Issue - meetings

Forward Plan Ref: 2022/215

Contact: Jim Whiting, Principal Officer, Parking

Report by Corporate Director Environment & Place (CMDHM 10).

To consider proposed parking permit areas and waiting restrictions.

The Cabinet Member for the Highway Management AGREED to approve the following measures as advertised:

1)    The proposed ‘Resident Permit & Shared-Use Parking’ on Castle Street & Reading Road,

2)    The proposed ‘No Waiting at Any Time’ (Double Yellow Lines) on Castle Street, Croft Road, and St Johns Road,

3)    The removal of existing ‘No Waiting at Any Time’ (Double Yellow Lines) on St Johns Road,

4)    The removal of existing ‘No Waiting Mon-Sat 8am-6pm’ (Single Yellow Lines) on Croft Road, and St Johns Road, and

5)    Include Walters Barn, Bear Lane and Morven, Reading Road within the list of eligible properties able to apply for resident & visitor permits

In October 2021, The Council, carried out extensive advertising that Civil Enforcement would be undertaken in the District of South Oxfordshire Horse from 1 November 2021. 

Once enforcement commenced a number of comments were received in Wallingford from residents who had been receiving PCNs for parking near their homes due to historic waiting restrictions that did not meet the needs of residents.

A review of the area was undertaken in 2022 along with some other requests received in roads within the town. The County Council has worked with the town mayor and local councillor to develop proposals (as shown in Annex 1), which aim to better manage the demand for parking in parts of Wallingford.

This report presents responses received to a statutory consultation on the proposals to introduce changes in Wantage, which include the provision for:

·       Shared Use Parking (resident Permits and limited Waiting – Reading Road and Castle Street to allow residents to park without time limit and provide short term parking for visitor to the town.

·       Removal of single yellow lines – Croft Road and St Johns Road

·       Removal of double yellow lines – St Johns Road

·       No waiting at any Time – St Johns Road, Croft Road and Castle Street

Cllr Gant observed comments from the consultees and officers’ responses to objectors of the scheme.  Cllr Gant added that a review of the scheme would be carried out approximately 12 months after the implementation of the proposals.

Cllr Gant observed officers’ responses to objection and agreed that the proposals would help facilitate the safe movement of traffic and alleviate parking stress in the area, and would also help encourage the use of sustainable transport modes and help support the delivery of wider transport initiatives.  

The Cabinet Member for the Highway Management AGREED to approve the following measures as advertised:

1)    The proposed ‘Resident Permit & Shared-Use Parking’ on Castle Street & Reading Road,

2)    The proposed ‘No Waiting at Any Time’ (Double Yellow Lines) on Castle Street, Croft Road, and St Johns Road,

3)    The removal of existing ‘No Waiting at Any Time’ (Double Yellow Lines) on St Johns Road,

4)    The removal of existing ‘No Waiting Mon-Sat 8am-6pm’ (Single Yellow Lines) on Croft Road, and St Johns Road, and

5)    Include Walters Barn, Bear Lane and Morven, Reading Road within the list of eligible properties able to apply for resident & visitor permits