Issue - meetings

Agreed

Defer proposals in the vicinity of Jacobs Inn for further consultation.

The Cabinet Member for Environment considered (CMDE5) objections received to a formal consultation on proposals to introduce parking restrictions in several parts of Wolvercote village.

Councillor Fooks supported the proposals which would go some way to help protect and improve bus services.  However, she had some concerns regarding pavement parking in the vicinity of the Jacobs Inn restaurant and suggested that switching the yellow lines to the opposite side of the road might help. She also referred to a report in the Oxford Mail which had referred to problems for buses at Clifford Place and Home Close although she was not aware of any problems.

Mr Tole accepted that there were difficulties for buses in this area and the situation would need to be kept under review.  With regard to the situation at the Jacobs Inn he was reluctant to undertake anything in the short term but would undertake some local consultation in that area on a revised proposal and if no objections were received then something could be considered and introduced at the same time as the restrictions currently under consideration.

Responding to the Cabinet Member Mr Tole confirmed that some parking was available for displaced residents and the Bus Company had confirmed whilst that did not present constant problems there were occasions when it did. It was more of a problem at the eastern end of the village. He felt the proposals currently before the Cabinet Member represented a reasonable balance.

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:

to approve the proposed parking restrictions for Wolvercote as advertised and amended as described in the report CMDE5, other than the proposed restrictions in the vicinity of Jacobs Inn which were to be the subject of further consultation.