Issue - meetings

To approve the introduction of parking charges in the Chichester Rugby Football Club Car Park, Oaklands Park, Chichester, the receipts being used to cover its maintenance costs, with any surplus being used to help repay loans for recent improvements to the clubhouse.

RESOLVED

(1)  That consent is given to Chichester Rugby Club introducing charges for parking in the Chichester Rugby Football Club Car Park, Oaklands Park, Chichester.

(2)  That the Head of Commercial Services be authorised to give appropriate notice of any revised changes to the Off-street Parking Places (Consolidation) Order 2016 and the Road Traffic Act 1984. 

The Cabinet considered the report circulated with the agenda (copy attached to the official minutes, except the exempt Appendix 2).

Mrs Keegan introduced the report. She explained that Chichester Rugby Football Club had recently invested in improving the Rugby Club Car Park. The Club now wished to introduce charging to cover the maintenance costs of the car park with any surplus income being used to repay loans for the recent improvements to the main clubhouse. This would make the car park publicly available. The proposed charges were roughly in line, but perhaps slightly cheaper, than the Council’s other out-of-town car parks. At present the car park was available for use by students, with a payment being made by the University. It would still be available for student parking on purchase of a season ticket.

Mrs Murphy (Parking Services Manager) added that the Highways Authority had approved the proposal. She would be discussing a contract with the Club whereby the Council’s Civil Enforcement Officers provided enforcement. The parking ticket machines used by the Club would be coin only, but the Council was introducing a payment by phone method of parking payment for its own car parks. These changes would require an amendment to the existing Parking Order.

RESOLVED

(1)  That consent is given to Chichester Rugby Club introducing charges for parking in the Chichester Rugby Football Club Car Park, Oaklands Park, Chichester.

(2)  That the Head of Commercial Services be authorised to give appropriate notice of any revised changes to the Off-street Parking Places (Consolidation) Order 2016 and the Road Traffic Act 1984.