CHIS (Clifton and Hotwells Improvement Society)Residents Parking scheme
- 5 Jan 5:30pm (public meeting): CALL IN PANEL (OF THE OVERVIEW & SCRUTINY MANAGEMENT
COMMITTEE) OF THE CABINET’S DECISION ON RESIDENTS PARKING SCHEME: CONSULTATION OUTCOMES
The Panel must decide either;- To take no further action, in which case the executive’s decision will be implemented without further delay, or
- To refer the matter to the Cabinet for reconsideration setting out in writing, the nature of the Panel’s concerns, or
- To refer the matter to the full Council for further debate.
State which principle(s) in Article13 of the Constitution you believe the executive has breached and set out any evidence to support this.DUE CONSULTATION
Consultation has been shambolic from the outset. The consultation was launched at a time when with many local residents were away on summer vacation and thereby effectively denied an opportunity to contribute to the process. Moreover, in the view of public consultation professionals, businesses and residents, the original questionnaire was poorly designed with slanted or biased questions. The final report to Scrutiny and Cabinet totally failed to represent the complex picture which the consultation results deserved.TAKING OF PROFESSIONAL ADVICE FROM OTHERS
The Executive has failed to adequately take into account the views of professionals concerned over the detrimental effects of Residents' Parking schemes on neighbourhoods lying directly outside the proposed pilot zones of Brandon Hill and Kingsdown.A PRESUMPTION IN FAVOUR OF OPENNESS
Ward Councillors and key stakeholders were denied advance notice or the opportunity to make comments to improve the quality of the deeply flawed Questionnaire which was distributed to households. - 28 Nov 08: Councillors Richard Eddy and Peter Abraham have formally called-in the decision until a special cross-panel scrutiny panel can look at again, possibly before Christmas
- 27 Nov: Plans for residents' parking schemes in two areas of the city are being pushed ahead, despite repeated claims that the knock-on effect will be to turn Bristol into one big parking zone. Bristol City Council's ruling cabinet gave the go-ahead to the pilot schemes in Kingsdown and Brandon Hill in Clifton at a meeting last night, subject to a further round of public consultation on final designs and boundaries, rejecting appeals for the decision to be delayed. Campaigners, the Liberal Democrats and the Conservatives had all called for the Labour-controlled cabinet to wait before pushing ahead with the scheme, arguing the consultation that lead to the decision was flawed.
- 25 Nov: At the extraordinary meeting it was decided to discuss the implementation of pilot zones
at the cabinet rather than delay implementation all together.
Brandon Hill zone encompasses Queens Road to north, Clifton Road, Cliftonwood Rd, Randall Road to west, Hotwell Rd to south and Jacobs Wells Road, west of Berkeley Place, east of Meridian Place and part of Richmond Hill. These boundaries may move since residents just over the boundary will also be consulted
It was agreed that there was still a lack of information in order to help the councillors decide at cabinet on 26th November at 6pm. Issues raised at the forum were to be put to the cabinet. Few answers to the publics questions were forthcoming, but they will be put on the Council website. The meeting was videoed so can be watched from the web. - 16 Nov: leaked news! Pilot schemes to be west of Brandon Hill and Kingsdown. See http://greenbristolblog.blogspot.com/2008/11/better-in-than-out.html
- 23 Oct 08:Councillors agreed to hold an extraordinary meeting to discuss the issue, at
6pm on Monday, November 24,
and requested more detailed information on the results of the survey to be provided next time.
At the Sustainable Development and Transport Scrutiny Commission meeting, Transport officer Colin Knight supplied the councillors with a brief summary of seven main points from the consultation, but added that a full analysis of the survey would not be available until 14 November. Proposals would be set out for 3 or 4 pilot areas. A 24 hour 7 day scheme was not the intent- they are working on bespoke schemes.
Councillors said the figures were inadequate, and they could not be expected to comment until they had the full information in front of them. The Cabinet will discuss the findings 27 November. - 2 Oct 08: RPZ had 25% response and analysis is over super-ouput areas- eg Clifton, Clifton East. The Council are looking for yes; no; no but support scheme. The scheme that was proposed will not be implemented. It will now goto Cabinet in November. The analysis will be available in October- took longer than expected
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23 August 08:
The full version of the analysis of CHIS members responses relating to RPZ is in September Newsletter
This scheme has naturally aroused considerable interest locally. CHIS received 114 responses to my letter, from about 600 households, in the space of three weeks. Members said how much they appreciated having the chance to put forward their comments on the Council’s proposal, and to encourage us to keep up the good work. Several filled more than one page with their comments. We deliberately let people put their points in their own words rather than being constrained by set questions. Unsurprisingly different areas of Clifton have different problems and concerns, and even people who felt that a residential scheme might help thought that the Council’s consultation, and the scheme itself, were deeply flawed. We also found out what other groups have been doing, which gives us a chance to collaborate. A summary of the views was presented to the CHIS committee on August 2nd giving a detailed breakdown of views, and the newsletter article discusses them.
