Issue - meetings

Jack Roberts, Parking Manager to present a report.

Officers of Surrey County Council’s parking team have carried out a review of on street parking restrictions within the borough of Surrey Heath and identified changes which would benefit road safety and reduce instances of obstruction and localised congestion. Committee approval is required in order to progress these changes to the stage of ‘formal advertisement’, where the proposed restrictions will be advertised for 28 days and open to comments or objections from members of the public.

The Local Committee (Surrey Heath) agreed:

(i)            the proposed amendments to on-street parking restrictions in Surrey Heath as described in this report and shown in detail on drawings in Annex A, subject to the withdrawl of parking bays proposed in Southern Road (Map 1324), and confirmation of the status of the double yellow lines in Map 1365 (Blythwood Drive).

(ii)           to allocate funding as detailed in paragraph 5.1 of this report to proceed with the introduction of the parking amendments.

(iii)          the intention of the county council to make an order under the relevant parts of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 to impose the waiting and on street parking restrictions in Surrey Heath as shown on the drawings in annex A are advertised and that if no objections are maintained, the orders are made.

(iv)         That 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. An additional member may be invited for comment.

Reasons:

Officers of Surrey County Council’s parking team have carried out a review of on street parking restrictions within the borough of Surrey Heath and identified changes which would benefit road safety and reduce instances of obstruction and localised congestion.

The Committee considered the report of the County Council’s parking team. Officers had carried out a review of on street parking restrictions within the borough of Surrey Heath, consulting with divisional members, and identified changes which would benefit road safety and reduce instances of obstruction and localised congestion.

Jack Roberts, the officer introducing the report updated Members that although there had been a late “For” vote regarding the consultation carried out in Badgerwood Drive, on balance this was still being proposed to not be taken forward.

In the main the Members were supportive of the proposals and on several occasions praised the team for the way that they carried out these works. However there were a few clarification points that were requested as part of the discussion.

This included the proposals for Blythewood Drive, for the Parking Officer to check whether last year’s line removal was dropped following consultation. It also included the removal of the proposals for Southern Road.

The Committee also reminded officers the need for publicity on changes to service areas and for Surrey County and Surrey Heath Borough Council to work together on this.

The Local Committee (Surrey Heath) agreed:

(i)            the proposed amendments to on-street parking restrictions in Surrey Heath as described in this report and shown in detail on drawings in Annex A, subject to the withdrawl of parking bays proposed in Southern Road (Map 1324), and confirmation of the status of the double yellow lines in Map 1365 (Blythwood Drive).

(ii)           that the local committee allocate funding as detailed in paragraph 5.1 of this report to proceed with the introduction of the parking amendments.

(iii)          the intention of the county council to make an order under the relevant parts of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 to impose the waiting and on street parking restrictions in Surrey Heath as shown on the drawings in annex A are advertised and that if no objections are maintained, the orders are made.

(iv)          That 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. An additional member may be invited for comment.