Issue - meetings

To consider a report of the Director of Place Management.

The report details the findings of a consultation exercise in relation to the introduction of an Advisory Disabled Persons Parking Bay on Sandiway, Bredbury and for the Area Committee to determine whether it would wish to give approval for the installation of an Advisory Disabled Persons Parking Bay, with departure from design guidelines.

The Area Committee is recommended to determine whether to:-

(1) Install an extended advisory disabled persons parking bay at a cost of £185 to be funded from the Area Committee’s Delegated Budget (Bredbury & Woodley ward allocation); or

(2) Not install an extended 9m advisory disabled persons bay due to there being two available bays nearby.

Officer contact: Gemma Brady on 07816 195240 or by email at gemma.brady@stockport.gov.uk

A representative of the Assistant Director for Legal & Democratic Governance submitted a report of the Director of Place Management (copies of which had been circulated) detailing the findings of a consultation exercise in relation to the introduction of an Advisory Disabled Persons Parking Bay on Sandiway, Bredbury.

Members were requested to determine whether to give approval for the installation of an Advisory Disabled Persons Parking Bay, with departure from design guidelines.

The following comments were made/ issues raised:-

·         There had been ongoing parking issues at that location for a number of years.

·         It was noted that the disabled parking bay would not be enforceable.

·         Members requested council officers to waive the council’s required criteria of a 5.25 meter width of carriageway for an off-road parking bay as the width at that location was 5 meters. 

RESOLVED – (1) That an extended 9m advisory disabled persons bay not be installed due to there being two available bays nearby.

(2) That the Director of Place Management be requested to give consideration to waiving the council’s required criteria of a 5.25m width of carriageway for an off-road parking bay at this location.