Issue - meetings

Following the approval of planning permission to install hardstanding and associated development to facilitate the creation of parking bays at School Mead, Abbots Langley, Officers are now seeking to implement a form of Traffic Order (an Off Street Parking Places Order) on these parking bays.

Recommendation

       i.          That the Committee agree to an Off Street Parking Places Order to be implemented to impose parking controls on the new parking bays at School Mead (and vary the existing TRO and controls if required).

      ii.          Committee confirm the initial controls proposed and to be consulted upon as:

-           To replicate the existing controls on the new bays

-           for 1 hour parking with 2 hours no return.

-           the Order would operate Monday to Saturday 8am to 6.30pm

            OR

-           To introduce a new TRO on all the existing and proposed bays

-           for 2 hour parking with 2 hours no return.

-           the Order would operate Monday to Saturday 8am to 6.30pm

AND

     iii.          Authority is delegated to the  Director of Finance, in consultation with the Lead Member of General Public Services together with relevant Ward Councillors, to implement the Order and for Officers to make any necessary amendments or variations to the proposal as may be required, including as a result of responses to any consultation; as well as to address or set aside any formal objections to any Notice of Proposal  in connection with approval of the final Order scheme.

The Head of Regulatory Services presented the report.

In relation to the proposed controls to be consulted upon, the Committee noted that the parade of shops to the west of the parking bays included a restaurant/café and a funeral director.  It was considered that one hour’s parking would not be sufficient for visitors to those businesses.  The option to have two hours’ parking on one side and one hour’s parking on the other had been rejected due to the likelihood of this arrangement causing confusion resulting in the application of penalty charges.  The recommendation for 2 hour’s parking with 2 hours no return was therefore the option which was favoured by the Committee.

RESOLVED:

       i.         That the Committee agrees to an Off Street Parking Places Order to be implemented to impose parking controls on the new parking bays at School Mead (and vary the existing TRO and controls if required).

     ii.         That the Committee confirms the initial controls proposed and to be consulted upon as:

-        to introduce a new TRO on all the existing and proposed bays

-        for 2 hour parking with 2 hours no return

-        the Order would operate Monday to Saturday 8am to 6.30pm

    iii.         That authority is delegated to the Director of Finance, in consultation with the Lead Member for General Public Services together with relevant Ward Councillors, to implement the Order and for Officers to make any necessary amendments or variations to the proposal as may be required including as a result of responses to any consultation, as well as to address or set aside any formal objections to any Notice of Proposal in connection with approval of the final Order scheme.