Decision details

 The Local Committee (Tandridge) resolved to agree:

i). The proposed changes to parking and waiting restrictions as shown in Annexes 1 and 2, as amended in Annex 3 and to further include the additions of Whyteleafe Road, Detillens Lane and Brassey Road.

ii). If necessary, adjustments can be made to the proposals agreed at the meeting by the Parking Team Manager in consultation with the Chairman, Vice-Chairman and local Member prior to statutory consultation.

iii). The intention of the County Council to make Traffic Regulation Orders under the relevant parts of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 to impose the waiting and on street parking restrictions in Tandridge as shown in the Annexes (and as subsequently modified by ii) is advertised and that if no objections are maintained, the Order is made.

iv). If there are unresolved objections, they will be dealt with in accordance with the county council’s scheme of delegation by the parking strategy and implementation team manager, in consultation with the chairman/vice chairman of this committee and the appropriate county councillor.

v). If necessary the Parking Team Manager will report the objections back to the local committee for resolution.

vi). Note the allocation £10,000 in the Revenue Maintenance Allocation 2016/17 as agreed at the 23 March 2016 Tandridge Local Committee meeting to implement the parking amendments.

vii). Approve the new process for implementation of new school keep clear markings (SKCs), and to agree to revoke the traffic regulation orders for existing SKCs across Tandridge, in light of changes in government legislation.

Reasons for Recommendations:

The Local Committee agreed the Revenue Maintenance Allocation 2016/17 at the 23 March 2016 Tandridge Local Committee meeting. This included a provision of £10,000 for parking amendments for the 2016/17 Parking review. The Committee is asked to note this recommendation.

School Keep Clear Markings: Following government changes to the regulations, it is no longer necessary for us to make a traffic regulation order (TRO) when we want to introduce a school keep clear (SKC) marking. It is also no longer necessary for us to have a TRO for existing SKC markings. As is already the case with bus stop clearways, all we need to do is put in place the appropriate road marking and signs, and the restriction will be enforceable.

As it is possible for people to receive a penalty charge notice (PCN) if they park on an SKC marking, we think it is important that the decision to install them still has member input. However, in order to simplify and speed up the process to introduce new markings, we would like to propose that this can be done by the parking team with the agreement of the chairman/vice chairman of the local committee and the relevant county councillor, rather than the whole committee, so we do not have to wait until the next committee meeting for a decision.

We would also carry out a consultation exercise with residents and businesses in the local area, in order to ensure that no new markings suddenly appear without prior notification.

As a consequence of the change to the regulations, we are also proposing to revoke the TROs for existing SKC markings because they are no longer needed. This will be done at the same time as the statutory consultation for this review.