Agenda item

Since the introduction of Decriminalised Parking Enforcement (DPE) in May 2005, new parking / waiting restrictions in Mole Valley have been introduced in several stages, with the most recent having been implemented.

This report details locations and general proposals for the parking / waiting restriction review, to be progressed in 2017 and seeks approval to carry out statutory consultation on the proposals.

The Local Committee (Mole Valley) resolved to agree:

(i)            The recommendations detailed in Annex 1 subject to any minor amendments as set out at 3.5.

(ii)           That the County Council’s intention to make an order under the Road Traffic Regulation act 1984 as per option 3.3 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 note that an allocation of £5,000 is required towards the cost of the parking review in 2018/19 financial year, to implement priority 2 proposals.

(v)       To delegate review of final version of advert and list to Chairman and          

            Vice-Chairman in conjunction with the Senior Parking Engineer.

REASONS FOR RECOMMENDATIONS:

No declarations of interest received.

Officer present:

Steve Clavey, Senior Engineer (parking)

Discussion highlights:

(A  revised copy of the Statement of Reasons and a revised copy of drawing no. 42 was included in the tabled papers (attached). 

1.         The Senior Engineer (parking) apologized on behalf of the county council to one local business owner who had contacted the council about an omission in the public notice. In error the proposal to implement one hour free parking bays outside his shop in South Street, had been omitted from the public notice.

2.         The business owner had submitted an amended proposal that the new bays should only allow free parking for 20 minutes. It was agreed that this measure should be included in this year’s consultation.

3.         The posts and signs have already been erected in South Street. The Senior Engineer (parking) confirmed that he would prefer to leave them there and  consider the options for either covering or removing and storing the signs.

4.         The revised Statement of Reasons show the proposed schemes designated as either priority 1 or 2 to tie in with the options set out in the report.

5.         The Senior Engineer (parking) explained the way that the parking team now handle petitions for residents’ parking schemes, requiring support from at least 70% of residents in order to progress. This approach reduces the amount of funding spent on advertising those schemes favoured by just a handful of the residents who would be affected by the measures.

6.         Members discussed the different options and decided that the option to advertise priority 1 and 2 scheme together and spread the cost of implementation over two years would be best value for money (s 3.3)

7.         Members highlighted that it would be essential to ensure that members of the public were informed that the implementation would be staggered and which roads were in each category (ie Priority 1 or 2).

8.         Members wanted to make amendments to a number of schemes and agreed to work with the Senior Engineer (parking) outside of the meeting.

9.         Due to the number of schemes being added or amended the Chairman proposed (seconded by Clare Curran) that he and the Vice-Chairman should review the final version of the public notice in conjunction with the Senior Engineer (parking) before it is published.

The Local Committee (Mole Valley) resolved to agree:

(i)            The recommendations detailed in Annex 1 subject to any minor amendments as set out at 3.5.

(ii)           That the County Council’s intention to make an order under the Road Traffic Regulation act 1984 as per option 3.3 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 note that an allocation of £5,000 is required towards the cost of the parking review in 2018/19 financial year, to implement priority 2 proposals.

(v)       To delegate review of final version of advert and list to Chairman and          

            Vice-Chairman in conjunction with the Senior Parking Engineer.

REASONS FOR RECOMMENDATIONS: