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Cheyne Walk Area - Objections to the Proposed Extension of the Free Parking Zone

Minutes:

The Committee considered the objections received from the public following the formal consultation process on a proposal to extend the existing Croydon Controlled Parking Zone (free parking area) into Cheyne Walk, Carlyle Road, Annandale Road and Fryston Avenue.

 

The Parking Design Manager explained that the proposals sought to manage commuter parking which was experienced in the area. Following the informal consultation in 2019 it had been decided to proceed, including Fryston Avenue, with the scheme. During the formal consultation an objection was received from a resident in Fryston Avenue and it was proposed that the zone should not be extended to include this road.

 

The Committee noted that there was an area at paragraph 12 of the report and that it was recommended to proceed with the proposed scheme with the exception of Fryston Avenue.

 

The Committee Clerk read the following statement, submitted by Daniel Golberg, an objector from Carlyle Road:

 

I maintain my objection to the extension of the CPZ to cover Carlyle Road. I note from the document pack for the meeting that the feedback from the informal public consultation dating from October last year resulted in 7 households in favour and 5 against the proposal, a narrow majority in favour. I believe that the proposals were poorly presented with no key entered on the plans to identify the notations on the plan. This resulted in the plans being not properly understood by residents, in particular how many households would no longer be able to park in front of their own houses. This amounts to 13 out of the 22 houses on the road.  There was also no indication of how many parking places would be lost as a result of the proposals, which was confirmed as 10 in your email to me and as 6 in the document pack.

 

The informal survey conducted by a resident in Fryston Road recorded that 3 residents in Carlyle Road supported the scheme but 4 objected to the scheme. Although your response says that consultations organised by residents should be treated with caution, the majority of residents responding in Carlyle Road were against the proposal. Fryston Avenue has been excluded from the plans and I think Carlyle Road should be given the same opportunity.

 

I request that the committee instruct that a new official survey be carried out to establish the current views of the residents in Carlyle Road. This should be accompanied by properly annotated, clear plans along with explanatory notes clarifying the  impacts of the proposals including loss of parking spaces and environmental impact -yellow lines and signs at both end of the road.

 

Finally I note that Section 12 of the report states that ‘The recommendation is not to proceed with the proposed scheme as there isn’t widespread support for the scheme among residents….’ I support this recommendation but I fear that this has been included in error.”

 

Councillor Jeet Bains addressed the Committee, in his capacity as a Ward Councillor, and clarified that he lived on the affected road, Cheyne Walk. It was stated that whilst he was sympathetic to those who were against the proposals it was not felt that the majority of residents in Carlisle Road were against the proposals. It was noted that residents in Carlisle Road did not experience the impact of commuter parking as much as those in Cheyne Walk.

 

Members were informed that people often parked and blocked driveways which prohibited residents from moving their vehicles. It was further noted that the proposals sought to extend the scheme at the top of Cheyne Walk to the whole road and surrounding area.

 

Following the points raised by the speakers, the Parking Design Manager confirmed that the response to the informal consultation residents of Carlisle Road had voted seven in support and five against. It was noted that the roads were relatively supportive of the scheme and that the scheme should reduce parking stress in the surrounding roads.

 

RESOLVED: That the Traffic Management Advisory Committee agreed to

recommend to the Acting Cabinet Member for Environment, Transport and

Regeneration (Job Share) that they:

 

1.    Consider the response received to the formal consultation to extending the existing Croydon Controlled Parking Zone (free parking area) into Cheyne Walk, Carlisle Road, Annandale Road and Fryston Avenue with a combination of free unlimited time parking bays and yellow line waiting restrictions between the bays operating 9am to 5pm, Monday to Friday.

 

2.    Agree for the reasons detailed in this report to extend the Croydon Controlled Parking Zone (free parking area) into the above area except Fryston Avenue as shown on drawing number PD - 420.

 

3.    Inform the objector of the above decision.

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