Issue - meetings

This report presents the Parking Annual Report 2017-18 for Guildford and makes a number of recommendations to the Joint Committee in respect of on-street parking and the use of the surplus generated from this service.

The Guildford Joint Committee agreed to:

(i)    Note the contents of Annexe 1, the Parking Annual Report for 2017-18 and the current and planned work associated with on street parking in section 1.

(ii)  Agree to increase the charge that applies to the 30-minute maximum stay Pay and Display only, and 30-minute maximum stay Pay and Display dual-use bays by 20 pence per half-hour, from 80 pence per half-hour to £1 per half-hour

(iii) Agree that the staffing provision at three of the Park & Ride sites (Artington, Merrow and Onslow) be changed from a static operating model to a mobile provision focusing on locking, unlocking and cleaning

Reasons:

(i)            To maintain the differential between convenient on street parking and off street parking to support the “drive to not through” strategy and

(ii)           To reduce the operating costs of the park and ride service.

Petitions, Public Questions, Statements: Petition requesting the installation of ‘Double Yellow Lines’, around the junction of Spoil Lane, Tongham, considered under Item 22 Petitions.

Officers present: Andy Harkin, Parking Manager, GBC and Chris Wheeler, Waste and Fleet Services Manager GBC

Member discussion - key points:

Members noted that there had been a drop in ticket numbers, the Parking Manager explained that on-street parking had reduced; some people had been displaced and were now using off-street parking.

The Parking Manager stated he was going to send the triaged assessment list of CPZ issues (an update of Annexe 2 of the Sept JC On-Street Parking report) which had been considered by the Parking and Air Quality Working Group, and the scored list of Non-CPZ issues (an update of Annexe 3 of the Sept 2018 JC report) to borough and county members shortly for consideration prior to the next Working Group and the March Committee.

Resolved:

The Guildford Joint Committee agreed to:

(i)    Note the contents of Annexe 1, the Parking Annual Report for 2017-18 and the current and planned work associated with on street parking in section 1.

(ii)  Agree to increase the charge that applies to the 30-minute maximum stay Pay and Display only, and 30-minute maximum stay Pay and Display dual-use bays by 20 pence per half-hour, from 80 pence per half-hour to £1 per half-hour

(iii) Agree that the staffing provision at three of the Park & Ride sites (Artington, Merrow and Onslow) be changed from a static operating model to a mobile provision focusing on locking, unlocking and cleaning

Reasons:

(i)            To maintain the differential between convenient on street parking and off street parking to support the “drive to not through” strategy and

(ii)           To reduce the operating costs of the park and ride service.