Consultation
If a proposed scheme meets the criteria, we may send a questionnaire, covering letter, plan and pre-paid envelope to residents within the area concerned. It will ask whether they wish to be included within a resident parking scheme.
The covering letter and questionnaire will include:
- a statement that we will not introduce a scheme without permit charges
- information on the permit types and charges
- a statement that a permit will allow the holder to park within the zone concerned. It does not guarantee a parking space outside a residents' property
- information about properties with off-street access that will have either double yellow or single yellow lines across them for ease of enforcement
- if necessary, a statement to explain to residents of nearby streets that they are included within the consultation if it may affect them
- information on the number of positive responses received to progress with the scheme
- 30 per cent of eligible addresses must reply, and
- 66 per cent of replies must be in favour of the scheme
- the results reported to the relevant cabinet member
- how we will inform residents whether the scheme is progressing or not
- a way for residents to give their address and make any comments
- the date we must receive responses
The questionnaire can be a 'yes or no' question (for example, do you wish to be included?). It can also ask further questions, such as:
- how many cars resident own
- whether there is off-road parking and, if so, for how many vehicles
In compliance with GDPR we will not identify properties either in favour or against the introduction of the scheme.
We will show the consultation area in a spreadsheet or tabular format and on a plan.
Where residents say yes to the scheme but object to a charge we will count them as a negative response. We will count questionnaires returned with no address but cannot allocate them to an individual street.
After reporting the results of the consultation to the relevant cabinet member, we will send a copy of the report and a covering letter to each property that received the questionnaire. This is to inform residents of the results and what happens next.
If the scheme is to progress, we will move to the detailed design stage.