Issue - meetings

Cabinet Member: Environment

Forward Plan Ref: 2020/099

Contact: Phil Whitfield, Principal Officer – Service Improvement Tel: 07741 607809

Report by Director of Community Operations (Interim) (CA13).

Oxfordshire County Council were formally approached by South Oxfordshire and Vale of White Horse to work jointly with them to investigate the feasibility of implementing CPE within their Districts. The scope of this was broadened to look at the county as a whole and include Cherwell in the investigation. CPE is already in place in Oxford City and West Oxfordshire. The investigation found CPE was appropriate for all remaining districts across Oxfordshire.

Officers are now seeking approval from Cabinet to make a formal application to the Department for Transport to implement CPE across the remaining districts  

The Cabinet is RECOMMENDED to:

(a)             Approve the submission of an application of the Department for  for the introduction of a Special Enforcement Area (SEA) and bus lane enforcement powers across the districts of Cherwell, South Oxfordshire and Vale of White Horse to provide Civil Parking Enforcement (CPE).

(b)             Support the proposal for Oxfordshire County Council to manage this new ‘on street’ service.

Recommendations agreed.

Oxfordshire County Council were formally approached by South Oxfordshire and Vale of White Horse to work jointly with them to investigate the feasibility of implementing CPE within their Districts. The scope of this was broadened to look at the county as a whole and include Cherwell in the investigation. CPE is already in place in Oxford City and West Oxfordshire. The investigation found CPE was appropriate for all remaining districts across Oxfordshire.

Cabinet considered a report seeking approval to make a formal application to the Department for Transport to implement CPE across the remaining districts 

Councillor Jenny Hannaby, local councillor for Grove & Wantage spoke in support of the proposals.,

Councillor Constance, Cabinet Member for Environment introduced the contents of the report and moved the recommendations.

During discussion Cabinet supported the recommendations.

Paul Feehily, Corporate Director Place & Growth responded to a query on the of assumptions set out at paragraph 6 of the report. He stated it was right to be aware of the risks but advised that he was very comfortable with the assumptions there and the likely income. He also explained the cost contributions from District Councils was appropriate as they were contributing to some of the set up costs but a larger portion of the  costs would fall to the County Council by way of additional line painting and signage.

RESOLVED:             to:

(a)             Approve the submission of an application of the Department for the introduction of a Special Enforcement Area (SEA) and bus lane enforcement powers across the districts of Cherwell, South Oxfordshire and Vale of White Horse to provide Civil Parking Enforcement (CPE).

(b)             Support the proposal for Oxfordshire County Council to manage this new ‘on street’ service.