Decision details

The report before Members detailed that there had been a  number of complaints received by the service over a period of years from members of the public and requests to Councillors asking that green space be converted to parking bays, it was decided that areas from which requests were being received be considered for this work and funds be found for converting green space to hard standing parking areas.

The service contacted all Councillors and asked them to provide details of areas where they were getting pressure from residents requesting verge conversion work. This information had been collated along with direct requests from residents.  An external consultancy was commissioned to carry out a review of over 70 locations and to provide a report on the findings with recommendations for each location. Out of the 70 locations, 48 were found not to need conversion to hard standing, some of these would however benefit from the addition of yellow lines to aid access etc. This had left 22 locations which were then scored. Locations were then scored based on various criteria as detailed in the draft report.

The report detailed that eight locations were to be progressed.

An ED report had been drafted to request that green space in areas where it had been demonstrated that there was a need for parking are converted to hard standing parking. The report had been circulated to business partners and comments received and included as part of the report. The next step was to revise the report based on comments received and submit to theme board.

The report and its progression through the Council’s decision making process had been put on hold due to the Covid pandemic and had been programmed to progress in November/December 2020.

Officers advised that they would need to check to ensure that funding was available, following Covid,  before the further consultations took place.

Officers also confirmed that due to new programming of works that if Cabinet agreed the scheme then works should commence in April 2021.

The Sub-Committee agreed that a report be progressed through the decision making process from November/December this year.