Issue - meetings

To consider the attached report of the Strategic Director (Operations and Commercial).

The Head of Parks and Open Spaces presented the report on the review of On and Off-Street Parking Charges.

In response to a questions from Members it was stated:

·         That as the St James development had not yet introduced Sunday parking charges there were no plans for the Council to alter its proposals for Sunday parking.  

·         That the arrangements for 4 hour free parking at Tides would continue to be monitored to ensure that it was not being abused by people not using Tides (such as commuters). The current thinking was for a ticket that would be displayed to show length of stay.

·         The Council was monitoring the impact of the previous free parking at St James and whether the change to paid parking had affected usage of the Council’s car parks.

RESOLVED: That the report be noted.

(Councillor P D Jull declared an Other Significant Interest in this item by reason of being a business owner in Deal and withdrew from the meeting for the consideration of the matter.)  

To consider the attached report of the Strategic Director (Operations and Commercial)

Responsibility: Portfolio Holder for Access and Licensing

It was agreed:

(a)  That the outcome of the annual review of parking charges be noted.

(b)  That parking charges continue to be frozen at their current levels as set out at Appendix 1 of the report.

(c)    That the Transport and Parking Services Manager be authorised to set a maximum stay parking restriction at Tides Leisure, in consultation with the Portfolio Holder for Access and Licensing.