Stop Newton Hall Post Office, wherever it is located from being remodelled as a 'Post Office Local' and retain its 'Main Post Office' status.
We have now learned that whether the existing site or another site is used for the post office it will be downgraded.
This petition is now about protecting the services offered and making sure that the existing capacity to serve customers is retained.
We continue our discussions with Post Office management but need as many signatures as possible otherwise wherever the post office is located it will have been downgraded..
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So fed up with these cuts. Newton Hall needs a proper post office not some mini version.
Why do they keep trying to fix things that arent broken. just leave it alone.
dont touch our post office. leave it how it is.
The queues are already long enough as it is. Downgrading it makes absolutely no sense.
Always busy at Newton Hall. Taking away services is just going to hurt the elderly people who rely on it.
Shameful of post office to take w
Some considerations as to why the post office move should not take place. 1. Demographics – The Newton Hall area has the highest elderly population in the whole of County Durham. Access to the main post office in Durham requires parking in a paid parking area and then walking from 250-500m to the pedestrian area where the main post office is located. This will be very inconvenient and costly for a huge number of our elderly residents and does not make social or economic sense. 2. Demographics – Newton Hall has a significantly higher than average for the North East, number of residents with family and friends living overseas. This includes family members of British Overseas forces. The University has an enormous overseas population of students and teaching, and support staff, many of whom live in Newton Hall. Many use overseas services. Note that when it was built Newton Hall was the biggest housing estate in Europe. Some overseas and forces services will be lost. 3. Public Support – There is enormous public support for protecting existing servcies. In the first few days of creating a petition to protect the existing post office and services 600 signatures were obtained. . 4. Opening Hours – If the post office is downgraded, any improved opening hours will be of little consequence to many users as they will still have to go to Silver Street in Durham. 5. Expansion of Population – To the west, and within less than one mile of the post office, the council has put forward proposals as part of its County Plan to build up to 4500 new houses. Residents of these new areas will be closer to Newton Hall than to the main post office in Durham City. 6. Capacity – Whilst attending the existing site on Friday evening, we helped the postman collecting parcels. 5 full sacks of parcels were taken out to the van, his third trip of the day. This during school holidays when many residents are on holiday. There is simply not enough space in the proposed new faci
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Stop Newton Hall Post Office, wherever it is located from being remodelled as a 'Post Office Local' and retain its 'Main Post Office' status.
We have now learned that whether the existing site or another site is used for the post office it will be downgraded.
This petition is now about protecting the services offered and making sure that the existing capacity to serve customers is retained.
We continue our discussions with Post Office management but need as many signatures as possible otherwise wherever the post office is located it will have been downgraded..
8 Comments
THIS IS RIDICULOUS. We need the full service here not just a shop counter.
So fed up with these cuts. Newton Hall needs a proper post office not some mini version.
Why do they keep trying to fix things that arent broken. just leave it alone.
dont touch our post office. leave it how it is.
The queues are already long enough as it is. Downgrading it makes absolutely no sense.
Always busy at Newton Hall. Taking away services is just going to hurt the elderly people who rely on it.
Shameful of post office to take w
Some considerations as to why the post office move should not take place. 1. Demographics – The Newton Hall area has the highest elderly population in the whole of County Durham. Access to the main post office in Durham requires parking in a paid parking area and then walking from 250-500m to the pedestrian area where the main post office is located. This will be very inconvenient and costly for a huge number of our elderly residents and does not make social or economic sense. 2. Demographics – Newton Hall has a significantly higher than average for the North East, number of residents with family and friends living overseas. This includes family members of British Overseas forces. The University has an enormous overseas population of students and teaching, and support staff, many of whom live in Newton Hall. Many use overseas services. Note that when it was built Newton Hall was the biggest housing estate in Europe. Some overseas and forces services will be lost. 3. Public Support – There is enormous public support for protecting existing servcies. In the first few days of creating a petition to protect the existing post office and services 600 signatures were obtained. . 4. Opening Hours – If the post office is downgraded, any improved opening hours will be of little consequence to many users as they will still have to go to Silver Street in Durham. 5. Expansion of Population – To the west, and within less than one mile of the post office, the council has put forward proposals as part of its County Plan to build up to 4500 new houses. Residents of these new areas will be closer to Newton Hall than to the main post office in Durham City. 6. Capacity – Whilst attending the existing site on Friday evening, we helped the postman collecting parcels. 5 full sacks of parcels were taken out to the van, his third trip of the day. This during school holidays when many residents are on holiday. There is simply not enough space in the proposed new faci
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THIS IS RIDICULOUS. We need the full service here not just a shop counter.