Issue - meetings

Forward Plan Ref: 2019/176

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Report by Interim Director for Community Operations (CMDE8).

The report presents responses received to a statutory consultation to introduce and amend waiting restrictions on Thame Road, Warborough put forward because of the residential development of adjacent land with the yellow lines showing the proposals as advertised noting that double yellow lines are also proposed to supplement the existing School Keep Clear markings.

Seventy-two responses were received. 59 objections which included Thames Valley Police, Warborough Parish Council, St Laurence C of E Primary school, Warborough and Shillingford pre-school and fifty-five local residents. There were also 8 expressions of support and 5 neither objecting nor supporting but nevertheless raising concerns.

Therefore, noting the level of responses received against the proposed restriction officers felt it would be more appropriate to consider less extensive restrictions and are now proposing that double yellow lines be provided on the A329 only in the immediate vicinity of the access to the new residential development, between the red lines marked A and B on Annex 1 to the report and School Keep Clear markings also to be changed from an advisory to an enforceable restriction.

That now forms the basis of the following revised recommendation to the Cabinet Member for Environment that double yellow lines be provided on the A329 only in the immediate vicinity of the access to the new residential development, between the red lines marked A and B on Annex 1 to the report and School Keep Clear markings also to be changed from an advisory to an enforceable restriction.

Approved

The Cabinet Member for Environment considered (CMDE8) responses received to a statutory consultation to introduce and amend waiting restrictions on Thame Road, Warborough put forward because of the residential development of adjacent land.  

The report had noted that seventy-two responses had been received including 59 objections with 8 expressions of support and 5 neither objecting nor supporting but nevertheless raising concerns.

In light of the level of responses received against the proposed restriction officers had therefore felt it would be more appropriate to consider a less extensive restriction.

Jonnie Bradshaw for Warborough Parish Council supported the revised recommendation.  As the proposed development would provide a 29 space car park by the end of summer 2021 which would relieve parking issues in this vicinity the introduction of the original scheme now would be premature and only serve to displace parking causing problems elsewhere. The Parish Council were planning to carry out a traffic management study following completion of the development and were keen to avoid increased urban signage. He thanked the County Council for recognising the disproportionate size of the original proposal and suggesting the revised scheme.

Mr Kirkwood advised that if arrangements for the new parking provision had not been finalised by the end of 2021 there would be a need to reconsult.

The Cabinet Member for Environment suggested that if that was the case then that should be a charge on the developer and that the Parish Council should bear that in mind. Then having regard to the current situation and to the information contained in the report before her together with the representations made to her at the meeting the Cabinet Member confirmed her decision as follows:

that double yellow lines be provided on the A329 only in the immediate vicinity of the access to the new residential development, between the red lines marked A and B on Annex 1 to the report CMDE8 and that School Keep Clear markings also be changed from an advisory to an enforceable restriction.

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Cabinet Member for Environment

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