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COLDHARBOUR LANE, HAYES – RESIDENT PARKING SCHEME, REPORT ON INFORMAL CONSULTATION
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Democratic Services Location: Phase II Ext: 0833 DDI: 01895 25 0833 CMD No:1011 To: COUNCILLOR JONATHAN BIANCO CABINET MEMBER FOR PROPERTY, HIGHWAYS AND TRANSPORT c.c. All Members of th e Property, Highways and Transport Services Select Committee c.c. Gordon Hill – Place Directorate c.c. Ward Councillors for Wood End and Hayes Town Date: 16 January 2024 Non-Key Decision request Form D COLDHARBOUR LANE, HAYES – RESIDENT PARKING SCHEME, REPORT ON INFORMAL CONSULTATION Dear Cabinet Member, Attached is a report requesting that a decision be made by you as an individual Cabinet Member. Democratic Services confirm that this is not a key decision, as such, the Local Authorities (Executive Arrangements) (Meetings and Access to Information) (England) Regulations 2012 notice period does not apply. You should take a decision on or after Wednesday 24 January 2024 in order to meet Constitutional requirements about publication of decisions that are to be made. You may wish to discuss the report with the Corporate Director before it is made. Please indicate your decision on the duplicate memo supplied and return it to me when you have made your decision. I will then arrange for the formal notice of decision to be published. Rebecca Reid Democratic Services Apprentice Title of Report: COLDHARBOUR LANE, HAYES – RESIDENT PARKING SCHEME, REPORT ON INFORMAL CONSULTATION Decision made: Reasons for your decision: (e.g. as stated in report) Alternatives considered and rejected: (e.g. as stated in report) Signed ……………………………………………………… Date……………………. Cabinet Member for Property, Highways and Transport Cabinet Member Petition Hearing – 16 January 2024 Part I – Public COLDHARBOUR LANE, HAYES – RESIDENT PARKING SCHEME, REPORT ON INFORMAL CONSULTATION Cabinet Member(s) Councillor Jonathan Bianco Cabinet Portfolio(s) Cabinet Member for Property, Highways and Transport Officer Contact(s) Gordon Hill – Place Directorate Papers with report Appendix A – Location Plan Appendix B – Proposed Parking Scheme HEADLINES Summary To inform the Cabinet Member of the results of an informal consultation on a possible Resident Permit Parking Scheme in Coldharbour Lane, Hayes. Putting our Residents First Delivering on the Council Strategy 2022-2026 This report supports the Council objective of Our People. The request can be considered as part of the Council’s annual programme of road safety initiatives and for on-street parking controls. This report supports our commitments to residents of: Safe and Strong Communities. Financial Cost The estimated cost associated with the recommendations to this report is £2,000. Select Committee Property, Highways and Transport Select Committee. Relevant Ward(s) Wood End and Hayes Town. RECOMMENDATIONS That the Cabinet Member for Property, Highways and Transport: 1) Notes the responses received during the informal consultation undertaken in the Coldharbour Lane regarding a possible Parking Management Scheme. 2) Based on the views expressed by local ward councillors, instructs officers to design and formally consul t upon a Parking Management Scheme in part of Coldharbour Lane, operating Mon-Fri 9am-5pm, as indicated in Appendix B. Reasons for recommendations The recommendations represent the views of local residents and the local ward councillors. Cabinet Member Petition Hearing – 16 January 2024 Part I – Public Alternative options considered / risk management None at this stage. Select Committee comments None at this stage. SUPPORTING INFORMATION 1. A petition with 22 signatures was submitted to the Council by some residents of Coldharbour Lane Hayes signed under the following heading: “The petition is being put forward to make Coldharbour Lane Resident ‘Permit Parking’ Only. There is a huge increase in parking issues. Residents are not able to park outside their properties. This is due to parking meters in place at shops, pushing the problems to residential areas. Due to car dealers parking vehicles for sale everywhere, these cars are parked for weeks taking up parking spaces. The college and the school traffic parking. The hotel residents using on street parking. White vans and large vehicles park everywhere, which obstruct vision to main road, which makes using driveway impossible. The commuters park and ride the bus stops into the airport or station. All the above is inconsiderate to residents and the selling of cars is illegal.” In an accompanying statement the lead petitioner has indicated that they would like to see the following: “That appropriate action be taken immediately that Coldharbour Lane be made a residential parking permit area. That the parking issues we currently have be resolved. Coldharbour Lane, if possible, from