Agenda item - Wish Ward resident parking scheme consultation.

Report of the Executive Director of Environment, Development & Housing (copy attached).

That the Committee approves:

(a)   That a new proposal for a resident parking scheme be consulted upon in the Wish Park / Aldrington Recreation Ground area

i)        Consult residents in the agreed streets for a stand alone full scheme (9am-8pm Mon to Sun) or an extension to the Zone W light touch scheme (10am-11am & 7pm-8pm Mon to Sun).

(b)   To take forward Bolsover Road as an extension to Area R (Westbourne West) as part of the next stage of consultation and to take forward an option to create parking lay-bys on the west side to maximise parking.

(c)  That a further consultation for a resident parking scheme in any other roads within Wish Ward is not taken forward at this stage.

92.1         The Committee considered a report of the Executive Director of Environment, Development & Housing that addressed the responses to an initial consultation in Wish ward. The consultation had asked residents, businesses and services whether they would like to be consulted on a detailed design for a resident parking scheme.

92.2         Councillor Peltzer-Dunn made a representation to the Committee. Councillor Peltzer-Dunn explained that the Wish ward councillors had conducted their own survey that had concluded similar results to the survey conducted by the council. Councillor Peltzer-Dunn added that a light touch scheme appeared overwhelming the favoured choice in the area and the adjoining light touch scheme plus a full scheme would sandwich the specified area. Councillor Peltzer-Dunn asked for clarification on the report recommendations that stated a light touch scheme would be enforced between 11am and Noon and 7pm- 8pm Monday to Sunday.

92.3         The Parking Infrastructure Manager clarified that there was a mistake in the report and light touch enforcement was proposed to be between 10am and 11am not 11am to Noon as stated.

92.4         The Chair thanked Councillor Peltzer-Dunn for presenting his views to Committee.

92.5         Councillor Hawtree asked for further detail as to how the adjoining areas had become light touch scheme.

92.6         The Parking Infrastructure Manager explained that introduction had been down to long running efforts to reduce displacement parking in the area. He added that in practice, this had instead increased displacement particularly to the detriment to users of Wish Park.

92.7         Councillor Sykes stated his support for the recommendations and thanked officers for their extensive consideration of options and a potential solution for the area.

92.8         Councillor Davey stated that there had been long running investigations into how to maximise parking in the Bolsover Road area and he was pleased that those efforts had finally led to an option for residents to consider. Councillor Davey stated that whilst he believed the negatives of a potential light touch scheme outweighed the positives, it was down to residents to decide what they wanted for their area and he was pleased that options would be available to them in the consultation.

92.9         Councillor Mitchell stated her support for consultation on both a light touch and full scheme as it would provide the residents a choice.

92.10    RESOLVED-  That the Committee approves:

(a)         That a new proposal for a resident parking scheme be consulted upon in the Wish Park / Aldrington Recreation Ground area

i)              Consult residents in the agreed streets for a stand alone full scheme (9am-8pm Mon to Sun) or an extension to the Zone W light touch scheme (10am-11am & 7pm-8pm Mon to Sun).

(b)         To take forward Bolsover Road as an extension to Area R (Westbourne West) as part of the next stage of consultation and to take forward an option to create parking lay-bys on the west side to maximise parking.

(c)     That a further consultation for a resident parking scheme in any other roads within Wish Ward is not taken forward at this stage.