Decision

The Leader took Members to a vote on the
recommendations which were agreed unanimously.
 
RESOLVED
 
Cabinet:
 

a.   
Note the conclusions and
recommendations from the Village Car Parks Feasibility Study to
enable the Parking Service to discuss options with West  Sussex Highways
prior to any statutory consultation.

b.   
Note the feedback received
from the stakeholder engagement exercise

c.    
Agree to proceed with a
revised approach to the management of the village car parks subject
to statutory consultation, applying the following
principles:

                                
i.           
Use
of technology
to digitise the service where feasible
to improve the efficiency of the enforcement team, so that it can
focus on on-street parking.

                              
ii.           
Discs should be digitised

                            
iii.           
 Apply a charging regime from 8am to 6pm, Monday to
Saturday, with an initial uncharged period to reflect the specific
needs of large villages

                            
iv.           
Charges to be reasonable,
reflecting local conditions and community needs

                              
v.           
Provide discounted digital
season permits/tickets where appropriate to support residents and
businesses

                            
vi.           
Subject to an Equalities
Impact Assessment, and the development of a policy to guide their
use, investigate making available a limited number of permits to
support the work of volunteers supporting organisations such as Age Concern, HPP Library,
etc