Considering requests for waiting restrictions, parking permit schemes and disabled bays
The Authority receives numerous requests for parking measures, which generally can be categorised as one of the following types of measure:
- permit parking schemes (new schemes or alterations to an existing scheme);
- new waiting restrictions, or amendments to existing waiting restrictions; or
- disabled bays (advisory or mandatory).
It is important that the approach to assessing these requests should be consistent, coherent and based on a set of agreed priorities for parking investment which is affordable and sustainable.
For requests relating to waiting restrictions or parking permits, a parking solutions tool and parking investment priorities tool are used.
The parking solutions tool (see Annex 3) sets out a process to identify the nature and cause of the parking problem and seek to address this through engagement with other organisations and partners, with the focus on resolving the situation through this means before any commitment by the Authority to new parking measures is considered.
The parking investment priorities tool (see Annex 4) provides a consistent means by which new parking measures can then be assessed and either proceeded with or rejected.
When new parking measures are processed, specific assessment criteria will be used to evaluate requests for each of the categories above:
Permit parking schemes
When processing a request for a permit parking scheme, we will assess this against specific criteria, set out in Annex 2, to determine whether it is implemented. The various different types of parking permit available are also described in Annex 2.
A charge will be applied for parking permits to cover the management and administrative costs of the scheme.
New waiting restrictions or amendments to existing waiting restrictions
When requests for new waiting restrictions are proceeded with, they are assessed against the criteria set out in Annex 6.
Disabled bays
The guidelines which will be used in assessing requests for disabled bays are set out in Annex 5.