Issue - meetings

The Cabinet Member for Adult Social Care and Health Integration introduced a report on two initiatives associated with the Council’s parking policies that would help support local residents during the current cost-of-living crisis.

The first proposal related to the doubling of the time that visitors to Council-owned car parks and on-street secondary shopping parades could park free-of-charge once they had registered, while the second would entitle residents in new Controlled Parking Zone (CPZ) areas to apply for 10 free visitor parking sessions.  The Cabinet Member commented that although the proposals were relatively small gestures, they represented practical ways to help ease the pressures on residents’ finances and promote a more positive CPZ programme, while continuing to uphold the principles of the Council’s parking policies.

Cabinet resolved to:

(i)  Agree to extend the ‘free’ parking periods at Council-owned car parks from 1 hour to 2 hours and at secondary shopping parades (on-street) from 30 minutes to 1 hour in respect of all existing and future pay-by-phone locations; and

(ii)  Agree that households within future CPZ areas be offered 10 free visitor parking sessions in the first year.