Issue - meetings

To consider a report of the Director of Place Management. 

The report details a desk-top study of the parking availability on a section of Dona Street, Offerton, following the receipt of a petition from residents requesting a Resident Parking Scheme in this same section. 

The Area Committee is requested to note the contents of the desk-top study and acknowledge the view of Network Management; it is clear that the area is experiencing parking issues. However, from the desk-top study, Network Management would recommend no further action as this is a resident versus resident issue as there is a shortfall of on-street parking capacity for the number of residents on this section of Dona Street. 

Should the Area Committee not wish to accede to the above recommendation or believe there is an immediate need for a parking scheme in the area then funding to the amount of £6,000 will have to be made available from the Delegated Ward Budget (Manor ward allocation) to enable further investigation of the wider area and consultation. 

Officer contact: Graham O'Connor 0161 474 5057 | graham.oconnor@stockport.gov.uk  

A representative of the Director of Place Management submitted a report (copies of which had been circulated) detailing the outcomes of a desk-top study of the parking availability on a section of Dona Street, Offerton, following the receipt of a petition from residents requesting a Resident Parking Scheme in this same section.

The following comments were made/ issues raised:-

·       It was noted that the initial request for an investigation of parking in this area had been generated by a petition form local residents.

·       It was suggested that some of the issues being experienced were as a result of displaced parking from the town centre controlled parking zone.

·       Local ward councillors would continue to discuss the issues being experienced by residents with highways officers to determine if any action could be taken in the future.

·       There was a risk that further development in the town centre will result in an increased pressure on parking capacity in and around the town centre.

·       A discussion took place around mechanisms that could be considered in the future to alleviate general parking capacity issues, including parking hubs and improvements to public transport facilitated by the rollout of bus franchising.

RESOLVED – (1) That the report be noted.

(2) That the Director of Place Management be requested to take no further action.