Agenda and minutes

Venue: Civic Offices, Bridge Street, Reading

Contact: Richard Woodford  Email: richard.woodford@reading.gov.uk

Link: webcast of meeting

Items
No. Item

13a

Questions

Questions submitted in accordance with the Panel’s Terms of Reference.

Minutes:

Questions on the following matters were submitted, and answered by the Chair:

Questioner

Subject

Janet Allen

Changes to the Parking in the Hospital and University Areas: Re-advertisement

Janet Allen

Parking Restrictions on Morgan Road

Janet Allen

Changes to Parking in the Hospital and University Areas: Morgan Road

Adam Hewitt

Zebra  ...  view the full minutes text for item 13a

13b

Presentation - National Highways and Transport Satisfaction Survey 2018 Results

Members of the public attending the meeting will be invited to participate in discussion of the above items.  All speaking should be through the Chair.

Minutes:

Simon Beasley, Network and Parking Services Manager, gave a presentation on the National Highways and Transport Network Survey Report 2018 for Reading.  He explained that the survey response rate had been over 20% and that the results had been benchmarked against the national picture and against Reading’s results from the  ...  view the full minutes text for item 13b

14.

Minutes of the Sub-Committee Meeting held on 13 June 2018 pdf icon PDF 162 KB

Minutes:

The Minutes of the meeting of 13 June 2018 were confirmed as a correct record and signed by the Chair.

15.

Questions from Councillors

Questions submitted pursuant to Standing Order 36 in relation to matters falling within the Sub-Committee’s Powers & Duties which have been submitted in writing and received by the Head of Legal & Democratic Services no later than four clear working days before the meeting.

Minutes:

A question on the following matter was submitted, and answered by the Chair:

Questioner

Subject

Councillor McGonigle

Parking in the Wokingham Road Area

(The full text of the question and reply was made available on the Reading Borough Council website).

16.

Waiting Restriction Review Programme
a. 2018A Results of statutory consultation
b. 2018B Initial list of requests
pdf icon PDF 158 KB

A report informing the Sub-Committee of objections received to public consultation on the waiting restriction review programme 2018A and listing new requests for potential inclusion in the 2018B programme.

Additional documents:

Minutes:

The Director of Environment and Neighbourhood Services submitted a report informing the Sub-Committee of objections that that had been received during statutory consultation for the agreed proposals that formed the 2018A Waiting Restrictions Review Programme.  The report also provided the Sub-Committee with the list of new requests for potential inclusion  ...  view the full minutes text for item 16.

17.

Resident Permit Parking
a. Update of outstanding requests list
b. Proposals for statutory consultation
pdf icon PDF 147 KB

A report informing the Sub-Committee on the list of requests for resident permit parking and providing an update on proposals for the Lower Caversham area, Harrow Court and East Reading Study area schemes.

Additional documents:

Minutes:

The Director of Environment and Neighbourhood Services submitted a report that provided the Sub-Committee with an update on the list of requests for Resident Permit Parking.

The report also provided an update on the development of proposals for the Lower Caversham area, Harrow Court and the East Reading Study area  ...  view the full minutes text for item 17.

18.

Requests for new Traffic Management Measures pdf icon PDF 126 KB

A report informing the Sub-Committee of requests for new traffic management measures that have been raised by members of the public, other organisations/representatives and Members of the Borough Council.

Additional documents:

Minutes:

The Director of Environment and Neighbourhood Services submitted a report informing the Sub-Committee of requests for new traffic management measures that had been raised by members of the public, other organisations/representatives and Councillors. These were measures that had either been previously reported, or those that would not typically be addressed  ...  view the full minutes text for item 18.

19.

Network Rail Proposed Western Link to Heathrow Airport Consultation Response pdf icon PDF 157 KB

A report informing the Sub-Committee of the Borough Council’s response to the consultation by Network Rail regarding a proposed Western Rail Link to Heathrow Airport.

Minutes:

The Director of Environment and Neighbourhood Services submitted a report that set out the Council’s response to the Network Rail consultation on the ‘Proposed Western Rail Link to Heathrow’ that sought to improve accessibility to Heathrow Airport based on exiting airport capacity.  The Council’s response to the consultation was attached  ...  view the full minutes text for item 19.

20.

Major Transport and Highways Projects - Update pdf icon PDF 154 KB

A report informing the Sub-Committee of the current status of major transport and highways projects in Reading.

Minutes:

The Director of Environment and Neighbourhood Services submitted a report providing the Sub-Committee with an update on the current major transport and highways projects in Reading.

The report explained that in relation to the Cow Lane Bridges Highway Works following completion of the Network Rail scheme the Council intended to  ...  view the full minutes text for item 20.

21.

Applications for Discretionary Parking Permits

To consider appeals against the refusal of applications for the issue of discretionary parking permits.

 

Minutes:

The Director of Environment and Neighbourhood Services submitted a report giving details of the background to her decisions to refuse applications for Discretionary Parking Permits from a total of eleven applicants, who had subsequently appealed against these decisions.

Resolved -

(1)     That, with regard to application 3 a third discretionary  ...  view the full minutes text for item 21.