Decision details

that the following be agreed:

Demand-Led Pay and Display Tariffs:

•           To consult residents and businesses on a recommendation to freeze parking prices in Pay & Display bays borough-wide.

Daily Visitor Parking Charges:

•           To consult residents and businesses on introducing new visitor parking arrangements in CPZ areas, with a £1.50 charge for up to 2 hours, a £3 charge for up to 4 hours, and a £4.50 charge for ‘all-day’ visitor parking of more than 4 hours.

Visitor Household Permit:

•           To consult residents on withdrawing the Visitor Household permit.

Carer’s Permit

•           Subject to 2.3 above, to consult residents on the introduction of a new annual Carer’s Permit at a 2016/17 rate of £165 for a full year; £99 for 6 months and £66 for three months; and with future increases linked to the same inflation formula and April revision date used for Resident Parking Permit price increases.

School Parking Permit:

•           To consult residents and schools on allowing schools within CPZs to:

-           Purchase a maximum of 3 business permits at the standard rate (£361 in 2015/16) and terms and conditions; and

-           Purchase a maximum of 3 school parking permits at a rate discounted by 25% to reflect term-time use only providing the school has a bronze level accredited travel plan;

-           Purchase additional school parking permits at the reduced term-time rate should they have either a silver (up to 6 school permits in total) or a gold (up to 9 school permits in total) level accredited travel plan.

Household Car Permits:

•           To consult residents on measures to combat air pollution, including:

-           Simplifying emission-based bandings for resident household permits, as set out in paragraph 7.3, to provide clearer encouragement to switch to low-emission vehicles

-           Capping the number of resident permits allowed per household to 2 cars

-           Introducing a £25 supplement for diesel cars to reflect their additional contribution to air pollution

-           Introducing a minimum charge of £25 for any resident parking permit for a vehicle other than a powered two-wheel vehicle

-           Reducing the permitted weight of vehicles with resident permits to 3.5 tonnes

Visitor Permits:

•           To consult residents on measures to manage demand, including:

-           Capping the number of visitor permits a household can buy to a maximum value of £350 a year (equivalent to just over 75 full day permits, 115 four hour sessions or 230 two hour sessions, or any combination thereof).

Trader Permits:

•           To consult local businesses and residents on:

-           Making specific provision for the parking needs of local traders, in particular those engaged in residential building works.

Parking Statutory Guidance:

•           Cabinet approved the official list (as set out in paragraph 11.10) of officer posts permitted to cancel a Penalty Charge Notice, in accordance with the Secretary of State’s Statutory Guidance on parking enforcement