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ROADS IN THE VICINITY OF PROVIDENCE ROAD AND WHITETHORN AVENUE, YIEWSLEY – REPORT ON INFORMAL CONSULTATION ON RESIDENT PARKING SCHEME
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Democratic Services Location: Phase II Ext: 0692 DDI: 01895 250692 CMD No: 1056 To: COUNCILLOR JONATHAN BIANCO CABINET MEMBER FOR PROPERTY, HIGHWAYS AND TRANSPORT c.c. All Members of th e Property, Highways a nd Transport Select Committee c.c. Gordan Hill – Place Directorate c.c. Ward Councillors for Yiewsley Date: 29 February 2024 Non-Key Decision request Form D ROADS IN THE VICINITY OF PROVIDENCE ROAD AND WHITETHORN AVENUE, YIEWSLEY – REPORT ON INFORMAL CONSULTATION ON RESIDENT PARKING SCHEME Dear Cabinet Members, 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 Friday 8 March 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. Ryan Dell Democratic Services Title of Report: Roads in the Vicinity of Providence Road and Whitethorn Avenue, Yiewsley – Report on Informal Consultation on Resident Parking Scheme 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 Report – 29 February 2024 Page 1 Part I – Public ROADS IN THE VICINITY OF PROVIDENCE ROAD AND WHITETHORN AVENUE, YIEWSLEY – REPORT ON INFORMAL CONSULTATION ON RESIDENT PARKING SCHEME Cabinet Member Councillor Jonathan Bianco Cabinet Portfolio Cabinet Member for Property, Highways and Transport Officer Contact Gordon Hill – Place Directorate Papers with report Appendix A – Location Plan HEADLINES Summary To inform the Cabinet Member of the results o f the informal consultation undertaken in Providence Road and Whitethorn Avenue for the possible extension to the existing Yiewsley Parking Management Scheme. Putting our Residents First This report supports the Council objective of Our People. The request can be considered as part of the Council’s annual programme for on-street parking controls. Financial Cost The estimated cost associated with the recommendations in this report is £2 ,000, to be managed within existing Transportation revenue budgets. Relevant Select Committee Property, Highways and Transport Select Committee. Relevant Ward Yiewsley. RECOMMENDATIONS That the Cabinet Member: 1. Notes the responses to the in formal consultation on a possible residents’ permit parking scheme in roads bounded by Providence Road and Whitethorn Avenue, West Drayton; and 2. B ased on the responses received during the consultation from residents, agrees that a formal consultation is carried out in Edgar Road, and that the scheme is implemented if supported during that consultation; and 3. N otes the views of the other roads informally consulted and defers any further action to progress a scheme at the present time. Cabinet Member Report – 29 February 2024 Page 2 Part I – Public Reasons for recommendations These recommendations are in line with the views expressed during the informal and formal consultations and are supported by the local ward councillors. Alternative options considered/ risk management. None at this stage. Select Committee comments None at this stage. SUPPORTING INFORMATION 1. A petition w ith 37 signatures was submitted to the Council by residents of Whitethor n Avenue, Aspen Road and Providence Road requesting the following. "For there to be designated resident parking areas (on street) for the residents of part of Whitethorn Avenue, Aspen Close and Providence Road which would require resident parking permits on weekdays, Monday to Friday, from 9am to 6pm. Further, each household within the designated areas of Whitethorn Avenue should be entitled to parking permits for each household member who legally holds a valid driver licence and has a car that requires parking near their home". In an accompanying letter submitted with the petition, the lead petitioner helpfully provided the following additional information: “It is respectfully requested that Hillingdon Council considers a designated resident parking area (on street and in parking bays) for the residents of Whitethorn Avenue (UB7, adjacent to Horton Road) which would require resident parking permits on weekdays, Monday to Friday, from 9am to 6pm. Further, each household who legally holds a valid UK driver’s licence and has a car that requires parking near their home. The designated areas that we are highlighting is towards the end of Whitethorn Avenue (UB7) near the John Guest Building. A summary of the reasons for the request are: ● The residents of Whitethorn Avenue have been deprived of parking their cars near their homes for a long period of time; ● The staff from John Guest (which is located on Horton Road, adjacent to Whitethorn Avenue) come and park on a daily basis, this is despite the fact that we have made several complaints to their management; ● The staff from BMW Berry also come to park their cars on the bays on Whitethorn Avenue, especially during the working day, depriving residents of Whitethorn Avenue (towards Horton Road) of parking in the bays near their homes; ● There are also issues where mechanics around the area park their customers’ cars in the bays on Whitethorn Avenue and leave it there for long periods of time; ● There has also been an influx in the last few years of people travelling to various terminals in Heathrow airport and they have proceeded to leave their cars on Cabinet Member Report – 29 February 2024 Page 3 Part I – Public Whitethorn Avenue and in the parking bays for weeks, sometimes months at a time. Once again, prohibiting residents of the road from parking near their homes”. 2. Whitethorn Avenue, Providence Road and Aspen Close are mainly residential roads but are located within easy walking distance of an area of light industrial units. The “ 350” bus route runs nearby and links Heathrow Terminal 5 with West Drayton Station and then onto Hayes and Harlington Station. A location plan showing part of the existing Parking Management Scheme and the area previously consulted on a detailed design is attached as Appendix A. 3. The Cabinet Member recalled that as recently as July 2019, the Council formally consulted with residents in Whitethorn Avenue and Providence Road on detailed designs for a Parking Management Scheme. The small number of responses received during that previous consultation were balanced, with some in favour of the scheme and some against. The main comment made by residents at that time was the perceived lack of parking that could be provided, as many of the inset parking areas were reduced in capacity due to the construction of dropped kerbs that, over time, residents have requested to access their off-street parking, especially in Whitethorn Avenue. After careful consideration of all the comments received from residents and local ward councillors, the decision was made to defer the implementation of a scheme at that time. It should also be noted that Aspen Close is not an adopted road and therefore it is not the Council’s practice to implement a Parking Management Scheme on such a road. 4. Clearly the layout of the road had not changed significantly since the last formal consultation and indeed further dropped kerbs may have been constructed in the meantime. It was therefore recommended that the Cabinet Member should discuss with petitioners their concerns and, if appropriate, ask officers to add the request to the future parking scheme programme for further investigation and possible consultation with residents. 