Issue - meetings

To consider a report of the Corporate Director for Place Management and Regeneration

 The report sets out the results of an investigation into considerate parking during the day close to the entrance to South view Gardens (off Schools Hill) as well as on the straight narrow section of south view Gardens leading to private residential properties.

The Area Committee is requested to recommend the Cabinet Member for Communities and Housing to approve the statutory legal advertising of the Traffic Regulation Order detailed in the report and, subject to no objections being received within the statutory period, the Order can be made.

Officer Contact: Craig Peet on 0161 474 4813 or email: craig.peet@stockport.gov.uk

A representative of the Democratic Services Manager submitted a report of the Corporate Director for Place Management and Regeneration (copies of which had been circulated) setting out the results of an investigation into inconsiderate parking by motorists during the day close to the entrance to South View Gardens (off Schools Hill) as well as on the straight narrow section of South View Gardens leading to private residential properties.

The report stated that the Council had a duty of care to members of the public and to try and alleviate any potential difficulties in accessing roads. The proposed parking restrictions would reinforce the Highway Code item 243 ‘Do Not Stop or Park’:-

·         opposite or within 10 metres of a junction

·         at or near a bus stop

·         opposite a traffic island

·         in front of an entrance to the property

RESOLVED – That the Cabinet Member for Communities and Housing be recommended to approve the statutory legal advertising of the following Traffic Regulation Order at an approximate cost of £1,450, as shown on plans NM8-4961-01/02 attached to the report, to be funded by the allocation of £450 from the Cabinet Member’s Strategic Budget and £1,000 from the Area Committee’s Delegated Budget (Cheadle and Gatley Ward allocation), and, subject to no objections being received within twenty one days from the advertisement date, the Order be made:-

Schools Hill, Cheadle – No Waiting at Any Time

North West Side – From a point 15 metres South of the intersection of the southern kerb line of South View Gardens, to a point 19 metres north east of the intersection of the north eastern kerb line of Turnfield Road.

Turnfield Road, Cheadle – No Waiting at Any Time

Both Sides – From the intersection of the north western kerb line of Schools Hill, for a distance of 20 metres in a north westerly direction.

South View Gardens, Cheadle – No Waiting at Any Time

Both Sides  – From the intersection of the north western kerb line of Schools Hill, for a distance of 12 metres in westerly direction.

South / South West Sides – From a point 20.5 metres south west of the projected building line of ‘Tabley House’, first heading in a south westerly direction for 14 metres, then heading in a north westerly direction for 57 metres.

South View Gardens, Cheadle – ‘Monday – Friday No Waiting 8.00am to 6.00pm’

North West / North East Sides – From a point 20.5 metres south west of the projected building line of ‘Tabley House’, first heading in a south westerly direction for 5.5 metres, then heading in a north westerly direction for a distance of 48 metres.