Decision details

To:

(i)               Consider objections to proposed amendments to the layout of waiting restrictions in Residents’ Parking Zone A (RPZA), Salisbury.

(ii)             Recommend re-advertising the Traffic Regulation Order (TRO) with amendments to the Council’s proposals.

I approvethat:

(i)         The Residents’ Parking Zone A Traffic Regulation Order be re-advertised with the following amendments:

(a)             All residents parking bays within the zone are converted to permit holders only.

(b)             The provision of additional time limited parking bays in Wyndham Road(as outlined in paragraph 54) and in other roads in the zone to support businesses.

(c)        The layout of waiting restrictions in Kings Road is amended as outlined in paragraph 55.

            (ii)        Objectors and supporters be informed accordingly.

This decision was published on 25 January 2016 and will come into force on 2 February 2016.           

The provision of additional time limited parking bays in Wyndham Road, which could be used by visitors to the SIMP surgery (or any other nearby premises), serves to address the concerns raised by the surgery and its patients about not being able to park close by.

The changes required to the layout of waiting restrictions in Kings Road would remove the existing parking bays obstructing the accesses to the rear of Nos. 21-51 Wyndham Road, maintain access to the off-street parking bays, whilst retaining as many parking spaces as possible within Kings Road.

Operating RPZA as one type of residents’ parking scheme rather than two will make the scheme less confusing, less unjust and less cumbersome to manage. Proceeding with a permit holders only scheme across the whole of RPZA would not only be concordant with the principal aim of the review of maximising the number of parking spaces available for use by residents living within the zone but also with the majority of the responses to the questionnaires circulated.

Proceeding with making the whole of RPZA a permit holder’s only scheme (with the provision of time limited parking bays to support businesses within the zone) would be considered to be more onerous from a TRO perspective. Whilst not every element of the Council’s proposals would need to be readvertised, given the fundamental change proposed to the layout of waiting restrictions in RPZA, it is considered appropriate that all its proposals are consulted upon again.

To:

(i)               Implement the proposals as advertised.

(ii)              Re-advertise the proposals with amendments.

(iii)            Abandon the proposals.

Consultation has been undertaken with:

·                  Councillor Helena McKeown, the then elected Wiltshire Council Member for the St. Edmund and Milford ward.

·                  Salisbury City Council Members for the St. Edmund and Milford ward through the statutory TRO consultation process.

·                  Members of the public through the statutory TRO consultation process.

·                  Emergency services through the statutory TRO consultation process.