Appendix AA:: Funding for new Traffic Regulation Orders It is acknowledged that all requests for a parking restriction will carry some form of merit and may be beneficial to the particular area. The requests will be submitted for a variety of reasons and depending on the circumstance will be considered as a high or low funding priority to the Partnership. As the amount of funding available becomes limited it is the intention of the policy to provide a criteria, which if met, will be considered a high priority scheme for the Partnership and therefore stand a greater chance of receiving the available funding. Schemes that do not meet all the criteria can still be considered, agreed and progressed by the Joint Committee, but schemes with a higher priority will take precedence. All schemes will be subject to available funding. There is currently sufficient funding for all the new requests in this report. 1.1.1. The Drive, Rochford Three requests have been received to extend the existing 8 metre length of junction protection (double yellow lines) to 20 metres in order to improve the sight lines. A Technician has made several visits and consistently 6 – 7 vehicles have been observed parked in line 8 metres north of its junction with Malting Villas Road. The location of these vehicles does inhibit sight lines for on-coming vehicles in either direction. It is believed the parked vehicles belong to commuters and not residents. The request was originally returned to Essex County Council in February 2013 as it was considered to be a safety issue, no further communication received at that time. The latest request has been assessed by Essex County Council and it does not meet their safety or congestion criteria. In addition there have been no recorded accidents at this location. The request does not meet the South Essex Parking Partnership policy criteria for providing parking restrictions, however Rochford District Council Officers have recommended the matter is placed before the South Essex Parking Partnership Sub Committee for funding to progress an amendment to the Traffic Regulation Order. A scheme has been costed to provide the required Traffic Regulation Order and progress to formal consultation. It is estimated at £1100 - £1300. 2.2.2. Hutton Road, ShenfieldShenfield,, Brentwood Local Ward Councillors have requested that all residential driveways, currently within a permitted parking place (Limited Waiting), are protected by a double yellow line to stop vehicles blocking residents’ driveways. In order to provide the above request, each parking place will need to be signed. This will lead to a new post & plate for each parking place. 1 The Lead Councillor has recommended the matter is placed before the South Essex Parking Partnership Sub Committee for funding to progress an amendment to the Traffic Regulation Order. SEPP Policy ––– 7.7 Obstruction of driveway (difficulty getting on and of driveway) • If a vehicle is parked across an approved dropped kerb and obstructing the driveway a Civil Enforcement Officer (CEO) can issue a Penalty Charge Notice (PCN) for obstruction of a dropped kerb , provided the vehicle is not parked in a designated parking place. Enforcement of this type will only take place if the resident of the property reports the obstruction to the SEPP. • A white H bar marking can be placed on the highway indicating the access to the driveway. This type of marking is advisory only. The SEPP will offer this option to residents – it is optional and is chargeable to the customer. • In all cases Essex Police is the responsible authority to deal with obstructions of the highway and have the necessary powers to remove vehicles that are considered to cause an obstruction. Please note the above does not apply in this instance because the Local Authority have deemed it to be a parking place from Monday to Friday between the hours of 8am to 6pm (Waiting is limited to 1 hour, no return within 3 hours). Some of the residential driveways within the parking place have been marked out with a white H-Bar road marking. A scheme has been costed to provide the required Traffic Regulation Order and progress to formal consultation. It is estimated at £3500 - £4000. 3.3.3. York Road, ShenfieldShenfield,, Brentwood Local Ward Councillors have requested an extension to the existing junction protection (double yellow lines) to include the bend to improve sight lines. The request has been assessed by Essex County Council and it does not meet their safety or congestion criteria. In addition there have been no recorded accidents at this location. The request does not meet the South Essex Parking Partnership policy criteria for providing parking restrictions, however the Lead Councillor has recommended the matter is placed before the South Essex Parking Partnership Sub Committee for funding to progress an amendment to the Traffic Regulation Order. A scheme has been costed to provide the required Traffic Regulation Order and progress to formal consultation. It is estimated at £1100 - £1300. 