Report of Corporate Director for Place attached

The Working Party received a report from the Corporate Director for Place that appraised Members of the requests that had been received from Members of the Council, together with officers’ recommendations relating to those requests.

The Working Party also had before it a supplementary list comprising two additional requests that had been received after the publication of the Agenda.

Resolved:

That the Cabinet Committee be recommended:

1. That the Corporate Director for Place be authorised to advertise the necessary traffic regulation orders as appropriate in relation to the following proposals and, subject to there being no objections received following statutory advertisement, to arrange for the orders to be sealed and the proposals implemented:

15/11 – Amend operational hours of existing waiting restriction in Tyrone Road and Fermoy Road from 2.00 p.m. until 3.00 p.m. to 11.00 a.m. until noon;

15/20 – Extend double yellow lines at the junction of Church Road with Ness Road;

15/24(a) – Remove loading facility and limited waiting areas in Dane Street;

15/25 – Extend existing junction protection at Alleyn Place with its junction with Crowstone Road onto road hump;

15/27 – Remove summer restriction on east side of Plas Newydd and replace with limited waiting bays;

15/28 – Re-align/remove parking bays at various junctions to improve sight lines in Eastern Esplanade/Thorpe Esplanade;

15/29 – Extend junction protection and remove seasonal restriction on one side of the Burges Terrace;

15/30 – Remove seasonal restriction on eastern side of Lynton Road;

15/31 – Remove seasonal restriction on western side of Walton Road to access of Roslin Hotel;

15/33 – Remove seasonal restriction on eastern side of Clieveden Road;

15/34 – Remove waiting restriction on western kerbline of Warwick Road;

15/43 – Extension of junction protection at Belfairs Park Drive and The Fairway.

2. That no further action be taken in respect of the following requests for the reasons stated in the report and that the requests be removed from the list:

15/10 – Introduction of no waiting at any time in Ashes Road, Shoeburyness along the wall opposite 26-20 Ashes Road;

15/15 – Provision of waiting restrictions, Rayleigh Road to protect driveways;

15/23 – Extension of existing restrictions on Delaware Road at eastern junction of Delaware Crescent;

15/35 – Removal of waiting restrictions on western kerb line of Elizabeth Road;

15/36 – Removal of waiting restrictions on western kerb line of Chester Avenue;

15/39 – Verge hardening in Brunswick Road and Rutland Avenue;

3. That further information be sought, including photographic evidence and details of costs for any necessary works, in respect of request Ref No. 14/15 regarding the widening of the pedestrian refuge Ness Road, Shoeburyness, the details of which be reported to the next meeting of the Traffic & Parking Working Party and Cabinet Committee for consideration.

4. That following requests be removed from the list for the reasons stated in the report and on the basis that any consultation results will be reported to the Traffic & Parking Working Party and Cabinet when completed:

14/23 – Provision of a 1 hour parking prohibition and junction protection in Dale Road, Dynevor Gardens, Crescent Road and Western Road with longer term request to treat all of area (Tattersall Gardens to Hadleigh Road – South of London Road);

15/08 – Verge hardening at eastern end of Rivera Drive;

15/14 – Introduction of resident parking controls in Station Road, excluding flats at northern extremity;

15/16 – Provision of limited waiting restrictions, to deter non-residents parking Brooklands Avenue and Eastwood Park;

15/38 – Permit parking controls in the Thorpe Greenways School area.

5. That the following requests be retained on the for further investigation when resources are available and reported back to the Traffic & parking Working Party and Cabinet Committee in due course;

15/01 – Amendment of priority North, South and Central Avenues;

15/07 – Installation of pedestrian crossing in Elmsleigh Drive near Rayleigh Drive.

6. That the request reference no 15/18 regarding the possible amendment of waiting restrictions in Saxon Gardens, Delaware Crescent, Blyth Avenue and Bunters Avenue be investigated as part of the review of waiting restrictions and that the possible hardening of the green area within Delaware Crescent.

7. That, in respect of request reference no 15/19, the Corporate Director for Place be authorised to prepare and advertise the necessary traffic regulation order to introduce a one way traffic flow in Saxon Gardens following completion of the survey of residents being undertaken by Ward Councillors to assess the preferred direction of traffic.

8. That consideration of the following requests be deferred for the reasons given:

15/22 – Review of the junction of Ness Road and Campfield Road – Defer pending an application for development;

15/42 – Provision of daytime restriction from 8.00 a.m. to 4.00 p.m. Monday to Friday in Weare Gifford from its junction with Bishopsteignton to the fist bend – Defer pending outcome of appeal for blue badge by local resident.

9. That request reference 15/25(b) for the implementation of speed reduction measure in Green Lane be considered as part of the boroughwide/area treatments in respect of general traffic & parking matters and that investigations be undertaken in to the speed of traffic and in the event of excessive speeds being evidenced, the matter be referred to the Police for consideration and appropriate action.

10. That request reference 15/26 for the provision of waiting restrictions at the access of monometer House in Grange Road be removed from the list for the reasons detailed in the report and that the matter be referred to the Parking Enforcement team for appropriate action.

11. That request reference no. 15/32 for the installation of a build out or left/right turn only at the access to the Roslin Hotel to direct traffic along the seafront be discussed with the Hotel to identify an appropriate solution without the need for a traffic regulation order or physical measure.

12. That officers discuss reference 15/37 for the removal of the school keep clear marking in Hornby Avenue with the Ward Councillors to identify concerns and that the Corporate Director be authorised to prepare and advertise any appropriate traffic regulation order should it be necessary.

13. That request reference no. 15/40 for the introduction of a 20mph speed limit trial in Burges Road and Barnstaple Road be referred to the Place Scrutiny in-depth project team for consideration.

14. That request reference no. 15/41 for the extension of the existing junction protection in Johnstone Road/Parkanuar Aveune be discussed with the Ward Councillors to ascertain the parking situation in the area and that any appropriate action be undertaken under the revised policy.