{"id":32765,"date":"2024-10-09T18:11:13","date_gmt":"2024-10-09T17:11:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abingdonblog.co.uk\/?p=32765"},"modified":"2024-10-09T18:11:13","modified_gmt":"2024-10-09T17:11:13","slug":"dangerous-gable-end-wall-and-access-problems-in-west-st-helen-street","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/?p=32765","title":{"rendered":"Dangerous Gable End Wall and Access Problems in West St Helen Street"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag24\/2024100902.jpg\" \/><br \/>\nThe Vale of White Horse Buildings Control department recently fenced off a passageway adjacent to the Co-op due to concerns about a dangerous gable end wall. This closure has also now impacted Pappy&#8217;s Afro Caribbean Takeaway, forcing the business to evacuate their premises temporarily.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag24\/2024100901.jpg\" \/><br \/>\nThe closure of the pavement and dropped kerb has reduced the options for those with disability scooters or wheelchairs.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag24\/2024100903.jpg\" \/><br \/>\nThe pavement on the other side of West St Helen Street has limited turning space. A disability scooter user lost their balance attempting to go that way and struck their head on the wall. So there is an urgent need for improved accessibility. <\/p>\n<p>I rang Building Control at 15:00 today and am awaiting a call back.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Vale of White Horse Buildings Control department recently fenced off a passageway adjacent to the Co-op due to concerns about a dangerous gable end wall. This closure has also now impacted Pappy&#8217;s Afro Caribbean Takeaway, forcing the business to evacuate their premises temporarily. The closure of the pavement and dropped kerb has reduced the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[53],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32765","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-disability-access"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32765","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=32765"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32765\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=32765"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=32765"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=32765"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}