Decision details

Review of Residents Parking Permit Charges and New Residents Parking Schemes

Decision status: Recommendations Approved

Is Key decision?: No

Is subject to call in?: No

Decisions:

The Director of Economic Growth and Neighbourhood Services submitted a report on a review of the charges for residents and visitor parking permits, which had been included in the Council’s agreed Medium Term Financial Strategy.

 

The report summarised improvements to the permit scheme since the introduction of a first permit change in 2017, including improved enforcement, a new online permit application process, and a flexible visitor permit renewal system.  It set out benchmarking information on charges in similar local authorities and information on the potential for a virtual permit scheme.  The report also summarised the progress of delivery of new residents parking schemes which would be developed through the Traffic Management Sub-Committee.

 

The report proposed increases to permit charges that, if agreed, would provide funding to develop, consult on and introduce a new virtual visitor permit scheme and to improve enforcement of the permit areas.  The new charges would be implemented for permit renewals from 1 October 2019.  It was also recommended that future proposed changes to permit charges be submitted to the Traffic Management Sub-Committee, and then incorporated within the Council’s annual review of fees and charges.

 

Resolved –

 

(1)     That the following proposed changes to parking permit charges be approved and introduced from 1 October 2019:

 

An increase in the first permit charge from £30 to £40;

An increase in the second permit charge from £120 to £150;

An increase in the third permit charge from £240 to £300;

The cost of a book of visitor permits be increased from £22 to £25 (maintain first two visitor books for free);

 

(2)     That the current permit holders be notified by letter of the changes to the residents permit scheme;

 

(3)     That future changes to Residents Parking Permit charges be submitted to the Traffic Management Sub-Committee at its November meeting each year in order for recommendations from that Sub-Committee to be incorporated within the Council’s annual fees and charges review considered at February Policy Committee each year;

 

(4)     That a review of Virtual Visitor permits take place, consulting with members of the Traffic Management Sub-Committee on any potential scheme;

 

(5)     That officers progress concept designs of the new residents’ parking schemes as detailed in para 3.8 and those schemes be reported to Traffic Management Sub-Committee in September 2019 for approval to progress informal and formal consultations.

Publication date: 24/09/2019

Date of decision: 15/07/2019

Decided at meeting: 15/07/2019 - Policy Committee

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