Decision

1.   
Cabinet agreed to the proposed parking tariff
increases and changes to charging policy as set out in Appendix 1
of this report, these include:

 
·        
Off-Street Parking tariff changes for
2024,
·        
Consolidating on-street (car parks) short stay
sessions to introduce a new minimum stay of 2 hours,
·        
Keep Limited Wait Bays (LWBs) on the peripheries of
the high streets in Berkhamsted and Kings Langley as being free to
use,
·        
Keep all LWBs free in Apsley and Hemel Hempstead Old
Town,
·        
Introduce charges for LWBs in the centre of Tring
and Kings Langley,
·        
All chargeable LWBs (on-street parking) in the
centre of Berkhamsted, Kings Langley, Tring plus Waterhouse Street
and Marlowes to have maximum 1 hour stay with 2 tariffs: 30 mins
for £0.80 or 1 hour for £1.50,
·        
Hemel Hempstead On-street parking to reduce from the
proposed 4 hours to 2 hours in:
·        
Alexandra Road;
·        
Cemetery Hill;
·        
St John’s Road;
·        
Cotterells
·        
London Road
·        
Introduction of an ‘Up to 10 hours’
parking option in off-street parking,
·        
Parking charges to apply from 8am – 6pm Monday
to Sunday for both on-street and off-street parking,
·        
All evening charging to be removed,
·        
Kings Langley off-street car parks to remain free
but stay limited to a maximum of 4 hours between 8am – 6pm
(no time restriction after 6pm),
·        
Canal Fields, Berkhamsted, to remain free but stay
limited to a maximum of 4 hours between 8am – 6pm (no time
restriction after 6pm),
·        
The introduction of a change in the TRO to enable
customers to extend a parking session by using the Pay By Phone app
or the pay machines, but only where this allowed under the parking
restrictions (e.g. it will not be possible to extend a parking
session past the maximum stay),
·        
Opening up part of the upper level of the Water
Gardens North car park for public use Mon – Fri,

 

2.    
Cabinet agreed to progress with the statutory
consultation on the parking tariffs and charging
polices.
 

3.    
Cabinet agreed to delegate authority to the Leader
of the Council and the Portfolio Holder for Corporate &
Commercial Services to make any final decision on the
implementation of the parking tariff increases and changes to
charging policy following the statutory consultation.
 

4.    
Cabinet agree that the Leader of the Council
liaise  with officers and the Portfolio
Holder for Climate and Ecological Emergency to agree the
appropriate legal route to enable the enforcement of electric
vehicle charge point bays in neighbourhood shopping
centres.