Purpose

Officer delegated decision to
consider consultation feedback on the variations to the parking
order and decide whether to make the variation to the Order in
whole or in part or abandon the proposal.

Decision

The Executive Director of Corporate Services
in consultation with Executive Member for Environment resolved
to:

Introduce a mix of
long and short stay bays to balance the needs of all users of three
car parks.
Introduce a maximum
stay time of 10 hours for 64 long stay bays at Guildenford car park
Burford, 17 long stay bays at Spendlove car park Charlbury and 51
long stay bays at Hensington Road car park, Woodstock.
Introduce a maximum
stay time of 3 hours for 16 short stay bays at Spendlove car park
Charlbury.
Introduce a maximum
stay time of 4 hours for 50 short stay bays at Hensington Road car
park, Woodstock and 97 short stay bays at Guildenford car park,
Burford.

Reasons for the decision

Considering the data
that was gathered to inform the parking strategy and the feedback
on the parking order consultation the initial proposals were
amended to meet the needs of both workers and shoppers.  As a consequence, the number of short stay spaces
were reduced at Spendlove and Woodstock.  No changes were made to the number of short stay
spaces at Guildenford as the data clearly showed 60% of users
stayed for 3 to 4 hours.
These car parks were
all initially 12 hour maximum stay for all bays.  The change to 10 hours long stay discourages
commuters and supports the needs of residents and local
workers.
The introduction of a
number of short stay bays will encourage turnover and support
shoppers.

Alternative options considered

Leaving the car parks as they
were would not support the needs of all users and would not
encourage a turnover of spaces where demand is high.  Blue badge bays and parent and child bays were not
changed.