Decision details

To appoint the Council’s Off-Street Parking Consultant.

To agree the future programme.

(1)        That the updated ranking table for future off-street parking schemes, attached at Appendix 1 of the report, be agreed;

(2)        That, for any site listed in Appendix 1 where it was linked to any of the sites earmarked for future Council Housebuilding, the Council Housebuilding Cabinet Committee be delegated authority to consider the benefits of providing off-street parking as part of the feasibility study and recommend to the Cabinet when each site was to be included in future years of the off-street programme;

(3)        That detailed feasibility studies be undertaken on the next eight schemes in the updated ranking table at:

            (a)        Roundhills (Red Cross Site), Waltham Abbey;

            (b)        Etheridge Green, Loughton;

            (c)        Watermans Way, North Weald;

            (d)        Alderwood Close, Abridge;

            (e)        Tillingham Court, Waltham Abbey;

            (f)         Sycamore House, Buckhurst Hill;

            (g)        Roundhills (Site 4), Waltham Abbey; and

            (h)        Rochford Green, Loughton;

(4)        That planning applications be submitted for each scheme and then each of the schemes be constructed, subject to:

            (a)        the support of local residents following public consultation;

            (b)        the successful grant of planning consent;

            (c)        the average cost per bay being no more than £5,000; and

            (d)        the works and fees being able to be delivered within the existing      Capital Programme budget;

(5)        That Millfield, High Ongar and Chester Green, Loughton be removed from the list as there was insufficient land suitable to provide additional off-street parking; and

(6)        That, subject to recommendation 2 above, the following sites be placed on hold pending a further recommendation from the Council Housebuilding Cabinet Committee taking into account the affect, if any, a housebuilding scheme might have on parking in the vicinity:

            (a)        the two sites at Pyrles Lane, Loughton;

            (b)        Hillyfields, Loughton;

            (c)        Hornbeam Road, Buckhurst Hill;

            (d)        Graylands, Theydon Bois; and

            (e)        Parkfields, Roydon.