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Officer delegated decision Date June 2007

Introduction of a vehicle emission based charging regime for residents parking permits

Item XX

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Report authorised by: Robert Overall, Executive Director-Environment, Culture & Community Safety



Executive summary


On 21 May 2007 the Executive Director approved the undertaking of appropriate consultation and to the advertising of Traffic Orders in the association with the introduction of new charges and a new charging regime, based on vehicle emissions, for residents parking permits.

This report outlines the representations received to the consultation, including the statutory consultation in association with the Traffic Order process.

The report considers those representations in the context of the proposals and recommends that the Executive Director approves the introduction of the new charges and charging regime.

Summary of financial implications


The financial implications arising from this report are as set out in detail within section 4 of the delegated report agreed by the Executive Director on 21st May 2007. It is estimated the introduction of the regime described would result in an estimated additional (net) income of £957,000 in a full year.

Accordingly it is estimated that introduction of the proposal would result in additional (net) income of £675,000 in 2007/08 and £281,000 in 2008/09.

Recommendations


  1. That, having given consideration to the representations received and discussed in this report, the Executive Director for Environment, Culture and Community Safety agrees to the introduction of the charges and regime as described within this report on or shortly after 1st July 2007.


I agree the above recommendations:

Signature _____________________________ Date ______________________


Post ___________________________________________________________

Any declarations of interest (or exemptions granted):


Issue

Interest declared

Consultation

Name of consultee

Directorate or Organisation

Date sent to consultee

Date response received from consultee

Comments appear in report para:

Internal


Mike Dickens

Head of Legal Services

21.06.07

21.06.07

5.1

Bev Winter

Divisional Director (Resources) - Environment, Culture & Community Safety

21.06.07

Cllr Lib Peck

Cabinet Member - Environment, Culture & Community Safety

21.06.07

Cllr Nigel Haselden

Deputy Cabinet Member (Highways & Traffic)

21.06.07


Entered in Consultation and Events Diary?


No

If yes, date

N/A


Report history


Decision type:

Urgency item?


Key decision

Entered in Forward Plan: February 2007

No


Authorised by Cabinet member:

Date report drafted:

Report deadline:

Date report sent:


Dec 2006

20.06.07

N/A

N/A


Report author and contact for queries:


Tim Jackson, Assistant Director - Street Management

020 7926 1236 [email address]


Background documents


Delegated officer decision report: Introduction of a vehicle emission-based charging regime for residents parking permits: May 2007 (approved 21 May 2007) and documents listed in that report.


Appendices


Appendix A - Proposal Charges.

Appendix B - Summary of all representations received.


Introduction of a vehicle emission-based charging regime for residents parking permits



  1. Context


    1. The proposed (emission based resident parking permit) regime and charges that form the subject of this report were included within appendices which were approved by Cabinet on 8 January and 8 February 2007 and subsequently by Council on 27 February 2007 as part of the 2007/08 budget setting process.

    2. The proposals were subject to scrutiny at the meeting of the Environment, Culture and Community Safety Scrutiny Committee on 2 February 2007.

    3. Consistent with the Scheme of Delegation, a report was subsequently made to, and approved by, the Executive Director for Environment, Culture & Community Safety on 21 May 2007.

That report provided approval to the undertaking of appropriate consultation and the advertising of Traffic Orders in association with the proposed introduction of new charges and a new (vehicle emission based) charging regime for residents parking permits.

The proposed charging regime is detailed at Appendix A.

    1. Consequent to the decision made on 21 May 2007, the necessary statutory consultation associated with the making of the appropriate Traffic Orders, necessary to effect the proposed regime, has been undertaken.

The statutory consultation comprised the displaying of street notices on every road within existing controlled parking zones, the publication of notices in the press and consultation with statutory consultees (principally the emergency services).

The statutory consultation period commenced on 29 May 2007 and closed on 19 June 2007.

    1. In addition to the statutory process, arrangements have been made to allow interested parties to consider the proposal and make representations regarding them.

These arrangements effectively commenced when the proposals were put in the public domain by means of the initial reports to Cabinet and Council. However, this engagement was supplemented by a letter to all businesses and residents in controlled parking zones (distributed early May 2007), an article in Lambeth Life (February edition), details in the “Parking Newsletter” (distributed to all existing permit holders May 2007) and information on the Council's website.

Arrangements were made for representations to be received by post and e-mail at addresses identified within the information provided.

    1. The delegated officer decision report of 21 May 2007 agreed that the Executive Director would consider all representations received in relation to the proposal prior to deciding whether or not to introduce the proposed regime.

This report details the representations received and provides that consideration.


  1. Results of consultation


    1. A total of 95 representations were received in response to the proposals.

12 representations were received in direct response to the statutory consultation associated with the Traffic Orders.

83 representations were received in response to details of the proposals provided through the other consultation/engagement mechanisms described in 1.5.

One of the responses stated unreserved support for the proposals and hence the remainder can be construed as objections. Sixteen (17%) of the responses stated that they were generally supportive of the concept. Three (3%) of responses stated that they were wholly supportive but that the structure should be revised.

    1. Details of the representations are summarised in Appendix B.

All of the representations received were from current permit holding residents.

No feedback was received from businesses or residents without access to a vehicle.

There are approximately 21,300 (full year equivalent) resident parking permit holders in the Borough. Thus objections have been received from approximately 0.4% of permit holders.

There are approximately 64,000 households within that part of Lambeth covered by controlled parking zones. Thus objections have been received from approximately 0.14% of households.

    1. Of those representations received in the form of objections to the proposals, there were a number of recurring grounds for the objections. These were: