I entirely agree with those correspondents who have written (Oxford Mail, June 15) opposing the county council's plan to charge residents for parking permits (£40 for most permits and an extra £15 for a block of visitors' permits).

We should also oppose the council's intention to extend residents' parking schemes to new areas of the city, such as parts of Summertown and Marston.

I am writing to councillors to make the following points: 1. Controlled zones already introduced in the city have cluttered up the streets with unsightly signs and road markings, which require costly maintenance.

2. Parking restrictions already introduced near the city centre have simply pushed motorists into other streets. A council pamphlet recently admitted that "experience has shown that once a new zone is implemented, commuter parking can be displaced to residential streets beyond its boundaries".

3. Parking permit schemes create many problems for householders and their visitors. This will especially affect the aged and the housebound, who depend on support from visitors, yet they will have to pay for these visits.

4. My street and many others in the proposed new areas have no particular parking problems, so there is no need for new restrictions. This will probably introduce problems that do not exist.

5. The council clearly intends to use these schemes as a way of charging Oxford residents for parking. The charges are supposedly to pay for the maintenance and enforcement of the parking permit schemes in Oxford, so charges would be unnecessary if these parking schemes were scrapped.

6. If county councillors vote in favour of these proposals, I hope they will be voted out of office at the first opportunity. They have already made more than enough blunders with their ill-considered traffic schemes.

Tony Augarde, Carlton Road, Oxford