The Cabinet has considered a report detailing a proposed approach to residents parking in Stockport town centre and the rest of borough and outlining the comments of the area committees and the Communities & Housing Scrutiny Committee on the proposal.
The Cabinet Member for Sustainable Stockport provided a further update to the meeting in relation to those comments made by the Stepping Hill Area Committee and providing responses to the comments made by the Communities & Housing Scrutiny Committee.
The Cabinet then gave approval to:-
· the revised principles to guide future parking policy decisions
· the proposed methods for demand management for parking schemes.
· the proposal to move all free schemes to paid for schemes as and when maintenance work takes place, but this approach will be kept under review with the Cabinet Member.
· the proposal to charge for a permit as identified in paragraphs 6.2 and 6.3 of the report and to review the costs annually as part of the Council Fees and Charges Report.
· That the proposed charges start to be applied from the 1st April 2021 and increase annually by inflationary costs
· the proposed changes to residents parking policy (Appendix 2) to reflect the revised principle
· the proposed changes to town centre parking policy (Appendix 3) to reflect the revised principles.