Agenda item

To consider the outcome of a review of parking in the Moleseys and Dittons, and some changes to parking, waiting and loading restrictions.

The Local Committee resolved to agree:

(i)            The county council’s intention to introduce the proposals in Annex 1, with the additional proposal to amend a section of parking bay of five spaces on Hampton Court Parade to 'Parking Monday - Saturday 8am - 6pm, 30mins no return 2hrs’, is formally advertised, and subject to statutory consultation

(ii)           If objections are received the Parking Strategy and Implementation Team manager is authorised to try and resolve them;

(iii)          If any objections cannot be resolved, the Parking Strategy and Implementation Team Manager, in consultation with the Chairman/Vice Chairman of this committee and the county councillor for the division, decides whether or not they should be acceded to and therefore whether the order should be made, with or without modifications.

Reasons for decision: Changes to the highway network, the built environment and society mean that parking behaviour changes and consequently it is necessary for a Highway Authority to carry out regular reviews of waiting and parking restrictions on the highway network. The amendment is to assist businesses on Hampton Court Parade.

Adrian Harris, the Parking Engineer, introduced the report. He explained that the preliminary consultation had taken place in May/June 2016 from which some of the requests were received and these were considered alongside those directly received since the last review of this area.  Site visits were made and meetings held with the Parking Task Group and all Ward Councillors were invited to discuss the proposals.

Residents of Challoners Close and School Road were consulted directly on whether they would like residents’ permits, but the feedback was that there was no appetite for such a scheme. 

County Councillor, Mr Stuart Selleck, proposed an additional recommendation, which  was to amend 5 parking bays on Hampton Court Parade to 30 minutes limited parking.  County Councillor Mr Ernest Mallett seconded this proposal.

Members’ comments included:

·         Acknowledgement of the good work done by the officer

·         Warning that some of the proposals might receive adverse comments when advertised

Borough Councillor Malcolm Howard raised an objection to the fact that the recommendations did not include the parking scheme request detailed in paragraph 2.5 and 2.6.  He said 80% of the residents in the affected roads had signed the petition, the residents had not been contacted by the team and that the petition met with  the aims of the changes to the parking restrictions described in the bullet points on page 69 of the report. He added the petitioners would like their petition to be reconsidered.

Members’ comments with reference to the views of Cllr Malcolm Howard included:

·         The officers had weighed up the options and we should have confidence in them

·         These issues had been discussed previously. Let’s see what the response to the advert is

·         These were commuters parking. This restriction might displace them to the station car park

·         We needed to ensure we considered the responses to the adverts seriously

·         How was the survey conducted

The Parking Officer responded that the requested parking scheme  would cause displacement  and many of the houses already had off-street parking.  Much of the parking was by local workers as well as commuters.

The Local Committee resolved to agree:

(i)            The county council’s intention to introduce the proposals in Annex 1, with the additional proposal to amend a section of parking bay of five spaces on Hampton Court Parade to 'Parking Monday - Saturday 8am - 6pm, 30 mins no return 2hrs’, is formally advertised, and subject to statutory consultation

(ii)           If objections are received the Parking Strategy and Implementation Team manager is authorised to try and resolve them;

(iii)          If any objections cannot be resolved, the Parking Strategy and Implementation Team Manager, in consultation with the Chairman/Vice Chairman of this committee and the county councillor for the division, decides whether or not they should be acceded to and therefore whether the order should be made, with or without modifications.

Reasons for decision: Changes to the highway network, the built environment and society mean that parking behaviour changes and consequently it is necessary for a Highway Authority to carry out regular reviews of waiting and parking restrictions on the highway network. The amendment is to assist businesses on Hampton Court Parade.