Decision details

Received a report suggesting an alteration to current policies in respect of front garden parking, increasing the number of private motor vehicles that can be parked in a front garden to more than one vehicle. 

Agreed, in order to ease on street parking problems in the Borough, to:

1. Amend the existing policies so that tenants and owner occupiers of houses, tenants and leaseholders of certain ground floor flats that have gardens with direct access to the highway, may with prior permission of the Council park more than one private motor vehicle in their front garden. 

This is subject to the garden being of a size able to accommodate more than one vehicle and where there is a carriage crossing in place and it is feasible, to extend or strengthen the footpathor if necessary to provide a second crossing.  In the case of ground floor flats, permission would only be granted following consultation and the agreement of other residents in the block;

2. Amend the restrictive covenant in future Right To Buy sales to allow with the prior permission of the Council the parking of more than one private motor vehicle where the garden is of a size to accommodate this.  The carriage crossing requirement will still apply; and

3. Delegate decisions regarding front garden parking and appeals to the Director of Housing and Health in conjunction with the Director of Regeneration and Environment.