Criteria
For us to consider a resident parking scheme, the proposal must meet specific criteria:
- the location should be part of a large urban area where long-term, on-street parking by non-residents prevents residents from parking near their properties for most of the working day. The working day is defined as 8am to 6pm, Monday to Friday, though schemes can vary
- the area is of sufficient size to minimise the possible effects of displacement into surrounding streets.
- a large proportion of the properties within the area do not have off-street parking, or the ability to install their off-street parking
- provision can be made for visitors to the area
- the scheme is revenue neutral (all running costs are met by the income raised from permit sales)
We will not consider single-street schemes unless:
- the area is in an isolated, residential location
- it is near a current scheme
- the running costs would not be in a deficit