This was the reply.

Thank you for your email.
I apologisr for not replying to your earlier email. This matter has already been very well discussed in correspondence with officers of the Council. I see little ponit in arguing the matter back and forth.
As I see it the law is clear and the Council are enforcing it as fairly and evenhandedly as it can.
Your arguments would be better addressed to Government as a change in the law would seem to be required by you.
If you are aware of other authorities who are interpreting the law differently then let us have details and we will discuss it with them.
I am bound to say that we have not found any authority including Oxford who do interpret it differently.
When we have all the information we can reasonably get from other authorities then I will be reporting on the matter to our Committee and I would be happy to notify you of the date so that you could address the Committee ( subject to the Chair,s .approval which I am sure would be given).