Agenda item

Waiting Restriction Review Programme

(a)      2025 Programme - Results of Statutory Consultation

(b)      2026 Programme - New Requests

A report informing the Sub-Committee of objections received during the statutory consultation for the agreed proposals that formed the 2025 programme and providing the Sub-Committee with the list of new requests for potential inclusion in the 2026 programme.

Minutes:

The Sub-Committee received a report that informed the Sub-Committee of objections that had been received during the statutory consultation for the agreed proposals that formed the 2025 programme and provided the Sub-Committee with the list of new requests for potential inclusion in the 2026 programme.  The following Appendices were attached to the report:

Appendix 1

Results of the statutory consultation for the 2025 programme (part A). (Appendix 1 also included a list of those schemes in the programme that had not attracted responses during the statutory consultation period);

Appendix 2

Scoring criteria sheet for 2026 programme new requests;

Appendix 3a

New requests for the 2026 programme, arranged by total score, Ward, street (part B);

Appendix 3b

New requests for the 2026 programme, arranged by Ward, total score, street (part B).

The Sub-Committee received and considered an updated version of Appendix 1 as part of the Update Pack published on 5 June 2026. The updated version of Appendix 1 set out further feedback that had been received during the consultation period which had closed on 4 June 2026, after the publication of the agenda on 1 June 2026, and provided updated officer comments on schemes in the 2025 programme.

Resolved –

(1)        That the report be noted;

(2)        That, having considered the officer recommendations set out in Appendix 1 to the report, as updated and included in the Update Pack published on 5 June 2026, the following schemes in the Waiting Restriction Review Programme 2025 be implemented, amended or removed from the programme as follows:

Ward

Street/Location

 

Battle

Stone Street/Tidmarsh Street

Implement as advertised;

Battle

Kensington Road

Implement as advertised;

Caversham

North Street

Implement as advertised;

Caversham Heights

Soane End/Highdown Hill

Implement as advertised;

Caversham Heights

Surley Row

Implement as advertised;

Church

Barnsdale Road

Remove from the 2025 programme and add to the 2026 programme;

Church

Whitley Wood Road

Implement as advertised;

Coley

Lesford Road

Implement as advertised;

Katesgrove

Basingstoke Road/Rose Kiln Lane

Implement as advertised;

Kentwood

Armour Hill/Larissa Close

Implement as advertised;

Kentwood

Scours Lane

Implement as advertised;

Norcot

Shilling Close

Implement as advertised;

Park

Pitcroft Avenue

Implement as advertised;

Park

Tuns Hill Cottages

Implement as advertised;

Redlands

Addington Road

Implement as advertised;

Redlands

Allcroft Road

Implement as advertised;

Redlands

Upper Redlands Road 1

Implement as advertised;

Redlands

Upper Redlands Road 2

Implement as advertised;

Redlands

Lower Mount

Implement as advertised

Southcote

Westcote Road

Implement as advertised;

Thames

Cardiff Road

Implement as advertised;

Thames

Addison Road/Printers Road

Implement as advertised;

Tilehurst

Westwood Road

Implement as advertised;

Whitley

Blandford Road

Implement as advertised;

Whitley

Longships Way

Implement as advertised;

Whitley

Exbourne Road

Implement as advertised.

(3)        That should any further written/postal objections be received after the meeting, provided they were sent within the statutory consultation period, the Executive Director of Economic Growth and Neighbourhood Services, in consultation with the Director of Legal and Governance, the Lead Councillor for Climate Strategy and Transport and the Chair of the Sub-Committee be granted authority to consider these and make an officer decision regarding implementation, or otherwise, of the scheme;

(4)        That the Director of Legal and Governance be granted authority to make and seal the resultant Traffic Regulation Order;

(5)        That respondents to the statutory consultation be informed of the decisions of the Sub-Committee, following publication of the agreed minutes of the meeting;

(6)        That, having considered the officer recommendations set out in Section 3.6 of the report and attached at Appendices 3A/3B, the following schemes be removed from the Waiting Restriction Review Programme 2026:

No.

Ward

Street/Location

6

Tilehurst

Westwood Road

25

Whitley

Copenhagen Close

(7)        That the officer recommendation, following investigation of the new requests, be shared with Ward Councillors, providing opportunity for local engagement, and for any comments differing from the officer recommendations to be included in the next report submitted to the Sub-Committee;

(8)        That should funding permit, a further report be submitted to the Sub-Committee seeking agreement to conduct the Statutory Consultation on the recommended schemes for the 2026 programme.

 

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