1.1. That the proposal to introduce Pay and Display charges at Nelson Pit Visitor Centre Car Park, off Lyme Road, Higher Poynton be approved subject to formal consultation and the Cheshire East Borough Council (Off-Street Parking Places) (Consolidated) Order 2015 (as amended) be further amended. In the event that objections are received that cannot be resolved, the Interim Executive Director of Place to have the delegated authority to determine whether and how to proceed after consultation with the Cabinet Member for Communities and Health.
1.2. In the event of there being no outstanding objections, or the Interim Executive Director of Place after consultation with the Cabinet Member for Communities and Health deciding to proceed notwithstanding any outstanding objection, to authorise the making and bringing into force of the proposed tariffs, hours of operation and other variations set out below:
(a) that the charges payable in connection with the use of the Nelson Pit Visitor Centre car park, off Lyme Road, Higher Poynton on all days between the hours of 9.00 am and 9.00 pm would be:
0 – 1 hours £0.70
1 – 3 hours £2.00
3 – 10 hours £2.50
(b) a 12 monthly permit to cost £55 to allow parking at any of the following Parking Places: Nelson Pit Car Park, Teggs Nose Country Park and Brereton Heath Local Nature Reserve Car Park
(c) a limited number (5) of 12 month permits be made available at a cost of £50 each to allow parking at Nelson Pit Car Park available to persons who, in the opinion of the Council
i) fulfil the conditions of the Council’s Residents Parking Policy; and
ii) live permanently on canal boats within 100 yards of Nelson Pit Car Park.
(d) that the hours of operation of Nelson Pit Car Park would be all days and all hours;
(e) that the maximum period a vehicle may wait within the Charging Hours would be 10 hours; the exception being those holding a permit referred to in 2.2 (c) above.
(f) that Nelson Pit Car Park may be used by the following classes of vehicles: (i) motor cars (within the provisions of section 136(2) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 (‘the 1984 Act’)); (ii) motor cycles (as defined by section 136(4) of the 1984 Act); (iii) other motor vehicles (of a gross weight not exceeding 3.5 tonnes); (iv) invalid carriages (as defined by section 136(5) of the 1984 Act).