East Holme to either Hesa Road or College Way 2. Coldharbour Lane is a main route serving the busy Hayes Town Centre shops, station, local businesses, and other local amenities. The road forms part of the 90, 140, E6 and N140 bus routes. Along Coldharbour Lane there is a mixture of residential and commercial properties as well as Uxbridge College, Hayes Campus. A plan of the area is attached as Appendix A. 3. The current parking controls that exist on Coldharbour Lane are mainly focussed on the highway close to shops and businesses. From East Way heading northbound towards Uxbridge Road, there are in-set parking areas adjacent to the main carriageway that front the residential properties, many of which appear to benefit from off-street parking. These areas are currently unrestricted and given the proximity to the busy town centre and local amenities, this could be an attractive place for non-residents to park. 4. Hayes Town Centre has undergone significant improvements to transform the area which included some changes to the parking arrangements, making the retail areas in particular more attractive to shoppers and visitors. The Council successfully secured £6m funding from Transport for London’s ‘Major Scheme Fund’ to implement a series of improvements Cabinet Member Petition Hearing – 16 January 2024 Part I – Public which included new paving, street lighting, opening Station Road to through traffic (including buses), planting semi-mature trees, more safe and convenient crossings, and the installation of the ‘Gold Disc’ canopy replacing the redundant bandstand. 5. The Cabinet Member reminded petitioners that notwithstanding the problems they have alluded to, there is generous off-street car parking within Hayes Town, the existence and ready accessibility of which does ensure that visitors to local shops and amenities in Hayes Town have a choice when it comes to parking when visiting the town centre. 6. Petitioners also made reference to reports of on-street trading including the sales of vehicles, and also larger vehicles including mini-buses being left in the area. 7. The Cabinet Member discussed with petitioners their request for “Resident Permit Parking Only” and asked officers to add the request to the future extensive parking scheme programme for further investigation and informal consultation. It was also suggested that ward councillors are asked for their views on a suitable consultation area, as the Cabinet Member is aware, experience has shown, that it is likely parking could easily transfer to unrestricted roads close by. 8. When further investigations were undertaken by officers, it was felt that due to the close proximity of the existing HY3 Scheme, at the junction of Coldharbour Lane and Uxbridge Road, that any possible residents’ permit parking should be an extension to the existing scheme, from Hesa Road to East Holme, as shown in Appendix A. This proposal was shared with local ward councillors and no objections were received. 9. An informal consultation was prepared, and a letter and questionnaire sent to every property within the proposed area of the possible parking scheme. A reply-paid return envelope was also supplied, and residents were given three weeks to respond. 10. The headline result of this consultation was that ten households indicated support for the proposals, whilst 25 indicated that they were against a proposed scheme. One additional negative response was also received but this was rendered void due to no address being supplied on the questionnaire. 11. One of the responses to the consultation pointed out that the original petition only covered a much smaller area of the highway than was consulted. As is common practice, the Council will usually consult on a wider area, generally defined and agreed with ward councillor guidance, and then analyse the results on a house-by-house basis to see if there is a consensus from a cohesive area. In this instance, officers examined the responses in greater detail and noted that within that specific area mentioned by the lead petitioner, five households indicated support for a scheme, whilst 11 wanted no change to the current situation. 12. At the petition hearing the petitioners were also concerned that cars and vans were being illegally sold on the public highway and Council notices were being ignored, and some vehicles that were being left had no tax or insurance. It was also reported that vans and large vehicles including minibuses were being left causing visibility issues for residents who do have off-street parking. 13. It is understood that residents have been in touch with the Council’s anti-social behaviour team in the past regarding the problem with trade tacking place on the public highway Cabinet Member Petition Hearing – 16 January 2024 Part I – Public and that this had resulted in prosecutions. However, the residents’ concerns will be again shared with the relevant teams. 