Agenda and minutes

To approve as a correct record the Minutes of the meeting held on 16 March 2015.

The Minutes (copies of which had been circulated) of the meeting held on 16 March 2015 were approved as a correct record.

Councillors and Officers to declare any interests which they have in any of the items on the agenda for the meeting.

No declarations of interest were made.

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

The report considers the lines of enquiry raised by the Working Party on 16 March 2015 in relation to visitor permits in residential parking schemes.

The Working Party is requested to consider its response to the lines of enquiry raised.

Officer contact: Megan Black on 0161 218 1410 or email megan.black@stockport.gov.uk.

A representative of the Corporate Director for Place Management & Regeneration submitted a report (copies of which had been circulated) requesting the Working Party to consider the lines of enquiry as requested at the last meeting in relation to visitor parking permits in residential parking schemes.

The following comments were made/issues raised:-

·         The potential for the fraudulent use of visitor parking permits.

·         Ways in which reports of fraudulent use of visitor parking permits could be dealt with by the local authority.

·         Unique reference numbers on permits could be used to identify the owner of the vehicle.

RESOLVED – That the Working Party make the following recommendations to the Council’s Executive:

(1) That any person in possession of Leisure Key Band A who applied for a visitor parking permit, be granted it at half price from the 2016/17 financial year.

(2) That the Corporate Director for Place Management & Regeneration be requested to undertake an internal review of visitor parking permits for care workers employed by the Council in all zones they require.

(3) That the Corporate Director for Place Management & Regeneration be requested to further investigate the possible misuse of the visitor parking permit system in the borough and take appropriate action to prevent it.