Issue - meetings

Cabinet Member: Transport Management

Forward Plan Ref: 2024/362

Contact: Lauren Jones, Team Leader – ANPR Enforcement (Lauren.Jones@oxfordshire.gov.uk)

Report by Director of Environment and Highways (CMDTMT).

The Cabinet Member is RECOMMENDED to:

Approve the following sites for ANPR camera enforcement, as advertised:

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

The Chair, following a question by one of the speakers, raised the issue of the Friday Market in Sheep Street, Bicester. Officers confirmed that consultation would be undertaken with the market, along with businesses in other areas within the scheme, and that some form of exemption database was planned, should the recommendations be approved.

The Chair stated that there was no change for any kind of vehicle proposed in this report and that it would be a change of enforcement methods.

Following a question from the Chair, officers noted that it was for blue badge holders to nominate the vehicles they use.

The Chair noted the point about demographics of users of the scheme. Officers reflected upon the use of drop-ins in similar schemes and stated it would be looked at to support residents.

Following a question from the Chair, officers confirmed that fines were ring-fenced by law.

In regards to paragraph 3 of the report, officers confirmed that there were options for members of the public to report areas which, in their view, would benefit from ANPR enforcement, on the website.

The Chair welcomed the level of consultation responses and referred to several of them.

The Chair referenced several consultation responses regarding ‘powered two-wheelers’ without number plates and noted the difficulty of enforcing regulations with ANPR with these type of vehicles.

The Chair referred to the main points raised in the report, including signage, privacy concerns, exemptions, charity shop concerns and timings.

The Chair noted several local details, such as if the ANPR enforcement would apply to residents in the Baldons accessing properties rather than cutting through, which officers confirmed would not be.

The Chair re-iterated that consultations are opportunities to make comments on the proposals, but that they were not referendums.

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

RESOLVED:

Approve the following sites for ANPR camera enforcement, as advertised:

· Abingdon: Bath Street – Right Turn,

· Abingdon: Stratton Way – Right Turn,

· Banbury: Rother Road – No Entry,

· Bicester: Sheep Street – No Entry,

· Bicester: Sheep Street – Pedestrian Zone,

· Didcot: Lydalls Road – No Entry,

· Didcot: Lydalls Road – One Way,

· Didcot: Station Road – Bus Gate,

· Faringdon: Market Place – No Motor Vehicles,

· Kidlington: A44 – U-Turn,

· Kidlington: High Street – Pedestrian Zone,

· Marsh Baldon: Baldon Lane – No Motor Vehicles,

· Oxford: A420 (into St Clements) – Bus Lane,

· Oxford: Barracks Lane – No Motor Vehicles,

· Oxford: North Way – U-Turn,

· Oxford: North Way – Left Turn,

· Oxford: Rectory Road – No Entry,

· Oxford: St Clements – Bus Lane,

· Oxford: West Way/Botley Road – Bus Lane,

· Witney: Market Square/High Street – No Motor Vehicles