Agenda and minutes

Apologies were received from Councillor Clark and Councillor Hoar.

To approve the minutes of the meeting held on 12 July 2018 as an accurate record.

The minutes of the meeting held on 12 July 2018 were agreed as an accurate record.

In accordance with the Council’s Code of Conduct and the statutory provisions of the Localism Act, Members and co-opted Members of the Council are reminded that it is a requirement to register disclosable pecuniary interests (DPIs) and gifts and hospitality to the value of which exceeds £50 or multiple gifts and/or instances of hospitality with a cumulative value of £50 or more when received from a single donor within a rolling twelve month period. In addition, Members and co-opted Members are reminded that unless their disclosable pecuniary interest is registered on the register of interests or is the subject of a pending notification to the Monitoring Officer, they are required to disclose those disclosable pecuniary interests at the meeting. This should be done by completing the Disclosure of Interest form and handing it to the Democratic Services representative at the start of the meeting. The Chair will then invite Members to make their disclosure orally at the commencement of Agenda item 3. Completed disclosure forms will be provided to the Monitoring Officer for inclusion on the Register of Members’ Interests.

There were none.

To receive notice of any business not on the agenda which in the opinion of the Chair, by reason of special circumstances, be considered as a matter of urgency.

There were no items of urgent business.

The purpose of the report is to consider the results of the informal consultation on the proposed introduction of a CPZ into the Boston Road / Keston Road / Broughton Road Area which includes unrestricted roads bounded by London Road, Thornton Road and the existing Northern CPZ in the Wards of Bensham Manor, Selhurst and West Thornton.

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The Traffic Management Advisory Committee considered the report on the results of the informal consultation on the proposed introduction of a Controlled Parking Zone (CPZ) into the Boston Road / Keston Road / Broughton Road Area which included unrestricted roads bounded by London Road, Thornton Road and the existing Northern CPZ in the Wards of Bensham Manor, Selhurst and West Thornton.

Mr Andres Ashioties addressed the Committee in his capacity as a local resident and explained that he supported the scheme because it was currently difficult for residents to park in the area. This was mainly due to hospital users parking in the area and buses parking in the local car park. It was added that the parking problems were also causing congestion. Mr Ashioties queried whether residents who purchased parking permits would be guaranteed a space and why the cost of these were higher than neighbouring Boroughs.

The Parking Design Manager responded and explained that the scheme would not guarantee a space for residents; however, the controls being introduced would relieve the parking stress and it would be much more likely that residents would be able to park closer to their house than they currently could. He also explained that the earliest the scheme would be implemented would be summer 2019 as there would be a formal consultation with residents and there was a lot of design work to agree. Each household would be eligible for 60 half-day visitor passes a year; however, it was often cheaper for visitors to use pay-and-display or the PayByPhone app. It was further clarified that the permits were a fixed price across the Borough and had not changed for many years. He explained that the prices did vary from Borough to Borough but Croydon was not particularly expensive.

In response to Councillor Ali the Parking Design Manager explained that there was support overall for the proposed introduction. It was noted that although it would be possible to implement the CPZ on some of the roads it would cause issues for the roads who do not have a CPZ as it would disperse the parking.

The Chair noted that he was a Ward Councillor for the area and he had received multiple emails from residents since becoming Councillor regarding the parking problems in the area and how the introduction of a CPZ would be beneficial. He echoed the Parking Design Manager’s comments and explained that if the CPZ was implemented on selected roads then the parking problems would be dispersed to the neighbouring roads and areas.

RESOLVED – That the Traffic Management Advisory Committee recommended to the Acting Cabinet Member for Environment, Transport & Regeneration (Job Share) that they:

1.1     Consider the responses received to the informal consultation on the proposed introduction of a CPZ into the Boston Road / Keston Road / Broughton Road Area.

1.2     Agree to proceed to the formal consultation stage for a proposal to introduce a new CPZ operational 8am – 8pm Monday to Sunday into Boston Road, Broughton Road,  ...  view the full minutes text for item 17/17

The purpose of the report is to recommended to introduce an enforceable car parking permit scheme at various Croydon Council Estates across the borough to restrict parking to residents and their visitors only, and that vehicles park within marked bays only and not on the restricted areas of the car park currently marked with double yellow lines.  Also that only valid disabled blue badge holders use the designated disabled bays (where specified bays are available) on the Estate.

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The Traffic Management Advisory Committee considered the report on the introduction of an enforceable car parking permit scheme at various Croydon Council Estates across the borough to restrict parking to residents and their visitors only, and that vehicles park within marked bays only and not on the restricted areas of the car park currently marked with double yellow lines. Also that only valid disabled blue badge holders use the designated disabled bays (where specified bays are available) on the Estate.

The Parking Design Manager explained that the feedback received from the informal consultation had been positive and there was a large majority of residents who welcomed the proposal for the permit scheme. The Housing department had conducted their own consultation; however, a formal consultation would need to be completed before the introduction of the scheme.

Councillor Jewitt noted that residents from Kettering Court and Laxton Court had contacted her with concerns regarding the price of a permit. She suggested that a two tier system was looked in to for those who were on a pension

Councillor Mohan stated that he was concerned that there was an assumption by residents that the permits would be free as the consultation letter distributed by the Housing department did not specify that there was a cost implication.

