Agenda item

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.

The Local Committee (Waverley) resolved to AGREE that:

(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.

(ii)           funding in 2019/20 would be required to implement the parking amendments and the committee will need to contribute a maximum of £30,000 - as detailed in paragraph 5.1.

(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

Declarations of Interest: None

Officer in attendance: Jack Roberts, SCC Parking Team Engineer

Petitions, Public Questions/Statements: One.

See Item 7 Written Public Questions from Cllr Bolton and Cllr Follows regarding parking on Ockford Ridge.  Their supplementary question:

“What is happening regarding the monitoring and who is doing the monitoring?  Has it started?  There is a concern regarding the time of day for the monitoring, i.e. not at midday when it is quieter.”

The parking engineer replied:

“I will be doing the monitoring and I will include an evening in my programme.”

Cllrs Bolton and Follows requested that the parking engineer keeps them informed of progress.

Member discussion – key points:

Members thanked the officer for the report.  There were some queries and the officer replied that residents’ views had been considered.  Some issues will be looked at again in the following review.

The Local Committee (Waverley) resolved to AGREE that:

(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.

(ii)           funding in 2019/20 would be required to implement the parking amendments and the committee will need to contribute a maximum of £30,000 - as detailed in paragraph 5.1.

(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