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Broadway Area Parking Review Phase 2
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5 March 2019
The
District Council will make the final decisions on parking restrictions.
However, LRA understands that the scheme will NOT go ahead in the form
published last October. Before anything more is done on introducing a
Controlled Parking Zone, NEPP officers will conduct a safety audit of
road junctions, bus routes, schools etc to identify where safety
restrictions are needed. LRA argues that permits should be used only
where life for residents is made very difficult by commuters. No
further information is available at present. When we know more, we’ll
let residents know on social media & markets.
12 January 2019
LRA
Cllrs have not yet been able to find out from NEPP when they will
produce a report on their public consultation (they failed to involve
LRA Cllrs in its preparation of the consultation, and in the event the
consultation was a shambles).
NEPP proposals here (click on Epping Forest District Amendment 24).
LRA's letter to residents
The
report will go to the District Council for a decision. LRA Cllrs will
be urging the Cabinet member to limit immediate parking controls to
those roads where residents are already suffering from commuter parking
– other roads should only be included later on if appropriate, based on
the experience of those roads once the degree of commuter displacement
becomes apparent.
Background
Over a year ago, with
few objections from residents, NEPP introduced residents’ parking controls in
the roads nearest to Debden station/town centre, because residents were unable
to find anywhere to park at the kerbside near their homes. Other parking was
displaced into the surrounding roads.
The present draft Parking Order covers roads:
- where there is already a commuter-parking problem, where
many residents want parking controls so they can park near their homes.
-
nearby roads which don’t currently have a commuter-parking
problem but which may suffer serious displacement – if so, NEPP could introduce
parking controls here much faster than by starting afresh).
NEPP failed to consult LRA Cllrs on their consultation
wording, and totally failed to explain what was intended when they advertised
the Order for objections - understandably, some residents were very upset by
this.
LRA Cllrs will support residents in the outer streets
who don’t want their roads included in the scheme - and residents who are
already suffering serious commuter-parking.
Even so, LRA thinks that some of these roads (such The Lindens
– see below) were included unnecessarily.
In roads where there’s little or no commuter parking at
present, LRA Cllrs will support residents if they decide they don’t want their
road to be on NEPP’s list.
The final decisions will be made by Epping Forest District
Council but your LRA Cllrs will do their best to make sure residents’ views are
respected.
And if in a couple of years’ time it turns out that some of
these roads do have a commuter problem because commuters been
displaced there by next spring’s new restrictions, then LRA will support
residents in trying to get parking controls (if that’s what they then want).
Some residents want the whole of the parking Order to be
scrapped. However, this would leave all the residents in roads where
there is already a commuter-parking problem without any
residents-only parking, and still unable to park anywhere near their homes.
For an example of the comparative costs for commuters, see here
The Lindens and Hogarth Reach
The District Council
Portfolioholder, Cllr Sam Kane, with the advice of local LRA Cllrs, and in the
light of residents’ views, has asked NEPP to remove The Lindens from the Order
altogether.
At the beginning of this process, LRA Cllrs Chris Roberts and
Chris Pond had suggested that The Lindens should be excluded, but NEPP advice
was otherwise.
It has been acknowledged that the Order could not have applied
to Hogarth Reach, as it is a private road.
5 November 2018
LRA's letter to residents
Also see late news below
A
year ago, with few objections from residents, NEPP introduced
residents’ parking controls in the roads nearest to Debden station/town
centre. because residents were unable to find anywhere to park at the
kerbside near their homes. Other parking was displaced into the
surrounding roads.
The present draft Parking Order covers roads:
-
where there is already a commuter-parking problem, where many residents
want parking controls so they can park near their homes.
- nearby
roads which don’t currently have a commuter-parking problem but which
may suffer serious displacement – if so, NEPP could introduce parking
controls here much faster than by starting afresh).
NEPP
totally failed to explain this when they advertised the Order for
objections - understandably, some residents were very upset by this.
LRA
Cllrs will support residents in the outer streets who don’t want their
roads included in the scheme - and residents who are already suffering
serious commuter-parking.
NEPP’s intention is to impose permits
(probably next spring) only where there is already a need, because
residents cannot find curb-side parking near to their homes because of
non-resident parking (commuters and others).
Non-residents’ vehicles will then be “displaced” into the surrounding roads.
In the current draft Order, NEPP has included the roads where this might happen.
However,
we understand that NEPP does not intend to bring in residents permits
in these roads unless non-residents’ vehicles are displaced into them
and residents then find it hard to park near their homes (NEPP did not
include this vital information in the letter they sent out).
Even so, LRA thinks that some of these roads (such The Lindens – see below) were included unnecessarily.
In
roads where there’s little or no commuter parking at present, LRA Cllrs
will support residents if they decide they don’t want their road to be
on NEPP’s list.
The final decisions will be made by NEPP but your LRA Cllrs will do their best to make sure residents’ views are respected.
And
if in a couple of years’ time it turns out that some of these roads do
have a commuter problem because commuters been displaced there by next
spring’s new restrictions, then LRA will support residents in trying to
get parking controls (if that’s what they then want).
Some
residents want the whole of the parking Order to be scrapped. However,
this would leave all the residents in roads where there is already a
commuter-parking problem without any residents-only parking, and still
unable to park anywhere near their homes.
NEPP proposals here (click on Epping Forest District Amendment 24).
For an example of the comparative costs for commuters, see here
Late news: the
District Council Portfolioholder, Cllr Sam Kane, with the advice of
local LRA Cllrs, and in the light of residents’ views, has asked NEPP
to remove The Lindens from the Order altogether.
At the
beginning of this process, LRA Cllrs Chris Roberts and Chris Pond had
suggested that The Lindens should be excluded, but NEPP advice was
otherwise.
It has been acknowledged that the Order could not have applied to Hogarth Reach, as it is a private road.
