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Car Park Charges 2018/2019

Meeting: 07/11/2017 - Cabinet (Item 433)

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The Cabinet is requested to consider the agenda report and its four appendices and to make the following resolutions:

 

(1)  That the charges set out within appendix 1 of the agenda report which, subject to consultation responses are to be implemented from 1 April 2018, be approved. 

 

(2)  That the Head of Commercial Services be authorised to give appropriate notice of any revised charges or changes as set out within this report pursuant to the Off-street Parking Places (Consolidation) Order 2015 and the Road Traffic Act 1984. 

 

(3)  That the use of Regulation 10 Penalty Charge Notices within Chichester District from 1 April 2018 be approved.

 

(4)  That the inclusion of Florence Road car park (subject to agreement from West Sussex County Council as the Highway Authority) onto the Parking Order for Chichester District and implements a maximum stay as indicated in section 4.13 of the agenda report be approved.

Additional documents:

Decision:

RESOLVED

 

(1)  That the charges set out within appendix 1 of the agenda report which, subject to consultation responses are to be implemented from 1 April 2018, be approved subject to the following amendments: (a) the parking charge as at present for long-stay car parks on Sundays be retained and (b) that parking in the Sylvia Beaufoy car park continues to remain free as at present. 

 

(2)  That the Head of Commercial Services be authorised to give appropriate notice of any revised charges or changes as set out within this report pursuant to the Off-street Parking Places (Consolidation) Order 2015 and the Road Traffic Act 1984. 

 

(3)  That the use of Regulation 10 Penalty Charge Notices within Chichester District from 1 April 2018 be approved.

 

(4)  That the inclusion of Florence Road car park (subject to agreement from West Sussex County Council as the Highway Authority) onto the Parking Order for Chichester District and implements a maximum stay as indicated in section 4.11 of the agenda report be approved.

Minutes:

The Cabinet considered the agenda report and its four appendices in the first agenda supplement.

 

The report was presented by Mr Dignum, Mrs Murphy and Miss Jardine.

 

Mrs Murphy and Miss Jardine were in attendance also to answer members’ questions and comments on points of detail.  

 

Mr Dignum summarised in particular section 4 (paras 4.1 to 4.4) of the report with regard to the background and the proposals for the proposed car park charges to come into force with effect from 1 April 2018 subject to the outcome of the required consultation. He informed the Cabinet that he sought its agreement to make two amendments to the charges proposed by officers namely: (a) the Sylvia Beaufoy car park in Petworth should remain entirely free of charge instead of introducing the charges set out in the table on page 258 of the first agenda supplement and (b) charges in the city’s long-stay car parks on Sundays should remain as they were currently and not be increased in line with section 3 in appendix 1 on page 257 of the first agenda supplement ie he advocated the alternative option in the last para of that section.

 

Mrs Murphy said that the parking proposals had been considered by CDC’s Chichester District Parking Forum which was comprised of representatives of all the relevant groups and interests. The aim was that CDC’s off-street charges complemented West Sussex County Council’s (WSCC) on-street charges. The charges agreed by the Cabinet at this meeting would be made the subject of a public consultation.

 

Mrs Lintill welcomed Mr Dignum’s proposal to retain the current no-charging regime at the Sylvia Beaufoy car park. She said that Mrs J Duncton, the other CDC Petworth ward member, agreed with her. 

 

Mrs Kilby said that she fully supported Florence Road car park being brought into the parking order in view of the current commuter use being made of it.

 

Mrs Murphy summarised the proposal in respect of the Florence Road car park in paras 4.10 and 4.11 of the report including the need to consult WSCC despite the fact that the car park belonged to CDC. The more efficient and effective enforcement option was for a free ticket for a maximum stay of three hours to be issued by a machine rather than rely on monitoring by patrol officers.

 

Miss Jardine summarised and explained the proposal to introduce the service of penalty charge notices pursuant to regulation 10 of the Civil Enforcement of Parking Contraventions (England) General Directions 2007. If implemented, full training would be given to CDC staff and the new procedure would be given appropriate publicity.

 

Members supported the regulation 10 proposal.

 

Mrs Hardwick referred to the first two paras on page 259 of the first agenda supplement which justified the introduction of charges in the Sylvia Beaufoy car park and questioned the impact on turnover of Mr Dignum’s proposal to retain free car parking.

 

Mr Dignum explained that due account had been taken of the views of the two  ...  view the full minutes text for item 433


 

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