120 BCa/18/66 JOINT AREA PARKING PLAN PDF 212 KB
Cabinet Member for Environment
Additional documents:
Decision:
BCa/18/66 – JOINT AREA PARKING PLAN
It was RESOLVED: -
1.1 That the draft content of the Babergh and Mid Suffolk Joint Area Parking Plan be agreed by Cabinet and the commencement of a stakeholder consultation process commencing February 2019 be authorised.
1.2 That the result of the stakeholder consultation and recommendations arising from it be presented to Cabinet later in 2019 for approval.
Reason for Decision:
The Council is required to have a parking policy and to demonstrate that it has reviewed the content. Suffolk County Councils Parking Management Strategy which forms part of the application to the DfT for the granting of CPE powers for the remaining majority of Suffolk requires the district and boroughs to develop Area Parking Plans.
Alternative Options Considered and Rejected:
1.1 To have two separate area parking plans.
1.2 Not to have an area parking plan.
Any Declarations of Interest declared: None
Any Dispensation Granted: None
Minutes:
120.1 Councillor Campbell introduced the report and informed Cabinet that the report was seeking approval to go out to consultation with key stakeholders for a period of six weeks. The Joint parking Plan would then return to Cabinet later in the year for adoption following consideration of the comments from consultees.
120.2 Councillor Campbell went on to say that the Joint Area parking Plan had been drafted with the objectives setting out the broad parking policies of both Councils. It contained 8 broad parking policy statements which aimed to set out what the Parking Plan was and what it hoped to achieve. It did not set out specific parking proposals for specific areas.
120.3 Councillor Campbell added that Overview and Scrutiny had considered the plan and their comments had been taken into account.
120.4 Councillor Campbell MOVED the recommendations in the report which Councillor Maybury SECONDED.
120.5 Councillor Barrett stated that it needed to be communicated clearly that this was not a plan to introduce parking charges, but a plan to manage parking as the plan had already been misinterpreted by some Members.
120.6 Councillor Hinton asked about the financial implication indicated in page 156 of the report and suggested that it would cost a lot more than stated due to the need to change road signs and road markings.
120.7 In response the Assistant Director for Environment and Commercial Partnerships informed Cabinet that there would be costs for new signs and road markings, however the County Council as the highways authority would pick up the cost of these.
120.8 Councillor Arthey raised a point about electric charging points and whether the stations would need to be included in the parking plan?
120.9 In response the Assistant Director for Environment and Commercial Partnerships said that there may be an opportunity to include them in the plan as the plan was an organic document any changes needed could be incorporated.
It was RESOLVED: -
(i) That the content of the Babergh and Mid Suffolk Joint Area Parking Plan be agreed and the commencement of a stakeholder consultation process commencing February 2019 be authorised.
(ii) That the result of the stakeholder consultation and recommendations arising from it be presented to Cabinet later in 2019 for approval.
Reason for Decision: The Council is required to have a parking policy and to demonstrate that it has reviewed the content. Suffolk County Councils Parking Management Strategy which forms part of the application to the DfT for the granting of CPE powers for the remaining majority of Suffolk requires the district and boroughs to develop Area Parking Plans.
120 MCa/18/63 JOINT AREA PARKING PLAN PDF 212 KB
Cabinet Member for Environment
Additional documents:
Decision:
It was Resolved:-
1.1 That the draft content of the Babergh and Mid Suffolk Joint Area Parking Plan be agreed by Cabinet and the commencement of a stakeholder consultation process commencing February 2019 be authorised.
1.2 That the result of the stakeholder consultation and recommendations arising from it be presented to Cabinet later in 2019 for approval.
Reason for Decision: The Council is required to have a parking policy and to demonstrate that it has reviewed the content. Suffolk County Councils Parking Management Strategy which forms part of the application to the DfT for the granting of CPE powers for the remaining majority of Suffolk requires the district and boroughs to develop Area Parking Plans.
Alternative Options Considered and Rejected:
1.1 To have two separate area parking plans.
1.2 Not to have an area parking plan.
Minutes:
Report MCa/18/63 was introduced by the Cabinet Member for Environment who advised that the proposed plan had been considered by the Overview and Scrutiny Committee and their comments have been taken into account.
Councillor Burn moved the recommendations in the report and this was seconded by Councillor Flatman.
Councillor Welham advised that the Overview and Scrutiny Committee recommended that within policy 2 the words ‘will be utilised’ should be replaced with ‘provided’. The committee also discussed the issues of school parking at drop off and pick times, new school planning and the use of the Highway Code test.
Councillor Stringer commented that he felt the policy should make mention of electric charged cars. Councillor Gowrley advised that this is put forward as part of Councillor Stringers consultation response.
By a unanimous vote
It was Resolved:-
1.1 That the draft content of the Babergh and Mid Suffolk Joint Area Parking Plan be agreed by Cabinet and the commencement of a stakeholder consultation process commencing February 2019 be authorised.
1.2 That the result of the stakeholder consultation and recommendations arising from it be presented to Cabinet later in 2019 for approval.
Reason for Decision: The Council is required to have a parking policy and to demonstrate that it has reviewed the content. Suffolk County Councils Parking Management Strategy which forms part of the application to the DfT for the granting of CPE powers for the remaining majority of Suffolk requires the district and boroughs to develop Area Parking Plans.