4.4.4. Fordson Road, Chelmsford Fordson Road is a short cul-de-sac comprising eight residential dwellings, situated off Colchester Road and is adjacent to a Mini Cooper and BMW dealership. Following a complaint from a resident and MP that workers from local businesses are parking all day in Fordson Place the South Essex Parking Partnership carried 2 out an informal consultation with all residents to seek their views on providing a resident permit parking scheme or a single yellow line parking restriction. The results of the informal consultation are:- Number of properties = 8 Number of responses = 7 Number in favour of a resident permit parking scheme = 6 Not in favour of a resident permit parking scheme = 1 Number if favour of a single yellow line = 1 Number not in favour of a single yellow line = 1 It has been agreed with the Lead Councillor and Lead Officer to cost a scheme for funding. A scheme has been costed to provide the required Traffic Regulation Order and progress to formal consultation. It is estimated at £1300 - £1500. The scheme will provide permit holder parking only from Monday to Saturday between the hours of 8am to 6pm. It is also advisable to include junction protection at the design stage, to include the island. SEPP Policy ––– 7.4 Commuter parking in a residential street (prefe(preferredrred parking) • The parking by non-residents must be sufficiently severe to cause serous inconvenience to residents - met • The preferred traffic management solution for parking issues in residential areas is the introduction of a residents parking scheme – met • The majority of residents have no off-street parking facilities available to them – not met • The majority of residents are in favour of such a scheme – met • The introduction of a scheme would not cause unacceptable problems in adjacent roads – not met; it may displace the parked vehicles onto Colchester Road. • The Partnership is satisfied that a reasonable level of enforcement can be maintained – met, there are existing parking restrictions in the vicinity. 5.5.5. Hill View Road, Chelmsford In July 2014 the South Essex Parking Partnership received a petition signed by 77 residents requesting the single yellow line parking restriction is replaced with a resident permit parking scheme, to deter student, university staff and local workers parking. The single yellow line currently operates from Monday to Friday between the hours of 11am to Noon on one side of the road and 2pm to 3pm on the other side. Owners return to their vehicles and move them to the opposite side of the road. Following receipt of the petition, the South Essex Parking Partnership carried out an informal consultation with all residents of Hill View Road to seek their view on changing the current parking restriction to a permit scheme operating from Monday to Friday between the hours of 8am to 6pm. 3 The results of the informal consultation are:- Number of properties = 118 Number of responses = 99 Number in favour of changing to a permit parking scheme = 81 Number in favour of keeping the existing single yellow line = 18 Please note of the 81 in favour of the change, 68 want the scheme to include Saturday. It has been agreed with the Lead Councillor and Lead Officer to cost a scheme for funding. A scheme has been costed to provide the required Traffic Regulation Order and progress to formal consultation. It is estimated at £4500 - £5000. The scheme will provide permit holder parking only from Monday to Saturday between the hours of 8am to 6pm. SEPP Policy ––– 7.4 Commuter parking in a residential street (prefe(preferredrred parking) • The parking by non-residents must be sufficiently severe to cause serous inconvenience to residents - met • The preferred traffic management solution for parking issues in residential areas is the introduction of a residents parking scheme – met • The majority of residents have no off-street parking facilities available to them – not met • The majority of residents are in favour of such a scheme – met • The introduction of a scheme would not cause unacceptable problems in adjacent roads – not met; parking may be displaced to nearby roads. • The Partnership is satisfied that a reasonable level of enforcement can be maintained – met, there are existing parking restrictions in the vicinity. 6.6.6. Walden House Road j/w Goat Lodge LaneLane,, Great Totham, Maldon In 2012 Great Totham Primary School requested additional parking restrictions in the vicinity of the school. Essex County Council assessed the request and it did not meet their safety and congestion criteria, subsequently the matter was referred to the South Essex Parking Partnership for consideration. The request did not meet the South Essex Parking Partnership criteria for providing parking restrictions.