14. The Council has no powers to deal with vehicles that are untaxed and/or uninsured, and these vehicles should be reported to the DVLA and/or Police as those are the organisations with the powers to deal with these issues. Vehicles, on the highway, without MOTs should also be reported to the police. 15. Vehicles that are blocking access to legal dropped kerb kerbs can be reported to the Enforcement Hotline and the Council will endeavour to arrange for a Civil Enforcement Officer to attend and take any necessary action against an illegally parked vehicle. Regarding larger vehicles, the Council has powers, under the Greater London Council (General Powers) Act 1974, to act against vehicles over 5 tonnes maximum gross weight that are left on the public highway overnight, from 6.30pm until 8am the following day, and these vehicles should be reported to the Council’s Parking Enforcement Hotline. 16. The results of this informal consultation were shared with local ward councillors along with a detailed breakdown of the responses. However, local ward councillors have indicated that that they would like officers to develop a detailed scheme only in the layby on the eastern side of Coldharbour Lane outside Nos.149-171A Coldharbour Lane so residents will have a further opportunity to make their views known. 17. Based on these views it is therefore recommended that the Council formally consult on a Resident Parking Scheme in the layby outside Nos.149-171A Coldharbour Lane, operating Mon-Fri 9am-5pm at the earliest opportunity. Financial Implications The estimated cost associated with the recommendations to this report is £2,000, to be funded from the released Transport for London 2023/24 Grant Parking Management Schemes Allocation. If a scheme is subsequently approved for implementation, the costs will be eligible for capitalisation, subject to the relevant approval process with Transport for London and Capital Release protocols. RESIDENT BENEFIT & CONSULTATION The benefit or impact upon Hillingdon residents, service users and communities? To allow the Cabinet Member to consider the petitioners’ request. Consultation carried out or required. None at this stage. Cabinet Member Petition Hearing – 16 January 2024 Part I – Public CORPORATE CONSIDERATIONS Corporate Finance Corporate Finance has reviewed the recommendations to this report and concurs with the financial implications as set out above. Legal The Council has conducted informal consultation in relation to the proposals set out under the above recommendations. There are no legal impediments to the Council now conducting statutory consultation in accordance with the Local Authorities Traffic Orders (Procedure) (England & Wales) Regulation 1996. Infrastructure / Asset Management None at this stage. Comments from other relevant service areas None at this stage. BACKGROUND PAPERS Petition received. TITLE OF ANY APPENDICES Appendix A – Location plan Appendix B – Proposed Parking Scheme Proposed Coldharbour Lane PMSHayes PERMIT HOLDER ONLY BAYNEW DOUBLE YELLOW LINE & TERMINALNEW SINGLE YELLOW LINE & TERMINALEXISTING YELLOW LINEKEYCROSSOVERTO BE REMOVED Appendix B
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Executive Decision Notice – 25 January 2024 Page 1
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Notice is hereby given that the following decision(s) have been made today by
Cabinet Members at the London Borough of Hillingdon:
Title of decision COLDHARBOUR LANE, HAYES – RESIDENT PARKING
SCHEME, REPORT ON INFORMAL CONSULTATION
Reference No. 1011
Date of decision Thursday 25 January 2024
Call-in expiry date Thursday 01 February 2024
Relevant Select
Committee
Property, Highways and Transport Select Committee
Relevant Wards Wood End and Hayes Town
Decision made
Cabinet Members
making the decision
Councillor Jonathan Bianco – Cabinet Member for Property,
Highways and Transport
Decision Approved
That the Cabinet Member for Property, Highways and
Transport:
1) Noted the responses received during the informal
consultation undertaken in the Coldharbour Lane regarding
a possible Parking Management Scheme.
2) Based on the views expressed by local ward
councillors, instruct ed officers to design and formally
consult upon a Parking Management Scheme in part of
Coldharbour Lane, operating Mon- Fri 9am -5pm, as
indicated in Appendix B.
Reason for decision The recommendations represent the views of local residents
and the local ward councillors.
Alternative options
considered and
rejected
None at this stage.
Classification Part I – Public
Link to associated
report
Report Link
Relevant Officer
contact & Directorate
Gordon Hill – Place Directorate
Any interest declared
by the Cabinet
Member(s) /
dispensation granted
N/A
Executive Decision Notice – 25 January 2024 Page 2
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