Issue - meetings

Agreed

Agreed

The Cabinet Member considered (CMDE8) objections to a consultation on an experimental traffic regulation order introducing parking restrictions in the vicinity of Shiplake station in response to concerns expressed over a number of years by the Parish Council and individual residents that parking by rail commuters was causing congestion, nuisance and preventing large vehicles manoeuvring.

The Cabinet Member confirmed that the local member was comfortable with the scheme although he had forwarded concerns from the Parish Council regarding the need to carry out further formal consultations on minor additions to the proposals in view of the time it had taken to arrive at this point.   He asked officers to respond to the Parish Council and the local member regarding those concerns.

Mr Tole confirmed the proposals had significantly divided the community and further consideration had been required regarding additional measures to deal with the effects of cars displaced by the existing restrictions as set out in Annex 3 to the report.

Having regard to the arguments and options set out in the documentation before him, the representations made to him by the local member and the further considerations set out above the Cabinet Member confirmed his decision as follows:

a)     approve the making of a permanent traffic regulation order for the parking restrictions in Shiplake that were the subject of the Experimental Order;

 b)     instruct officers to carry out formal consultation on the proposed minor additions as set out in the report CMDE9 and to report the results of that consultation to a future meeting.

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Cabinet Member for Environment

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