Agenda item

On-street Parking Restriction Changes - Various Roads - Bessels Green, Otford and Sevenoaks (TRO 2013 Amendment 15)

Minutes:

24.       On-street Parking Restriction Changes – Various Roads – Bessels Green, Otford and Sevenoaks (TRO 2013 Amendment 15)

 

The Parking Engineer presented a report detailing proposed new on street parking restrictions at Bessels Green (Park Place), Otford (Bubblestone Road, Sevenoaks Road, Station Road and Warham Road) and Sevenoaks (Avenue Road), provided an overview of the responses received to the informal and statutory consultations and described Officer recommendations, which were contained in the appendices to the report.

 

He also advised the Board that all responses received to the Bessels Green proposals were in favour of the proposed permit parking area in Park Place described in proposal 1a of Appendix 1, but one objection had been received in respect of the proposed “dual use” parking bay described in proposal 2a of Appendix 1 to the report.

 

It was moved from the Chair that the objection received in relation to 1b be set aside, and that proposals 1a and 1b in Appendix 1 be implemented.

 

In the case of the Otford proposals, the Board was advised that all of the original proposals requested in the petition considered at the March 2015 meeting were included in the informal and statutory consultations, and that some alternative options had also been included in the consultations, and were described in Appendix 2.

 

The Chairman used his discretion and allowed a Member of Otford Parish Council to address the Board who expressed concern as to whether the responses received were from residents or commuters. In response to this concern, the Parking Engineer advised that under legislation the proposal had to go out to public consultation and was available in the papers and the Council’s website, local addresses were also contacted and therefore, it was possible that commuters had submitted comments. He also advised the Board that if changes were required that were more restrictive than the proposals included in the statutory consultation, then another consultation would have to take place.

 

Members discussed the Otford proposals detailed in Appendix 2 in depth.  It was moved from the Chair and agreed by Members that proposal 2a be implemented and that proposals 2b and 3a be abandoned.

 

It was further agreed that proposal 4a be implemented, and that proposal 4b in respect of east side of Sevenoaks Road be implemented and the west side be

abandoned, that proposals 4c, 6a and 6b be implemented and proposals 6c and 6d be abandoned. It was also moved that the implementation of proposal 5a be deferred until a review 3 months after implementation, at which time there would be a decision to implement, change or abandon proposal 5a.

 

In the case of the Sevenoaks proposal in Appendix 3, the Board noted that no objections were received in respect of the proposed replacement of part of the existing dual parking bay on the south side of Avenue Road (in front of the new vehicle access) with double yellow lines, and hence proposed restrictions could proceed without the need for a decision from the Board.

 

The motion was put to the vote and it was

 

Resolved:  That the objections received to the parking restriction proposals contained in The Kent County Council (Various Roads in the District of Sevenoaks)(Prohibition and Restriction of Waiting and Loading & Unloading and On-Street Parking Places)(Amendment 15) Order 2016 be set aside, and the Order made in respect of the following proposals contained therein

 

a)        Appendix 1 - Proposal 1a – Park Place, Bessels Green - (resident) permit holders only between 8.30am and 6.30pm every day, be implemented;

 

b)        Appendix 1 - Proposal 1b - Park Place, Bessels Green – A two-space parking bay for (resident) permit holders/2 hours limited wait (no return within 2 hours) between 8:30am and 6:30pm every day to replace some existing double yellow lines on the east side, near the junction with Bessels Green Road be implemented;

 

c)         Appendix 2 - Proposal 2aBubblestone Road, Otford - Single yellow lines on north side, east of Sevenoaks Road (where there were currently no parking restrictions), prohibiting parking between 7am 7.30 a.m.and 8am 8.30 a.m.*, Monday to Saturday be implemented;

 

d)        Appendix 2 - Proposal 4a – Sevenoaks Road, Otford - 2 hours waiting restriction (no return 1 hour) 8.30am- 6.30pm, Monday to Saturday on the west side between the Pond and Warham Road (where there were currently no parking restrictions), be implemented;

 

e)        Appendix 2 - Proposal 4b – Sevenoaks Road, Otford - Double yellow lines on the entire east side between the Pond and Bubblestone Road, excluding on the west side opposite the vehicular entrance to Bubblestone Farm (where there were currently no parking restrictions), be implemented;

 

f)          Appendix 2 - Proposal 4c -  Sevenoaks Road, Otford - 2 hour waiting restriction (no return 1 hour) 8.30am - 6.30pm, Monday to Saturday in the existing parking bays on the west side of the service road outside the parade be implemented;

 

g)        Appendix 2 - Proposal 5a – Station Road, Otford - Double yellow lines on both sides of (where there are currently no parking restrictions), be included in the Order but implementation deferred until after the implementation of the other parking restrictions in Appendix 2, and following a review of these restrictions after a period of 3 months;

 

h)        Appendix 2 - Proposal 6aWarham Road, Sevenoaks - Double yellow lines to replace the existing single yellow lines in the turning head, be implemented;

 

i)          Appendix 2 - Proposal 6bWarham Road, Otford - Single yellow lines (where there are currently no parking restrictions) be implemented; on the south/west sides prohibiting parking between 9am and 10am, Monday to Friday, and on the north/east sides prohibiting parking between 2pm and 3pm, Monday to Friday; and

 

j)     a review of the parking restrictions in Otford agreed by the Board under this item be undertaken 3 months after implementation, and a report on the outcome be made to the Board.

 

 

* as amended on 8/3/2016

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