Issue - meetings

To note the Legal Implications contained within the Report and to decide how to proceed with the charging regime, given the legal issues.

Members considered the legal implications set out in the report.

RESOLVED

That the report be noted.

At this stage, the public and press were re-admitted.

Having noted the legal implications, Members gave further consideration to the proposals referred to in Item 15 concerning parking control and charging in the area of the former Congleton Borough.

RESOLVED

That

(1)   Subject to the Borough Solicitor taking action to remove any legal impediments regarding the affected landholdings, the list of car parks to be subject to control and charging be approved;

(2)   the scale of parking charges and the controlled hours which are proposed as 8am to 6pm Monday to Saturday be approved;

(3)   the Borough Solicitor, or his nominated officer, be authorised to advertise the intention to make an off-street car parking order in respect of car parks in the former Congleton Borough (as set out in the report) pursuant to the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984. Following advertisement, the proposal be subject to the statutory 21 day consultation period during which objections may be submitted, any such objections to be considered by the Cabinet at a subsequent meeting; and

(4)   in the event of there being no objections to the proposed order received within the consultation period, the Borough Solicitor or any officer nominated by him be authorised to take all necessary actions to make the order.