Agenda item

To receive a report from the Head of Operations seeking amendments to the Council’s Off Street Parking Strategy which in 2018 decided not to progress the civil enforcement of on-street parking offences in Huntingdonshire.

Executive Councillor: Mrs M Beuttell.

The Cabinet has:

(a)  updated the Off-Street Parking Strategy 2018-2023 to enable the progression of Civil Parking Enforcement of On-Street Parking in Huntingdonshire;

(b)  approved the two-year project ‘Civil Parking Enforcement’ in Huntingdonshire to be started from 1st April 2021 utilising the budget provision already made for the project with associated revenue implications; and

(c)  authorised Officers to seek an emergency agreement with the Highways Authority, Cambridgeshire County Council, in line with recommendations (a) and (b) above and their commitment to support the required application to the Department for Transport.

Consideration was given to a report prepared by the Head of Operations (a copy of which is appended in the Minute Book) seeking to amend the recommendations of the Council’s Off-Street Parking Strategy 2018-2023, which, in 2018, had been decided not to progress the civil enforcement of on-street parking offences in Huntingdonshire.

In introducing the report, the Executive Councillor for Operations and Environment reminded the Cabinet that at the time the original decision was made, it had not been financially viable to implement civil parking enforcement within the District. Having drawn attention to the projected costs of the proposals together with the timetable for implementation and the views of the Overview and Scrutiny Panel (Customers and Partnerships), the Cabinet

RESOLVED 

(a)  to update the Off-Street Parking Strategy 2018-2023 to enable the progression of Civil Parking Enforcement of On-Street Parking in Huntingdonshire;

(b)  to approve the two-year project ‘Civil Parking Enforcement’ in Huntingdonshire to be started from 1st April 2021 utilising the budget provision already made for the project with associated revenue implications; and

(c)  to authorise Officers to seek an emergency agreement with the Highways Authority, Cambridgeshire County Council, in line with recommendations (a) and (b) above and their commitment to support the required application to the Department for Transport.