Agenda item

To receive a report from Surrey County Council Engineer, Parking Strategy & Implementation Team.

Officers of Surrey County Council’s parking team have carried out a review of on street parking restrictions within the borough of Waverley and identified changes which would benefit road safety and reduce instances of obstruction and localised congestion. Committee approval is required in order to progress these changes to the stage of ‘formal advertisement’, where the proposed restrictions will be advertised for 28 days and open to comments, support or objections from members of the public.

The Local Committee (Waverley) resolved to AGREE:

(i)            the proposed amendments to on-street parking restrictions in Waverley as described in this report and shown in detail on drawings in Annex A are agreed, minus the proposals for Tilford Street, Tilford (paragraph 3.7.1).

(ii)           the local committee allocates funding as detailed in paragraph 5.1 of this report to proceed with the introduction of the parking amendments.

(iii)          the intention of the county council to make an order under the relevant parts of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 to impose the waiting and on street parking restrictions in Waverley as shown on the drawings in annex A is advertised and that if no objections are maintained, the orders are made.

(iv)         if there are unresolved objections, they will be dealt with in accordance with the county council’s scheme of delegation by the parking strategy and implementation team manager, in consultation with the chairman/vice chairman of this committee and the appropriate county councillor.

Reason:  It is recommended that the waiting restrictions are implemented as detailed in Annex A.  They will make a positive impact towards:

Road safety, Access for emergency vehicles, Access for refuse vehicles, Easing traffic congestion, Better regulated parking, Better enforcement, Better compliance.

The Chairman welcomed the SCC parking team engineer, who presented the report.  He informed the Local Committee that he intends to produce several smaller parking reviews in future, rather than one large review.  This Waverley Parking Review had taken two years to produce.

The officer asked members in turn regarding their local area as detailed in the report, and he answered their queries.  Cllr Denis Leigh requested it be noted that he was concerned regarding costs of providing additional yellow lines given the enforcement availability to ensure yellow lines meet their desired intention.

Some members asked to speak to the officer in more detail outside of the committee.

There was discussion regarding paragraph 5.1 – financial information.  Members requested further information concerning the breakdown of the parking surplus, for example, from fines, parking meters, residents permits etc.  The Chairman said she would come back to members with more information.

Members asked for it to be recorded that they thank the officers in the SCC parking team and especially the officer present, for all the work on the parking review.

Dr Andrew Povey left the room for this discussion, as he had declared an interest in this item.

The Local Committee (Waverley) resolved to AGREE:

(i)            the proposed amendments to on-street parking restrictions in Waverley as described in this report and shown in detail on drawings in Annex A are agreed, minus the proposals for Tilford Street, Tilford (paragraph 3.7.1).

(ii)           the local committee allocates funding as detailed in paragraph 5.1 of this report to proceed with the introduction of the parking amendments.

(iii)          the intention of the county council to make an order under the relevant parts of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 to impose the waiting and on street parking restrictions in Waverley as shown on the drawings in annex A is advertised and that if no objections are maintained, the orders are made.

(iv)         if there are unresolved objections, they will be dealt with in accordance with the county council’s scheme of delegation by the parking strategy and implementation team manager, in consultation with the chairman/vice chairman of this committee and the appropriate county councillor.

Reason:  It is recommended that the waiting restrictions are implemented as detailed in Annex A.  They will make a positive impact towards:

Road safety, Access for emergency vehicles, Access for refuse vehicles, Easing traffic congestion, Better regulated parking, Better enforcement, Better compliance.