Decision details

Oxford City Council have a CIL funded City Cycling Infrastructure Fund designated for installing new cycle parking across the City. Cycle parking installed with the fund is required to have community benefit, and therefore need to be publicly accessible. The City and County Councils have been working collaboratively to identify suitable locations for new publicly accessible parking racks, following the compilation of a list of requests from residents, businesses and Councillors. 

The Chair introduced the item to the meeting, invited speakers to make their addresses and responded to their points in turn.

The Chair read out a written statement submitted by Mr Michael Jelly, Director of Grape Minds, which was a wine shop on South Parade.

Following a question from the Chair surrounding the loss of a resident parking space, officers confirmed it would continue to be monitored and if genuine need was demonstrated, further consultation would be needed to repurpose another parking space.

Officers confirmed that for loading and unloading, it was possible to do this on double-yellow lines, resident bays or short-stay bays.

It was noted that different times of the day have differing levels of demand for cycle parking spaces.

The Chair noted alternative parking options available to those near South Parade.

The Chair noted that the decisions on width and distance between the bike racks were a balance, based on sufficient space and more bicycles being able to park. Officers confirmed that spacing could be revisited if required.

There was further discussion about the design of the cycling parking spaces.

The Chair noted comments from Thames Valley Police about crime prevention, and that CCTV was outside the scope of this report.

The Chair referenced several of the consultation responses.

Officers stated that they would consult with the local County Councillor before the introduction of cycle parking on Observatory Street.

The Chair thanked officers for their work, thanked speakers for their contributions and agreed to the recommendations in the report.

RESOLVED to:

Approve as advertised, the amendment of existing & introduction of new ‘on[1]carriageway’ cycle parking places within Oxford, as follows:

a) Brasenose Lane – extend existing & introduce new provision on the north side,

b) Broad Street – introduce new provision in the central area,

c) Ship Street – extend existing provision on the south side,

d) Queens Lane - extend existing provision on the west side,

e) Leopold Street – introduce new provision on the north & south sides, replacing parts of existing car parking bays,

f) Observatory Street – introduce new provision on the north side,

g) South Parade – introduce new provision on the south side, replacing parts of existing car parking bays.