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The Cabinet considered a report
of the Executive Director (Environment and Place)
presenting information to enable the Council to
decide on revoking its decision to charge for parking between the
hours of 6pm and 9pm in Zone 1A; which Budget Council took in
February 2023.
 
The Cabinet was informed that
the wording in paragraphs 2.6 and 5.3 of the submitted report was
incorrect.  The revocation of the hours
of enforcement related to the pay and display bays in Zone 1A only
and that other contraventions would still be
enforced.”
 
With reference to the proposed
introduction of the on-street parking bays in Hartington Road,
Pleasant Road, Beach Road and Burdett Road, the Leader and Cabinet
Member for Highways, Transport and Parking gave assurances that the
proposals were to introduce additional shared use bays and that
there would be no loss of the existing capacity for residents in
those roads. The Ward Councillors would also be consulted on the
proposals prior to the statutory consultation process.
 
Resolved:
 
1. That the decision made at
Budget Council in February 2023 be revoked and that charging for
parking in Zone 1A between the hours of 6.00 p.m. to 9.00 p.m. be
removed, taking into consideration the financial implications as
set out in the submitted report.
 
2. That the temporary cessation
of charges between the hours of 6.00 p.m. to 9.00 p.m. during the
summer school holidays, pending the relevant activity required by
the service, as set out in the submitted report, be
approved.
 
3. That the proposals for the
new parking bays as set out in the report be progressed, on the
basis that there would be no loss of existing parking capacity from
the resident parking scheme in the roads affected.
 
4. 
That a one-off budget of £40k be allocated to the parking
service for the required changes to be implemented and initially
funded from the Business Transformation Reserve and then reimbursed
from the additional parking income.
 
5. That it be noted that there
will be capital investment of circa £175k and initially
funded from reprioritised highways schemes and then reimbursed by
the additional parking income.
 
Reasons for
decision:
 
To remove the parking charges
between the hours of 6.00 p.m. to 9.00 p.m.
 
Other options:
 
Not to remove the parking
charges and continue with the decisions made by the previous
administration.
 
Note: This is an Executive
Function/Council Function
Eligible for call-in to: Place
Scrutiny Committee
Cabinet Member: Cllr
Buck