Issue - meetings

To receive a presentation of the Head of Service – Safer and Stronger Communities

Members were advised that Residents Parking Schemes had been in operation for over a year and that while officers had gained experience in establishing schemes and dealing with displacement etc, no two schemes were the same.

A draft policy, which had been formulated from local and national experience, had been adopted by the former County Council, which would be submitted to Cabinet for approval in the near future. The Committee agreed that it would like to give consideration to this policy, prior to Cabinet, at its meeting scheduled to be held on 23 September 2009.

It was noted that residents parking schemes in Wilmslow and more recently Macclesfield were going through the consultation process and that all schemes had both advantages and disadvantages. It was highlighted that residents would not be guaranteed a space and that there would be an annual charge for a permit.

The Committee felt that a press release highlighting the details and advantages and disadvantages of Residents Parking Schemes should be issued to members of public.

RESOLVED

1. That the Residents Parking Policy be considered by the Environment and Prosperity Scrutiny Committee at its meeting scheduled to be held on 23 September 2009.
2. That a press release highlighting the details and advantages and disadvantages of Residents Parking Schemes be issued to Members of public