The Executive Director for Economic Growth and Neighbourhood Services submitted a report giving details of the background to the decisions to refuse applications for Discretionary Parking Permits from 24 applicants, who had subsequently appealed against these decisions.

Resolved –

(1)        That, with regard to applications 8 and 12, a first discretionary permit be issued, personal to the applicants;

(2)        That, with regard to application 13, a first discretionary permit be issued, personal to the applicant, subject to the applicant providing the appropriate proofs and documentation;

(3)        That, with regard to application 4, a third discretionary permit be issued, personal to the applicant charged at the third permit fee;

(4)        That, with regard to application 10, a second discretionary permit be issued, personal to the applicant;

(5)        That, with regard to application 14, discretionary visitor permit books be issued, personal to the applicant, subject to the standard scheme limits for the number of books that could be issued each year and charged at the standard rate;

(6)        That, with regard to application 15, a first discretionary permit be issued, personal to the applicant, for Zone 14R and additionally, that discretionary visitor permit books be issued, personal to the applicant, also for Zone 14R, subject to the standard scheme limits for the number of books that could be issued each year and charged at the standard rate;

(7)        That, in line with the Council’s environmental and climate change commitments and with a view to encouraging car sharing arrangements, for officers explore ways to accommodate the issuing of permits to residents who lived at separate addresses but who shared the use of a single vehicle to enable the shared vehicle to be parked in different permit zones within Borough;

(8)        That, with regard to application 16, a temporary permit be issued, personal to the applicant, whilst the above matter, as outlined in (7) above, was being investigated;

(9)        That, with regard to application 18, a first discretionary permit be issued, personal to the applicant, subject to the applicant providing appropriate proof of medical need, with a temporary permit to be issued in the meantime, officers check whether the correct reason for the refusal of the original permit application had been communicated back to the applicant and for the applicant to be advised of the correct reason if not;

(10)      That, with regard to application 19, officers be instructed to check whether the applicant had previously been granted a permit for Zone 01R and subject to the applicant previously having been granted a Zone 01R permit, a first discretionary permit, personal to the applicant, for Zone 01R, be issued; if the applicant had not previously been granted a Zone 01R permit the application be refused and officers provide the applicant with an explanation as to the reason;

(11)      That, with regard to application 24, a temporary one year permit be issued, personal to the applicant, subject to the applicant providing the appropriate proofs and documentation;

(12)      That a decision in respect of application 9 be deferred to the next meeting to allow officers to provide further information as to whether the applicant was applying for the first discretionary permit for the flat or for the first discretionary permit for the building as a whole, and for officers to also provide details as to whether the planning informative applied to the specific flat or to the building as a whole;

(14)      That the Executive Director for Economic Growth and Neighbourhood Services’ decision to refuse application 1 be upheld, but that officers contact the applicant to discuss whether they might be eligible for business permits;

(15)      That the Executive Director for Economic Growth and Neighbourhood Services’ decision to refuse application 7 be upheld but that officers liaise with colleagues in social services teams to consider ways to accommodate requests from officers who had legitimate reasons for needing the use of a Healthcare Professional Permit in order to allow them to carry out their official duties;

(16)      That the Executive Director for Economic Growth and Neighbourhood Services’ decision to refuse applications 2, 3, 5, 6, 11, 17, 20, 21, 22 and 23 be upheld.

(Exempt information as defined in Paragraphs 1 and 2).