As Project Manager of the Hanover, Elm Grove & Craven Vale Residents Parking Review, I thank you for your input into the review so far.



A community consultation on residents’ perceptions of parking issues was carried out in October/November this year, together with stakeholder workshops. A postcard to inform residents of the summary results will be sent out in the New Year, I attach the headlines below.



A full report is due to go to Environment Cabinet Member in March 2010 and a decision will be made then on whether to proceed to the next stage of consultation.



The next stage is for a detailed plan and questionnaire to be sent to areas which are continuing with the review process, that questionnaire would include details of potential costs and charges and to ask whether they approve the proposed parking scheme. If, as a result of that consultation, residents approved a parking scheme there would be a third stage of statutory consultation involving advertisement of traffic orders in the press and an opportunity for formal comments to be considered by the Environment Cabinet Member. If a scheme were to be approved it could be implemented in summer 2011.



Headline Findings



9124 addresses in the Hanover , Elm Grove and Craven Vale area were sent a covering letter plus a short questionnaire and a prepaid return envelope, asking about parking issues in each street, whether certain types of informal parking occurred and whether this causes inconvenience. 2,969 responses were received, a 33% response rate.



The results for the streets in the area are divided into 6 distinct geographical areas as follows:



Area A Streets north of Elm Grove (excluding Elm Grove) - i.e. the Hartington Road area triangle

Area B Streets south of Elm Grove and West of Queens Park (including Queens Park Road ) - i.e. Hanover area

Area C Streets in the existing Area U - i.e. Queens Park Rise and Freshfield Road

Area D Elm Grove

Area E Streets east of Queens Park Road and South of Elm Grove (excluding QPR and Elm Grove and excluding Bakers Bottom) – so this includes Craven Vale & roads around Brighton General Hospital

Area F Bakers Bottom – i.e. Rochester St , Bute Street , Hendon Street



Parking Problems:

* Regularly: 50% or more respondents in Areas B and F.
* Regularly or sometimes: 50% or more respondents in all areas



Informal Parking:

Pavement Parking

· Regularly: 50% or more respondents in Areas D and F.

· Regularly or sometimes: 50% or more respondents in Areas B, D E and F.

Chevron Parking

· Regularly or sometimes: 50% or more respondents in Area C.



Informal Parking causing inconvenience: Informal parking overall does not appear to cause inconvenience but 50% or more respondents in Area C regularly or sometimes report inconvenience caused by double parking and the same amount in Areas B and F regularly or sometimes report inconvenience caused by pavement parking.



Comments: Of those that made comments the top 3 comments made by respondents were:



Comments


No.


%

No problem/against parking scheme


524


16

Blocked pavements


272


8

Cannot park outside house


223


7



Parking by visitors:

* Regularly: 50% or more respondents in Areas B, C, E and F.
* Regularly or sometimes: 50% or more respondents in all areas.

Parking by shoppers:

· Regularly or sometimes: 50% or more respondents in Areas B, C, D and F.

Parking by commuters:

· Regularly: 50% or more respondents in Areas B and F.

· Regularly or sometimes: 50% or more in areas B, C, E and F.

Parking for school drop off/ pick up:

* Regularly: 50% or more respondents in Areas C and F.
* Regularly or sometimes: 50% or more in areas C, D and F.

Vehicles left for 2/3 weeks or more:

* Regularly or sometimes: 50% or more in all areas.



Regards, Owen



Owen McElroy LLB DMPR cert MIHE

Project Manager

Sustainable Transport

Hove Town Hall

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