Issue - meetings

This report presents the draft South Kesteven District Council (Off-Street Parking Places) (Civil Enforcement) Order 2023 for consideration.

Purpose of report

This report presented the draft South Kesteven District Council (Off-Street Parking Places) (Civil Enforcement) Order 2023 for consideration.

Decision

That Cabinet:

1.    Approves the draft South Kesteven District Council (Off-Street Parking

Places) (Civil Enforcement Order) 2023, without amendments, for consultation in accordance with the Local Authorities’ Traffic Orders (Procedure) (England and Wales) Regulations 1996.

2.    Delegates to the Deputy Chief Executive in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Property and Public Engagement to consider the results of the consultation and approve the introduction of the Order.

Alternative options considered and rejected

As a minimum, the existing 2017 Order must be amended to reflect changes to legislation. 

The Council must have followed a prescribed process to adopt or amend and Order. This included consultation with a range of statutory bodies and the public.

Reasons for decision

To enable the effective management of off-street parking places within South Kesteven, the existing Order had been reviewed and rewritten. A new Order was to be invoked to:

·         remove any reference to Regulations which have recently been replaced by ‘The Civil Enforcement of Road Traffic Contraventions (Approved Devices, Charging Guidelines and General Provisions) (England) Regulations 2022’

·         revoke the existing Off-Street Parking Place Orders relating to the Council operated bus stations at Grantham, Stamford and Bourne. The proposed Order would allow for consistent enforcement and restrict use to vehicles authorised by the Council at the bus stations

·         encompass additional Council owned parking places, including those where no fee is currently payable, in order to support consistent enforcement of parking contraventions

·         introduce a 4-hour maximum parking period at Stamford Leisure Centre to ensure that parking was available for leisure centre users. All day parking by non-leisure centre users had become commonplace and was impacting on availability for users of the centre

·         remove the sites at St. Catherine’s Road, Grantham, and Arnoldfield, Gonerby Hill Foot, which are no longer parking places.

·         include provisions relating to the use of the designated bays by electric vehicles for charging in the car parks at Welham Street, Grantham, North Street, Stamford, Burghley Street, Bourne and the Community Centre, Douglas Road, Market Deeping.