The Committee to receive an update on the Parking Management Plan.
Minutes:
38.1 Michael Horton, Parking Strategy Team, gave
the committee the following update:
The advert for the legal Traffic Regulation Order (TRO) for the
Parking Management Plan (PMP) appeared in the Chichester Observer
newspaper, on Thursday 13February 2020. This commenced the
statutory 21-day objection period, which ended on 5 March 2020. A
range of options have been used to publicise the proposals as
follows:
The newspaper advert – which is a statutory (legal) requirement
A new webpage at www.westsussex.gov.uk/chiparkingplantro which includes links to the TRO documents and a bespoke map tile ‘browser’ to enable viewing/download of the 90 map tiles covering the extent of the PMP.
A press release, social media news feeds, facebook advertising, a banner on the West Sussex County Council’s website front page.
Documents and plans available at Chichester library and Chichester District Council’s (CDC) office at East Pallant House.
Approximately 500 on-street public notices.
A4 posters – at key sites including CDC car parks and around County Hall.
Emails to Stakeholders (CDC, Parishes, Residents Associations, St Richard’s Hospital, Chichester College, Chichester University & Schools.)
To date, there had been about 1,000 formal responses to the
proposals received, either through the online comments form, or by
direct email to the Traffic Regulation Order team. Other enquiries have
also been received through the parking team or customer contact
centre; all of those have been answered as much as possible but
also advised to log any formal comments through the online form or
via the TRO team email.
The parking team will be
assessing, commenting upon, and ultimately summarising all of those formal responses in its report to the
Cabinet Member for Highways and Infrastructure as soon as
practicable after 5th March.
This is likely to be in late April / early May. Arrangements are in
hand to discuss this in more depth with both CLC members and the
Cabinet Member in due course.
If the Cabinet Member decides to go ahead, then implementation could commence in the summer of 2020, along with applications for residents’ permits. The latter would be monitored to enable decisions on whether to sell permits to non-residents in particular zones, where there is believed to be spare capacity, and/or also restrict those permits to only park in certain roads within the zones. This is partly to address concerns about the availability of parking space in areas where residents parking needs are greatest, to help ameliorate any general displacement of non-residents’ vehicles into any uncontrolled areas, and also to try and accommodate parking by workers whose employment base is located within particular zones, and have no suitable alternative to on-street parking.
Subject to all of that being completed, and also the successful recruitment and training of
additional Civil Enforcement Officers (under the auspices of CDC),
the scheme could become operational around December 2020.
The proposals are available at www.westsussex.gov.uk/chiparkingplantro, including a
link to the comments form.
38.2 The following questions, comments & concerns were raised:
Mr Neil Smith, Summersdale Resident, stated that he supports the City Wide Car Parking Zone, but would object to the recommended Parking Management Plan, unless it was wholly implemented and asks the decision maker to look at the whole plan and make a decision based on that only.
Mr Ken Jones, RoussillonPark Resident, raised a concern that the North of the City will become the unofficial park and ride once the Parking Management Plan is implemented as there are great bus links from the Roussillon Park area and no restrictions on this development. There is already an existing issue with this from the Hospital and the University. Is there anything that can be done to prevent this? – Michael Horton, Project Officer, responded that unfortunately as these are unadopted roads and a private development there is not jurisdiction here. Graylingwell park have displayed signs and put in a Car Parking Management Scheme, but this has caused issues for Visitors and Residents.