Decision details

Declarations of Interest:      None

Officers attending:  Edward Cowley, SCC

Petitions, Public Questions, Statements:  None

The Officer outlined the contents of the report.  Members were very supportive of the School travel plans, but noted the following:-

The need to address the parking / school planning policy as one size fits all does not work.  Councillors wanted a pick up / drop off facility at Deepcut school and the developer was prepared to pay for this, but the policy would not support it.

Modern life means that parents need to drop off children on the way to work and this needs to be addressed.

Idling engines created air quality hot spots around school pick up areas, especially fumes from busses and this needed to be addressed for the children and local residents.

The Local Committee (Surrey Heath) noted:

(i)    The county council’s Safer Travel Team will continue to encourage and support all Surrey’s expansion schools to complete and maintain their School Travel Plan using the online Modeshift STARS system.

(ii)   From 2018/19, the Safer Travel Team will also encourage all Surrey’s schools to create a School Travel Plan using the online Modeshift STARS accreditation system. This will involve promotion and the offer of training and support to all schools

(iii)  Members are invited to assist by encouraging schools to sign up to Modeshift STARS, and to take up the activities offered by the Safer Travel and Cycle Training Teams to improve road safety and encourage sustainable travel.