Issue - meetings

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

The report outlines a petition received from a resident on the section of Hill Top Avenue, between Upton Avenue and Swann Lane, Cheadle Hulme, asking if a ‘Residents Permit Scheme’ can be introduced.

However, as the request does not fall in to the criterion set out in section 2.10 of the report, the Council do not support the request for short term parking restrictions during the day, to prevent all day parking.

The Area Committee is recommended to take no further action.

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

A representative of the Corporate Director for Place Management & Regeneration submitted a report (copies of which had been circulated) detailing the Council’s response to a petition received from a resident on the section of Hill Top Avenue, between Upton Avenue and Swann Lane, Cheadle Hulme, asking if a ‘Residents Permit Scheme’ can be introduced.

Councillors expressed their regret that after a prolonged period of time since the petition had been submitted, the Council was suggesting that no further action be taken to address the petitioners’ concerns.  Members noted that a report had been submitted to the last meeting of the Area Committee, but which was subsequently withdrawn that had suggested a compromise position.

In response, it was commented that traffic regulation orders could only be introduced to protect the safety and operation of the highway and, in limited circumstances, to prohibit waiting in certain locations where it was safe to do so and did not affect the operation of the highway.  In the circumstances, it was not considered that this location met the necessary criteria for the introduction of any further traffic regulation orders.

RESOLVED – That no further action be taken.