Issue - meetings

Forward Plan Ref: 2014/137

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Report by Deputy Director for Environment  and Economy – Commercial & Delivery (CMDE8).

The report considers objections to a formal consultation on proposals to introduce parking restrictions in several streets in the southern part of Kidlington, particularly along the service roads either side of A4260 Oxford Road.

The Cabinet Member for Environment is RECOMMENDED toapprove the proposed parking restrictions for the Oxford Road service roads and adjacent streets in Kidlington, as advertised and amended as described in the report. 

Agreed

The Cabinet Member for Environment considered (CMDE8) objections received to a formal consultation on proposals to introduce parking restrictions in several streets in the southern part of Kidlington, particularly along the service roads either side of A4260 Oxford Road.

Mr Makepeace expressed particular concern regarding the provision of diagonal parking on Broadway, which he felt would cause problems especially from longer vehicles projecting into the road all to create one extra parking space. Also large delivery vehicles blocked the road completely. There was no parking on the north side of Broadway and he felt that should be the case on both sides and asked that the proposal be reconsidered.

Mr Walsh spoke on behalf of residents adjacent to Thames Valley Police HQ.  Insufficient parking led to displaced parking from that site on to the service road, which was then viewed as a convenient alternative and led to driveways being obstructed and properties devaluing.  He felt a lot of residents would welcome the opportunity to comment and he asked that the matter be deferred and a public meeting convened.

The Cabinet Member noted the support of the local member and Kidlington Parish Council but acknowledged that Gosford and Water Eaton Parish Council had yet to respond.

Mr Tole stated that diagonal parking did not create much extra space but the flats above this stretch of highway had no off street parking so therefore no restriction in place to help them.  The echelon parking at 6 metres would be long enough to accommodate large vehicles and he was confident the network would be able to cope with the demands posed.  Resident parking was not an option without civil parking enforcement arrangements in place and in any event funding was not available.  He advised that a letter from the owner of properties on the eastern side (Fairfax) had requested deferral. However, as that request did not appear to reflect the views of all the residents on Fairfax it would be unfair to seek to make significant changes without consulting the other businesses there. He confirmed that the situation would be kept under review because of the proposed station development but that in the meantime this represented the best solution.

The Cabinet Member acknowledged that the station development would change things dramatically and that these issues would need to be reviewed as a result of that development but at the moment doing nothing was not an option. He had visited the site and having regard to the arguments and options set out in the documentation before him, the representations made to him and the further considerations set out above the Cabinet Member for Environment confirmed his decision as follows:

to approve the proposed parking restrictions for the Oxford Road service roads and adjacent streets in Kidlington, as advertised and amended as described in the report CMDE8.

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Cabinet Member for Environment

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