Agenda item

The Local Committee (Mole Valley) resolved to agree:

(i)            The recommendations detailed in Annex 1 and 2 as amended

(ii)           That the County Council’s intention to make an order under the Road Traffic Regulation act 1984 be advertised and, if no objections are maintained, the order be made;

(iii)          That if objections are received the Parking Strategy and Implementation Group Manager is authorised to try and resolve them, in consultation with the Chairman / Vice Chairman of this committee and the county councillor for the division, and decides whether or not they should be acceded to and therefore whether the order should be made, with or without modifications.

(iv)         To allocate £10,000 towards the cost of the parking review in 2017 / 2017 financial year

Reasons for decision:

It is expected that the implementation of the proposals will both increase the safe passage of vehicles and also ease the parking situation within the mainly residential areas.

No declarations of interest received.

Officer present:

Stephen Clavey (SC), Senior Engineer

Members’ discussion:

The Chairman suggested three additions to the current proposals:

·         Highlands Road – at the bottom end (lower numbers) amend to weekday restrictions only.

·         South Street, Dorking – extend the bays outside Dove’s paint shop.

·         St John’s Avenue – shorter regulated hours on some bays

Mrs Watson requested the following addition:

·         Broomfield Park, Westcott – double yellow lines for approximately two cars’ lengths on the second bend.

and also pointed out that on Drawing 29 the key obscures the Myrtle Road proposal, so this needs to be amended.

Chris Townsend queried whether the lines agreed in the last review would be going in before the end of the month. He also wanted to have a meeting to discuss the situation around Ottways Lane and Grange Road. There is an ongoing problem of cars parked on the pavements and fears that the future expansion of St Peters will exacerbate the issue. He asked SC to note that Drawing 9 should read ‘Gaywood’ and not ‘Gayfere’ Road.

The Chairman pointed out that the parking problems at the West Ashtead group of schools spill over into his division and suggested that a larger group, perhaps including Val Sexton, should get together to talk about possible solutions.

Stephen Cooksey requested the following additions:

·         Holmesdale Road, North Holmwood – lines opposite named junctions

·         Warwick Road junction with Norfolk Road – add restrictions

·         Spital Heath residents’ parking scheme (item 5 refers)

Clare Curran asked when the lines would be painted in Lower Shott. She queried the proposed measures in Long Copps Close and requested that these be withdrawn as they were virtually unenforceable. With regard to Fife Way (drawing no 23) she would like proposals to be added to the north side of the road to prevent all day parking.

SC advised that MVDC was putting up the signage for the last review and that the lining work should be completed by the end of March. Enforcement should start in April, although MVDC officers will probably issue warnings before fully enforcing the new restrictions. In future the parking reviews will be map based and should take less time. This year’s parking review will be advertised at the end of June with objections being accepted up until end July/beginning of August. Implementation should take place during September/October.

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The Local Committee (Mole Valley) resolved to agree:

(i)            The recommendations detailed in Annex 1 and 2 as amended

(ii)           That the County Council’s intention to make an order under the Road Traffic Regulation act 1984 be advertised and, if no objections are maintained, the order be made;

(iii)          That if objections are received the Parking Strategy and Implementation Group Manager is authorised to try and resolve them, in consultation with the Chairman / Vice Chairman of this committee and the county councillor for the division, and decides whether or not they should be acceded to and therefore whether the order should be made, with or without modifications.

(iv)         To allocate £10,000 towards the cost of the parking review in 2017 / 2017 financial year

Reasons for decision:

It is expected that the implementation of the proposals will both increase the safe passage of vehicles and also ease the parking situation within the mainly residential areas.