Agenda item

Each year Surrey Highways receives requests to change existing or introduce new parking restrictions. These requests are compiled into a district wide review every 12-18 months in Reigate and Banstead.

This report sets out the response to statutory consultation for the locations included in the 2013/14 review. The committee is asked to consider the comments received in response to the statutory consultation and agree how to proceed in each location.

(Report and Annexes 1 and 2 attached)

The Committee AGREED:

(i)    The proposals and recommendations in Annex 1 to the report submitted, some amended following statutory consultation.

(ii)   That where necessary, the Parking Team Manager, in consultation with the Chairman, Vice-Chairman and local Member, make any necessary adjustments to the proposals following the meeting.

(iii)  That the County Council make an Order under the relevant parts of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 to impose the waiting and on street parking restrictions in Reigate and Banstead as shown in the Annex to the report submitted (and as subsequently modified by (ii)).

(iv)That the existing text based parking traffic regulation orders are converted to plan based orders.

(v)  That the waiting and loading restrictions proposed for the Redhill Balanced Network are implemented ‘as advertised’.

REASONS:

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.

Following consideration of the comments and objections it is recommended that the waiting restrictions in this report are progressed as they will help to:

·         Improve road safety

·         Increase access for emergency vehicles

·         Improve access to shops, facilities and businesses

·         Increase access for refuse vehicles and service vehicles

·         Ease traffic congestion

·         Better regulate parking

Declarations of Interest: None

Officers attending: David Curl, Parking Strategy and Implementation Team Manager, and Adrian Harris, Engineer, Parking Team

Petitions, Public Questions, Statements: One question (dealt with under Item 5)

Member Discussion – key points:

·         The Parking Team Manager explained that there had been a number of late responses to the proposals in Josephine Avenue and Buckland Road, Lower Kingswood, on the grounds that the double yellow lines would make it harder to access the church. The Parking Team Manager accepted these comments but was in agreement with the divisional Member that the proposals should go ahead as advertised because: obstructive parking was an issue on Sundays, not just Monday-Friday; wedding and funeral cars can park on waiting restrictions; loading is permitted on waiting restrictions (except where there are loading restrictions); Blue Badge holders can park for 3 hours on waiting restrictions; there is a church car park within 100 yards and ample parking in Josephine Avenue; this is a safety issue near the junction with the A217.

·         Concerns were raised regarding the introduction of double yellow lines at Shaw’s Corner, Redhill; the Redhill United Reformed Church has no car park and users of the church, including community groups have to park on street. The Parking Team Manager agreed to look into this.

·         Members wished to know when a permit scheme would be introduced in Grovehill Road, Redhill. The Parking Team Manager replied that the Redhill Parking Task Group would be looking into this, and the first meeting would be convened shortly.

·         Support was expressed for the proposals in Garden Close, Banstead and Lymden Gardens, Reigate.

·         Concerns were expressed that parking restrictions would displace problem parking elsewhere, given that parking was permitted on unrestricted residential roads.

Resolution:

The Committee AGREED:

(i)    The proposals and recommendations in Annex 1 to the report submitted, some amended following statutory consultation.

(ii)   That where necessary, the Parking Team Manager, in consultation with the Chairman, Vice-Chairman and local Member, make any necessary adjustments to the proposals following the meeting.

(iii)  That the County Council make an Order under the relevant parts of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 to impose the waiting and on street parking restrictions in Reigate and Banstead as shown in the Annex to the report submitted (and as subsequently modified by (ii)).

(iv)That the existing text based parking traffic regulation orders are converted to plan based orders.

(v)  That the waiting and loading restrictions proposed for the Redhill Balanced Network are implemented ‘as advertised’.

[A revised drawing no. 18012 was tabled, replacing p.112 in the original agenda pack, and is attached to the minutes as Appendix C.]