Councillor Jewitt requested that future reports specified clearer which wards were affected by the proposals.

RESOLVED – That the Traffic Management Advisory Committee recommended to the Acting Cabinet Member for Environment, Transport & Regeneration (Job Share) that they:

1.1     Agree to the proposal to introduce an enforceable car parking permit scheme for the various listed Croydon Council Estates as shown on attached maps (PD 354a to an):

·       Bensham Lane (Dartmouth House), Broad Green

·       Bridge Place, Addiscombe West

·       Brighton Road (Gardiner Court), South Croydon

·       Canterbury Road / Stanley Road, West Thornton

·       Chatsworth Road (no.26), Fairfield

·       Little Roke Road Nos.3 – 47), Kenley

·       Lodge Road (by No.25), Broad Green

·       Lower Addiscombe Road (Houston Court), Addiscombe West

·       Morland Road (Squire Court), Addiscombe West

·       Tavistock Grove, Selhurst

·       Torrington Square, Selhurst

Queens Road Estate, Selhurst

·       Ashby Walk

·       Windmill Grove (Bell Court)

·       Englefield Close

·       Hughes Walk

·       Kemp Gardens

·       Pawson’s Road (Nos.18 – 44)

·       Prestwood Gardens

·       Singleton Close

·       St Saviours Road (Nos.64 – 68)

·       Windmill Grove (Nos.31 – 43)

·       Windmill Road (Nos.147 – 155)

Sumner Road Estate, Broad Green

·       Croydon Grove

·       Eastney Road

·       Leighton Street (Leighton Gardens)

·       Sumner Gardens

South Norwood, South Norwood Ward

·       Belgrave Road

·       Claret Gardens

·       Grosvenor Road

·       John Street

·       Regina Road

·       St Marks Road

·       Sunny Bank

Thornton Heath Area

·       Brigstock Road (Kettering Court), Thornton Heath

·       Brigstock Road (Weldon Court), Bensham Manor

·       Parchmore Road (Laxton Court), Thornton Heath

·       Parchmore Road (Altanta Court), Thornton Heath

·       Chipstead Avenue (Braidwood House), Bensham Manor

·       Mayday Road, West Thornton

Waddon Estate, Waddon

·       Chasemore Gardens

·       Grindall Close

·       Layton Crescent

1.2     Authorise the Highway Improvement Manager, Streets Directorate to give notice of Recommendation 1.1 and subject to receiving no material objections on the giving of public notice to make the necessary Traffic Management Orders under the Road Traffic  ...  view the full minutes text for item 18/17

The purpose of this report is to consider objections received from the public following the formal consultation process on a proposal to introduce ‘At any time’ waiting restrictions in Aveling Close, Carlton Road, Courtwood Lane / Markfield / Osward and Namton Drive.

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The Traffic Management Advisory Committee considered the report on the objections received from the public following the formal consultation process on a proposal to introduce ‘At any time’ waiting restrictions in Aveling Close, Carlton Road, Courtwood Lane / Markfield / Osward and Namton Drive.

The Parking Design Manager explained to the Committee that a high number of objections were received from residents regarding the proposal on Aveling Close; therefore, the officers were recommending to not proceed with the proposal to introduce “At any time” waiting restrictions.

Mr Robert Fleming addressed the Committee in his capacity as a local resident of Aveling Close. He thanked the officers and Committee for considering the petition and objections submitted and was pleased that the officers were recommending not to proceed with the proposal in Aveling Close.

In response to the Chair the Parking Design Manager confirmed that no complaints had been received from Veolia, Croydon refuse company, regarding the access to the affected roads.

In response to the Committee it was noted that there were not many current restrictions in cul-de-sacs in the Borough; the majority of cul-de-sacs were relatively small and did not have congestion problems. It was explained that further restrictions would be decided on a case-by-case basis and would not impose restrictions on all.

RESOLVED – That the Traffic Management Advisory Committee recommended to the Acting Cabinet Member for Environment, Transport & Regeneration (Job Share) that they:

1.1           Consider the objections received to the proposed parking restrictions and the officer’s recommendations in response to these in:

·       Aveling Close, Purley and Woodcote

·       Carlton Road / Rocklands Drive, South Croydon

·       Courtwood Lane / Markfield / Osward, Selsdon Vale and Forestdale

·       Namton Drive, West Thornton

1.2     Agree the following, for the reasons set out in this report:

·       Aveling Close, Purley – not to proceed with the proposal as shown in plan no. PD - 361L.

·       Carlton Road / Rocklands Drive – proceed with the proposal as shown in drawing no. PD – 361c but monitor parking for further review on the potential extension of restrictions.

·       Courtwood Lane / Markfield / Osward – proceed with the proposal as shown in plan nos. PD – 361k A – C.

·       Namton Drive – proceed with the amended proposal as shown in drawing no. PD – 361a Rev 1.

1.3     Delegate to the Highway Improvement Manager, Highways, the authority to make the necessary Traffic Management Order under the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 (as amended) in order to implement recommendation 1.2 above.

1.4     Note: the officer to inform the objectors of the above decision.

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