The Council questionnaire’s purpose was to identify pilot zones, and to seek a democratic mandate for change. Results are now being analyzed, and will be published for the Council Cabinet meeting on October 14th. The results will be made public. There will then be a detailed consultation with the residents in those areas that have accepted the scheme. The Scheme will be implemented 12 month later. It is clear that the appropriate role for CHIS is neither to support nor to oppose the scheme, but to try to clarify the arguments on either side, and to be ready for detailed consultation should the results of the questionnaire lead to the decision to go ahead with the scheme in any particular zone.
B Worthington. Chairman Clifton and Hotwells Improvement Society -
5 July 08: Please note that there are NO proposals for Clifton yet, that the whole process will take at least three years, that the Council is required to do detailed consultation,
that doing nothing may not be an option, that the wider issues such as provision of public transport, public parking, and threats to front gardens, are of much greater importance than
individual gripes, of which of course there will be many. We all hate change. Our role is to ensure that this change occurs in a way that causes the least damage and the most
improvement.
RPZ will destroy the dynamics of a system that works, and destroy at least 20% of parking
spaces thus causing more problems. Streets close to each other can have totally different issues and RPZ does not take this into account. The zones are far too small
in a densely developed area. People will not be able to park in front of their own garages. CHIS will examine the proposals
and other snags and make them clear. After the exhibition in July (Princess Victoria St library Saturday 12 July 10-3pm) will be too late. We are sending a letter to all members asking for their views.
We do not know which members are for the scheme so may be difficult to speak on behalf of them.
We are working with the Network Planning Group and met the Council on Wednesday 2nd July to discuss it. We also attended a public meeting on 1st July held by a local protest group .
Do send a letter with your Council questionaire expressing extra points you wish to raise. The results will be analysed and present to Cabinet in October. The point of the questionaire is to identify pilot areas. - >
Discussed at Cabinet meeting of Bristol City Council 15 November 2007 18:00
- To introduce an inner and outer ring of residents parking zones in accordance with figure 1 and appendix 6 of the report (subject to the consultation below).
- That a strategic project management approach (the Bristol Residents Parking Project) be adopted to the comprehensive implementation of residents parking zones within the inner and outer rings over the next 4 years, subject to the necessary forward funding being approved.
- That an informal consultation exercise be undertaken, involving the Citizens Panel and the areas potentially affected, upon the operational principles set out in appendix 6 of the report, and to establish those areas where the greatest support for residents parking zones exists for possible early adoption, bearing in mind the Council's overall responsibilities as traffic authority for its area.
- That consultation on the intention to extend the existing central controlled parking zones, as shown coloured dark yellow in figure 1 of the report, should proceed, and that the operational hours of the existing central controlled parking zones be extended to cover 24 hours per day and 7 days per week to reflect the growth of the 24 hour economy.
Decisions: That the next steps in implementing the parking strategy, as set out in the proposals section of the report, be approved and implemented. Other options considered and rejected
- 1. That approval be given to introduce an inner and outer ring of residents parking zones in accordance with figure 1 and appendix 6 of the report (subject to the consultation below).
- 2. That a strategic project management approach (the Bristol Residents Parking Project) be adopted to the comprehensive implementation of residents parking zones within the inner and outer rings over the next 4 years, subject to the necessary forward funding being approved.
- 3. That an informal consultation exercise be undertaken, involving the Citizens Panel and the areas potentially affected, upon the operational principles set out in appendix 6 of the report, and to establish those areas where the greatest support for residents parking zones exists for possible early adoption, bearing in mind the Council's overall responsibilities as traffic authority for its area.
- 4. That consultation on the intention to extend the existing central controlled parking zones, as shown coloured dark yellow in figure 1 of the report, should proceed, and that the operational hours of the existing central controlled parking zones be extended to cover 24 hours per day and 7 days per week to reflect the growth of the 24 hour economy.