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Forward Plan Ref: 2018/032

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Report by Director for Infrastructure Delivery (CMDE7).

The report presents responses received to a statutory consultation to amend and introduce disabled persons parking places (DPPP’s) at various locations in South Oxfordshire and the Vale of the White Horse areas.

The Cabinet Member for the Environment is RECOMMENDED to:

a)        approve the proposals for Bostock Road, Abingdon; Park Road, Henley; Radnor Road, Wallingford; Ruskin Close, Didcot; Turner Road, Abingdon; White Horse Crescent, Grove and White House Road, North Stoke;

b)        defer a decision to allow further investigation of the proposals for High Street, Watlington, Palmer Road, Faringdon and Parsons Mead, Abingdon.

Approved as amended in bold italics (recommendation (a)) and strikethrough text (recommendation (b))

a)            approve the proposals for Bostock Road, Abingdon; Park Road, Henley; Radnor Road, Wallingford; Ruskin Close, Didcot; Turner Road, Abingdon; White Horse Crescent, Grove, White House Road, North Stoke, Palmer Road, Faringdon and Parsons Mead, Abingdon;

b)           defer a decision to allow further investigation of the proposals for High Street, Watlington, Palmer Road, Faringdon and Parsons Mead, Abingdon.

The Cabinet Member for Environment considered (CMDE7) proposals for and responses received to a statutory consultation to amend and introduce disabled persons parking places (DPPP’s) at various locations in South Oxfordshire and the Vale of the White Horse areas.

Mr Kirkwood advised that following further investigative work into eligibility officers were now able to recommend approval of the schemes for Palmer Road, Faringdon and Parsons Mead, Abingdon and confirmed that proposals for disabled persons parking places were funded from County Council revenues.  It was not a major cost and had been accepted practice for some time to help vulnerable people.

Councillor Judith Heathcoat had emailed her support for the inclusion of the Palmer Road, Faringdon proposals.

Recognising the agreed arrangements for county council funding the Cabinet Member for Environment having regard to the information set out in the report before her and the representations made to her at the meeting confirmed her decision as follows:

a)            approve proposals for Bostock Road, Abingdon; Park Road, Henley; Radnor Road, Wallingford; Ruskin Close, Didcot; Turner Road, Abingdon; White Horse Crescent, Grove, White House Road, North Stoke, Palmer Road, Faringdon and Parsons Mead, Abingdon;

b)           defer a decision to allow further investigation of the proposals for High Street, Watlington.

Signed…………………………………

Cabinet Member for Environment

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