Purpose

To consider and agree the Parking Policy Review to amend fees
and charges and terms and conditions for a variety of parking
products.

Content

RESOLVED –
 
THAT, having considered
the policy context set out in Section 1 of the report and Appendix
7, the results of the consultation as summarised in Section 5 and
Appendix 4, and the results of the Equalities Impact Assessment in
Appendix 2, and having due regard to the obligations set out in
Section 149 of the Equality Act 2020 and subject to compliance with
statutory processes where required, that the following
recommendations be agreed:
 

Amendments A1 to A7 as set
out in Section 2 to the Council’s highway
(“on-street”) parking fees/charges
including:
 
·      
A1 - 
applying a revised carbon emissions-based charging structure to
Resident, Doctor, Business and Car Club permits and a simplified
emissions-based structure to Paid for Parking, Visitor Permits and
Hourly Business Permits;
·  
A2 - 
replacing the former Diesel Surcharge with an Air Quality Surcharge
covering older petrol and diesel vehicles and applying this across
further parking products;
·    
A3 - 
changing the hourly Business Visitor permit to an hourly Business
permit and extend this provision south of Euston Road;
·  
A4 - introducing charging for
solo motorcycle parking bays, and revising the pricing structure
for all other motorcycle parking products;
·      
A5 - merge Paid for Parking
Tariff Area 1 with Tariff Area 2;
·      
A6 - set parking charges for
car clubs at the same level as Business permits, and;
·    
A7 - arising from the above
changes, an increase in the fees and charges for the majority of
reviewed parking products.
 
 
Amendments B1 to B5 as set
out in Section 2 to the Council’s terms and conditions for
highway (“on-street”) parking fees
including:
 
·   
B1 - allow only 1 vehicle to
be registered to each Business and Resident permit;
·     
B2 - no longer providing
dedicated parking bays for Doctors permits across the borough and
Business permits south of Euston Road for new
applicants;
·     
B3 - integrate Car Club and
Doctor permits into Business permits;
·      
B4 - restricting all Paid for
Parking bays to a maximum stay of 2 hours (or 1 hour where
in  controlled parking zones with 2 hours of
operation) except for bays in the immediate vicinity of hospitals,
and;
·      
B5 - stop issuing
scratch-card type Visitor permits except for Assisted Customers.

Recommendations C1 and C2
as set out in Section 2 propose implementation details of the above
policy including:
 
·      
C1 – implementation of
increases in fees and charges over two years, and;
·    
C2 – implementation of
the restriction of only a single vehicle per permit immediately for
all new parking permit applicants and from April 2026 for existing
permit holders.
 
:
To implement the proposals as
set out in the timetable and next steps in Section 9.1, including
delegating to the Director of Environment & Sustainability, in
consultation with the Cabinet Member for a Sustainable Camden, to
consider/decide on any objections to statutory consultation and
implementation thereafter.