How do you feel about this proposal?

Negative

To what extent do you support this proposal?

Not at all

If there are any comments you would like to make about the proposal, please tell us below.

The proposals would have a very serious effect on At Andrew's with Castlegate church on the corner of Chaucer and Goldsmith streets. Many of our older / physically less able members depend upon being able to access the building directly from the church car park. As well as Sun day services the church buildings are well used by charity and self.help.support groups throughout the week and a child contact centre uses.it.on Saturdays. All these would be seriously impacted by the proposals

How do you feel about this proposal?

Negative

To what extent do you support this proposal?

Not at all

If there are any comments you would like to make about the proposal, please tell us below.

I've already made one comment, but having now read through those that others have left please may I point out a significant problem with this consultation? Several commenters have misunderstood the question "To what extent do you support this proposal", selecting "To a great extent" but going on to make a comment that clearly opposes the scheme. (Presumably they have misread the question as a measure of strength of feeling, following on from the emojis above.) By extension, there is no way of knowing whether those have simply selected "To a great extent" (or indeed "Not at all") without leaving any comment genuinely meant to support the proposal or oppose it. Any collation of data based on that question will therefore be entirely unreliable: you will have to disregard it and judge on the basis of comments alone. I hope this helps you redesign future consultations. An additional point: have you consulted the police and ambulance service about the proposed restrictions? Inhibiting their circulation could have dangerous, potentially fatal consequences.

How do you feel about this proposal?

Negative

To what extent do you support this proposal?

To a great extent

If there are any comments you would like to make about the proposal, please tell us below.

How appalling that the council have not even requested talks with St Andrews with Castle Gate UR Church particularly when they do so much for the City in respect of underprivileged groups and support other City initiatives.

How do you feel about this proposal?

Mostly negative

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This closure will badly affect church members from getting to St Andrews with Castle Gate church on Chaucer St from the north of the city

How do you feel about this proposal?

Negative

To what extent do you support this proposal?

Not at all

If there are any comments you would like to make about the proposal, please tell us below.

I don't believe all the likely consequences of the proposed measures have been properly thought through, or established with legitimate evidence, and I urge you to make significant modifications - in particular to the proposed closure of Peel Street to through traffic. At the very least, the Council must surely wait until it is possible to do proper traffic surveys in normal circumstances rather than rashly press ahead at present. The scheme as proposed is going to cause significant problems. I am a member at St Andrew's with Castle Gate United Reformed Street, on the corner of Goldsmith Street and Chaucer Street. This is a "gathered congregation", ie one that people travel into the city to attend from all over the city and county, and Nottingham's major centre for our historic, socially engaged and inclusive denomination. It is also a responsible city centre organisation which supports and contributes to Council initiatives such as Light Night and provides social services including accommodation for self-help groups (eg AA and NA), for the Red Cross's support programme for refugees and asylum seekers, the Nottingham Stroke Club and the Nottingham Child Contact Centre. (In fact this national charity, supporting children who have suffered family breakdown was founded on our premises, by a church member). However, the church has become increasingly difficult to reach already in recent years and the closure of Peel Street would make it very difficult to get there for the 50% or so of our congregation travelling in from Carlton, Sherwood, Arnold etc. A significant proportion of our attenders are dependent on cars, get lifts to church etc and have no viable public transport alternative, especially on a Sunday. Some could conceivably use Park & Ride at Forest Ground and catch the tram but by no means all, whether because of dependence on others, infirmity or simply the added time and expense. If Peel Street is closed, they will face a very long way round to access the church, increasing pressure on other traffic pinch-points, or simply be deterred from attending - which could quite possibly become an existential threat to what is currently a viable, vibrant and positive presence in the city. I can appreciate the aims of this scheme, although judging by the comments of residents the real problem local residents face is the school drop-off at the High School/Girls' High School and all in all, this proposal appears to be using a sledgehammer to crack a nut. The reduction of the speed limit to 20mph on Peel Street has already had an effect and the traffic could certainly be regulated further with speed platforms/cushions or chicanes to deter its use as a rat-run without preventing people getting where they need to go. Further, any traffic study or trial closure done during the current Covid-19 restrictions must be regarded as invalid. In the case of our church, we have suspended use of the building altogether for the public good since March 2020. If there has been a trial closure of Peel Street, members will not even have been aware of it since all our activities are currently online - so naturally there will have been no resulting congestion elsewhere to measure. Please do not proceed without first publishing a proper traffic impact study in post-pandemic time and conducting a public consultation on that basis. I also urge you to take into consideration the unintended damage the scheme will do to organisations such as our church, the Nottingham Quakers' Friends Meeting House on Clarendon Street and numerous others which make a positive contribution to the life of this city.