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Recommendation from the meeting of the Cabinet Planning and Parking Panel on 7 June 2018 on proposed parking service work programmes 2018-2020.

(1)     Due to the size of the projects and the time they could take to complete the work programme was extended from one year to two years, 2018-2020.

(2)     The Peartree Ward and Hatfield car parks were added to the 2018-2020 work programme.

Recommendation from the meeting of the Cabinet Planning and Parking Panel on 7 June 2018 on proposed parking service work programme 2018-2020 (Minute 68 refers).

(1)        The Decision Taken

RESOLVED:

(1)     That due to the size of the projects and the time they could take to complete the work programme be extended from one year to two years, 2018-2020.

(2)     That the Peartree Ward and Hatfield car parks be added to the 2018-2020 work programme.

(2)        Reasons for the Decision

The Council received many requests for parking restrictions and parking improvements throughout the year and the work programme attempted to provide a structure to manage public expectations. 

There were currently just over 500 outstanding requests for changes to the current parking restrictions.

Given the redevelopment of the former Shredded Wheat site and that many of the office blocks in the Peartree Ward were being converted into residential accommodation with differing parking arrangements, the Peartree Ward would be added to the 2018-2020 work programme and the Hatfield Town Centre car parks also included.

The Council had already agreed to provide £100,000 in the budget for additional resource to be recruited into the parking services team to help to tackle the parking issues in the Borough more quickly and Officers were in the process of getting the recruitment process underway. 

It was noted that the Council needed to be aware that when roads in Salisbury Village were adopted as public highway the existing parking restrictions in part of the village might lapse and require to be replaced.