have dived in at the deep end to help residents and will continue to work through their problems in order to make their lives better.

“I am disappointed in the level of communication the developer Peabody has shown, they simply need to work harder on some of the problems that have arisen over the last few years.

“Shockingly we have seen the developer charge for play equipment in residents' ground rent, play equipment that simply doesn't exist.

“In the short term, we would like to see Peabody manage their site, with a more hands-on approach.”

Both councillors said they would be meeting with Peabody in the near future to discuss residents’ concerns.

A spokesperson for Peabody said: “We recently met with residents to get their feedback and are doing what we can to address the issues they’ve raised.”

When approached for comment, Oxford City Council said: "Any antisocial behaviour should be reported to Peabody or Safer Oxford, who will respond accordingly. Criminal behaviour like theft should be reported to Thames Valley Police."