Chichester District Council
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Parking Charges Review 2017/18

Meeting: 06/12/2016 - Cabinet (Item 296)

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The Cabinet is requested to consider the agenda report and to make the following resolution:

 

That the consultation responses to the charges which it approved at its meeting on 1 November 2016 be brought back for consideration at its meeting on 10 January 2017. 

 

Decision:

RESOLVED

 

That the consultation responses to the charges, which were approved at the Cabinet’s meeting on 1 November 2016, be brought back for consideration at the Cabinet’s meeting on 10 January 2017.

Minutes:

The Cabinet considered the agenda report (copy attached to the official minutes).

 

The report was introduced by Mrs Keegan.

 

Mrs Murphy was in attendance for this item.

 

Mrs Keegan summarised sections 3 (background) and 5 (proposal) of the agenda report. 

 

Mrs Murphy did not wish to add to Mrs Keegan’s presentation.

 

There was no discussion of this item.

 

Decision

 

The Cabinet voted on a show of hands unanimously in favour of the recommendation.

 

RESOLVED

 

That the consultation responses to the charges, which were approved at the Cabinet’s meeting on 1 November 2016, be brought back for consideration at the Cabinet’s meeting on 10 January 2017.


Meeting: 01/11/2016 - Cabinet (Item 281)

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

 

(1)  That the charges set out within the appendix to the report be approved and, subject to consultation responses, be implemented from 1 April 2017. 

 

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

 

Additional documents:

Decision:

RESOLVED

 

(1)  That the charges set out in the appendix to the agenda report be approved and, subject to consultation responses, be implemented from 1 April 2017.

 

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

 

Minutes:

The Cabinet considered the agenda report and its appendix (copies attached to the official minutes).

 

The report was presented by Mrs Keegan.

 

Mrs Murphy was in attendance for this item.

 

Mrs Keegan referred to sections 4 and 5 of the report for the background context and the approach to setting car park charges. The Cabinet’s decision in October 2015 (not 2016 as stated in para 4.2 of the report) to impose a two-year freeze on car parking charges reflected increases previously agreed and the work involved in consulting on price increases. CDC’s Chichester District Parking Forum (CDPF), which was a suitably representative body, supported the proposals set out in the appendix to the report for implementation in April 2017 if approved by the Cabinet. She summarised each of the six proposals in the appendix, commenting in particular on the fourth proposal for evening charges. The introduction of new charges was always cautiously contemplated and the proposal for evening charges was more controversial than the others in the report; objections could always be anticipated. The proposal was for a trial or pilot introduction of evening charges. Many other local authorities had evening or 24-hour charges (CDC was rather unusual in not doing so) and the practice of other authorities had been researched. The details for the two chosen car parks, Northgate (long stay) and New Park Road (short stay) were set out in paras 4.2 and 4.3 of the appendix (page 41) together with important mitigation measures that were designed to minimise or remove any adverse impacts of the proposals. The charges were considered modest for an asset which was costly to maintain.

 

Mrs Murphy advised that West Sussex County Council, a consultee, had considered the potential for street deflection and supported the trial project. Mr Over highlighted the mitigation measures in para 4.2 of the appendix. Mrs Murphy summarised the concerns of the New Park Cinema (NPC) and Chichester Festival Theatre (CFT) about the impact of evening charges on their audiences or patrons; they feared a drop in bookings and charges being an obstacle to those who were on low incomes. She emphasised that this was a trial in two car parks only with sufficiently accessible alternative free car parks in close proximity. Chichester city was unusual compared with many town/city centres regionally (Hampshire and East Sussex) as well as nationally where charges had been introduced in response to the evening economy.       

 

During the debate various points were made, which included the following.

 

Evening Charges

 

Mr Barrow supported the introduction of evening charges. Car parks were on CDC’s land and were a very valuable asset and charges helped to maintain them. Modest charges were being proposed and would compare favourably with other councils’ charges. The consultation would afford the opportunity for views to be expressed. He doubted that the CFT (in view of the price of a theatre ticket) and NPC would lose audiences because of evening charges. He noted the support expressed by the CDPF.

 

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