Agenda item

To consider the report the Cabinet Member for Environment and Transport seeking to a) change the City Centre Off Street Charging Hours to Monday to Sunday 8am to Midnight and the City Centre On Street Charging Hours to Monday to Sunday 8am to 8pm and b) implement a change to parking tariffs in the period after 6pm as a consequence of these changes.

DECISION MADE: (CAB 23/24 39037)

On consideration of the report of the Cabinet Member for Environment and Transport and the recommendations made by Overview and Scrutiny Management Committee at its meeting on 12^th October 2023, as set out below:

i)  That, at the earliest opportunity, the Executive seeks to identify solutions that will help to mitigate the impact of the proposals on charitable and community organisations in the city;

ii)  That, at the earliest opportunity, the Executive invites Go South Coast to engage with faith communities and consider additional bus routes and increasing service frequency to enable modal shift to occur.

Cabinet agreed the following:

(i)  To approve the implementation of a single continuous charging period within the City Centre On Street Pay and Display parking locations of Monday to Sunday 8am to 8pm;

(ii)  To approve the implementation of a single continuous charging period within the City Centre Off Street car parks of Monday to Sunday 8am to Midnight;

(iii)  To approve the effective amendment of the existing evening parking charges to the new proposed tariffs that would apply Monday to Sunday 8am to 8pm (On Street) and 8am to Midnight (Off Street);

(iv)  To delegate authority to determine parking tariff charges to the Executive Director Place following consultation with the relevant Cabinet Member(s); and

(v)  To approve in principle the implementation of a single continuous charging period within the Pay and Display bays in Rockstone Place of Monday to Sunday 8am to 8pm but to defer implementation subject to further consultation on the Zone 18 permit parking hours of operation which run parallel to the Pay and Display restrictions.