I live very close to Miriam, so close that my garden and living room is overseen by lodgers of Miriam Lodge. The expansion plan is very disappointing to see. Increasing the number of lodgers at Miriam Lodge will be damaging to the area. I am surprised they would consider such a expansion plan, especially as it near a number of schools, one which is only a few meters away? The building is a eye sore made worse by unruly lodgers. There are people who are allowed to sit on the window sill, shout out any nonsense, play loud music and dangle any rubbish outside their window. There has been an increase of unsocial able behavior seen on Dartmouth Road of late and it will only get worse with Miriam Lodge expansion plans.

It would be good if Miriam Lodge controlled lodgers use of the facility, as far I can see lodgers can do what they want, including shouting out of their windows, playing loud music and have arguments at any time they like while staying there?

It would be good if the building Miriam Lodge could be renovated somehow. There is a lot of space to be made use of. The existing building is so tall and unsightly, I am surprised it was allowed to be built in the first place (I guess there were no means of objections in the 60s). In my opinion knocking down the existing building and making use of the whole space would be a good objective for the council.