Decision

The Cabinet considered a report of the Executive Director (Environment and Place) presenting information to enable the Council to decide on revoking its decision to charge for parking between the hours of 6pm and 9pm in Zone 1A; which Budget Council took in February 2023.

The Cabinet was informed that the wording in paragraphs 2.6 and 5.3 of the submitted report was incorrect.  The revocation of the hours of enforcement related to the pay and display bays in Zone 1A only and that other contraventions would still be enforced.”

With reference to the proposed introduction of the on-street parking bays in Hartington Road, Pleasant Road, Beach Road and Burdett Road, the Leader and Cabinet Member for Highways, Transport and Parking gave assurances that the proposals were to introduce additional shared use bays and that there would be no loss of the existing capacity for residents in those roads. The Ward Councillors would also be consulted on the proposals prior to the statutory consultation process.

Resolved:

1. That the decision made at Budget Council in February 2023 be revoked and that charging for parking in Zone 1A between the hours of 6.00 p.m. to 9.00 p.m. be removed, taking into consideration the financial implications as set out in the submitted report.
2. That the temporary cessation of charges between the hours of 6.00 p.m. to 9.00 p.m. during the summer school holidays, pending the relevant activity required by the service, as set out in the submitted report, be approved.
3. That the proposals for the new parking bays as set out in the report be progressed, on the basis that there would be no loss of existing parking capacity from the resident parking scheme in the roads affected.
4. That a one-off budget of £40k be allocated to the parking service for the required changes to be implemented and initially funded from the Business Transformation Reserve and then reimbursed from the additional parking income.
5. That it be noted that there will be capital investment of circa £175k and initially funded from reprioritised highways schemes and then reimbursed by the additional parking income.

Reasons for decision:

To remove the parking charges between the hours of 6.00 p.m. to 9.00 p.m.

Other options:

Not to remove the parking charges and continue with the decisions made by the previous administration.

Note: This is an Executive Function/Council Function

Eligible for call-in to: Place Scrutiny Committee

Cabinet Member: Cllr Buck