5. At the petition hearing the Cabinet Member asked officers to add the request to the Council’s extensive Parking Management Scheme Programme for further informal consultation. Local ward councillors asked that Edgar Road, Cedar Avenue, Maple Avenue, Acacia Avenue and Lilac Place were added programme for informal consultation at a future date. 6. Following the petition hearing and discussions with local ward councillors it was decided to informally consult on a detailed design in Providence Road and Whitethorn Avenue at the present time, and to consider the additional roads later based on feedback received from residents. 7. This informal consultation was undertaken and residents indicated support for a scheme in their roads. This information was reported to the Cabinet Member who instructed officers to then undertake a formal consultation, whilst acknowledging that should the result of formal consultation be positive towards a scheme then a further area wide informal consultation on other local roads would be required. 8. This 21 -day formal consultation was subsequently undertaken where street notices were placed in the vicinity of the proposed changes and public notices were placed in the London Gazette and a local newspaper. In addition to the normal notices a letter and plans was sent to every property within the new proposed scheme 9. During the formal consultation eight responses were received from Providence Road, six in support from three properties, and two objections. An objection was also received from a Cabinet Member Report – 29 February 2024 Page 4 Part I – Public resident in Edgar Road, who objected that Edgar Road residents were not included in the consultation; as noted above, consideration of measures in Edgar Road will form part of a future phase. 10. From Whitethorn Avenue, the Council received 17 responses, 12 in support of the scheme and five objecting to the scheme. 11. The results of the formal consultation were shared with local ward councillors who felt that based on the results of this consultation, the previous informal consultation and their own meetings and discussions with local residents, that the scheme should be implemented as proposed. 12. Based on these views, and the petition from residents of Edgar Road, local ward councillors also asked that an informal consultation be undertaken in the roads bounded by Colham Avenue, Providence Road and Whitethorn Avenue at the earliest opportunity to ascertain the views of residents on a further expansion of the scheme, but that the scheme in Providence Road and Whitethorn Avenue should not be delayed further. This informal consultation was to be started whilst th e report on the formal consultation was being finalised and will be submitted to the Cabinet Member separately. 13. This informal consultation was undertaken and a letter and questionnaire was delivered to every property in Acacia Avenue, Cedar Avenue, Edgar Road, Lilac Court, Maple Avenue, Sycamore Close, Windermere Way informing residents that a scheme was to be implemented in Providence Road and Whitethorn Avenue, and asking their views on a possible scheme in their road as experience has shown that nearby unrestricted roads may suffer from some non-residential parking transfer. 14. The results of the informal consultation are tabulated below: Address Yes No Acacia Avenue 4 4 Cedar Avenue 1 3 Edgar Road 26 7 Lilac Place 1 4 Maple Avenue 5 4 Sycamore Close 1 1 Windermere Way 0 2 These results were shared with local ward councillors who felt that only Edgar Road should be formally consulted on a detailed design for an extension to the parking scheme into their road. 15. It is therefore recommended that a scheme be designed, and formal consultation be undertaken in Edgar Road at the earliest opportunity and that a subject to the responses received to this further consultation, that a scheme be implemented if supported by local residents Financial Implications The estimated cost of the recommendations in this report is £2 k, to be managed within the Transportation Service’s existing revenue budgets . If an extension to the Yiewsley Parking Management Scheme in Edgar Road is subsequently recommended, then the estimated Cabinet Member Report – 29 February 2024 Page 5 Part I – Public implementation cost would be c.£ 10k (for which a suitable funding stream would need to be identified). 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. CORPORATE CONSIDERATIONS Corporate Finance Corporate Finance has reviewed the report and concurs with the financial implications 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
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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 ROADS IN THE VICINITY OF PROVIDENCE ROAD AND
WHITETHORN AVENUE, YIEWSLEY – REPORT ON
INFORMAL CONSULTATION ON RESIDENT PARKING
SCHEME
Reference No. 1056
Date of decision Wednesday 20 March 2024
Call-in expiry date Wednesday 27 March 2024
Relevant Select
Committee
Property, Highways and Transport Select Committee
Relevant Wards Yiewsley
Decision made
Cabinet Members
making the decision
Councillor Jonathan Bianco – Cabinet Member for Property,
Highways and Transport
Decision Approved
That the Cabinet Member:
1. Noted the responses to the informal consultation on
a possible residents’ permit parking scheme in roads
bounded by Providence Road and Whitethorn
Avenue, West Drayton;
2. Based on the responses received during the
consultation from residents, agree d that a formal
consultation is carried out in Edgar Road, and that
the scheme is implemented if supported during that
consultation; and
3. Noted the views of the other roads informally
consulted and defers any further action to progress
a scheme at the present time.
Reason for decision These recommendations are in line with the views expressed
during the informal and formal consultations and are supported
by the local Ward Councillors.
Alternative options
considered and
rejected
None at this stage.
Classification Part I – Public
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report
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