Issue - meetings

Members of the public are invited to put questions to the Chair of the Area Committee on any matters within the powers and duties of the Area Committee, subject to the exclusions set out in the Code of Practice (Questions must be submitted prior to the commencement of the meeting on the cards provided. These are available the meeting.  You can also submit via the Council’s website at www.stockport.gov.uk/publicquestions.

Members of the public were invited to put questions to the Chair of the Area Committee on any matters within the powers and duties of the Area Committee, subject to the exclusions set out in the Code of Practice.

Six public questions were submitted as follows with regard to parking proposals for the Davenport and Cale Green Permit Parking Zone :-

·         The first public question asked whether Members would reconsider the ‘Compstall Model’ at least as a pilot.

Councillor Dickie Davies, the Ward Spokesperson for Highways and Traffic Management Issues in the Davenport and Cale Green Ward, referred to paragraph 9.3 of the report. The ‘Compstall scheme’ was a street-by-street scheme with a car park for residents only. There were 47 on street parking spaces for 79 properties and car ownership in Compstall from the 2011 Census was 1.3 to 1.5 per property. Complaints had been received from residents included in the Compstall scheme as they would like a zone to be able to park on adjacent streets instead of having to park on the car park when their street is full, which is considered restrictive. This option had been discounted in Davenport and Cale Green as there was no car park nearby.

·         Two questions were submitted with regard to whether parking restrictions within a zone could be in operation all the time.

Councillor Davies stated that the proposals consulted on in 2019 were for the scheme to be operational Monday – Saturday 8.00am – 6.00pm, giving maximum opportunity for visitor parking during quieter periods. Evidence had suggested that the parking problems were mainly caused by people working at local businesses and were, therefore, less of a problem during the evenings and on Sundays.

The other three public questions related to the whole process leading to the submission of this report, the consultation process, in particular, and the situation regarding a registered disabled person who needed to park near to their home.

RESOLVED – (1) That the responses to the first three public questions be noted.

(2) That the Deputy Chief Executive be requested to arrange for written responses to be sent to the questioners with regard to the other three questions.

Members of the public are invited to put questions to the Chair of the Area Committee on any matters within the powers and duties of the Area Committee, subject to the exclusions set out in the Code of Practice (Questions must be submitted prior to the commencement of the meeting on the cards provided. These are available the meeting.  You can also submit via the Council’s website at www.stockport.gov.uk/publicquestions.

No public questions were submitted.