Issue - meetings

An update on a parking proposal outstanding from the parking review of the 13 March. The reports outlines the results of the consultation with residents of Ford Close, Shepperton and the resulting recommendations.

The Joint Committee (Spelthorne) agreed to:

(i)            not to proceed any further with the proposed double yellow lines in Ford Close at the present time but to review it at next parking review with officers exploring the possibility of white lines.

Reasons for Recommendation:

1.    The Joint Committee reviews on-street parking annually as part of its remit.

2.    The Joint Committee recognised the impact anti-social parking had on certain residents in this case and would like to monitor the issue.

The Chairman (County Councillor Richard Walsh) left the meeting in accordance with the procedural advice he had received and declared in item 4

The Vice- Chairman (Cllr Ian Harvey) chaired this item.

This report was a follow up to the parking review that had been carried out and presented at the last committee meeting in March. This proposed parking scheme in Ford Close had been deferred pending further consultations with the residents. The consultation had been carried out but had not resulted in support for the proposal and so the officer had recommended that this should not go ahead.

One of the residents of Ford Close, Mr Wheeler was present to put forward an alternative view. As one of the householders that lives at the end of the close, nearest the main road, he felt that he and his immediate neighbour were impacted more by the anti-social parking and asked the Committee to take this into account.

The Committee were sympathetic to Mr Wheeler who related some of his experiences to them although they felt that they could not ignore the wishes of the majority. They therefore resolved not to proceed with the parking measures but to add it to the next parking review whereby the officers would be asked to consider other measures such as white lines across the drives.

The Joint Committee (Spelthorne) agreed to:

(i)            not to proceed any further with the proposed double yellow lines in Ford Close at the present time but to review it at next parking review with officers exploring the possibility of white lines.

Reasons for Recommendation:

1.    The Joint Committee reviews on-street parking annually as part of its remit.

2.    The Joint Committee recognised the impact anti-social parking had on certain residents in this case and would like to monitor the issue.