Agenda item

The Committee received the report.

Councillor Edwards expressed the concern that the consultation had been conducted during the lockdown and therefore felt the response rate was lower than it would have been during normal times. He asked that officers work with ward councillors to agree a timeline for when recommendations 2 within the report should be conducted, as during the pandemic was not the right time.

Councillor Williams felt that more people would have retuned the consultation during a lockdown and therefore suggested the CPZ was not favourable amongst residents.

Councillor Weeden-Sanz asked for confirmation on whether a second informal consultation would cost the Council additional money. Officers confirmed that the second consultation would incur costs of £6,000 as outlined in section 5.2 of the report.

Members also requested that the costs of any consultations or works were made clear in the officer’s recommendations of the report and not just indicated within the main body of the report.

Following discussion of the report, the Chairman moved to the vote.

The votes on recommendation 1: were recorded as follows:

That the Chipping Barnet Committee, considered the feedback from the informal consultation on the review of the Controlled Parking Zone in Normandy and Bedford Avenue in April 2020, summarised in this report and: -

(a)  Noted the results of the consultation

(b)  Agreed not to proceed with changes to the days, hours or permit designation of the CPZ in Normandy Avenue and Bedford Avenue at this time

The votes on recommendation 2 were recorded as follows:

That the Chipping Barnet Area Committee, consider and authorise the Executive Director for Environment to: -

(a)  conduct a secondary informal consultation on a CPZ review, with the timing of such to be agreed with Ward Councillors; and

(b)  report the results of the consultation referred to in 2(a) above to a future meeting of this Committee

The votes on recommendation 3 were recorded as follows:

That the Chipping Barnet Area Committee, consider and authorise the Executive Director for Environment to: -

(a)  investigate, design and carry out a statutory consultation on parking restriction changes to accommodate ‘D’ resident permit holders in the parking bays in Newlyn Road

(b)  obtain agreement with Ward Councillors regarding the design mentioned in 3(a) above

(c)  subject to the Ward Councillor agreement mentioned in 3(b) above, carry out a statutory consultation on agreed proposals

(d)  obtain agreement with Ward Councillors regarding the timing of the statutory consultation mentioned in 3(c) above

(e)  consider any objections to the statutory consultation outlined in 3(c) above using his Delegated Powers, and decide whether to introduce the proposals or not, and if so, with or without modification

introduce the proposed measures, if any are required following the decision made in accordance with 3(e) above and if no objections are received to the statutory consultation mentioned in 3(c) above, through the making of the relevant Traffic Management Orders and implementation of the relevant signage

RESOLVED that:

1.    That the Chipping Barnet Committee, considered the feedback from the informal consultation on the review of the Controlled Parking Zone in Normandy and Bedford Avenue in April 2020, summarised in this report and: -

(a) Noted the results of the consultation

(b) Agreed not to proceed with changes to the days, hours or permit designation of the CPZ in Normandy Avenue and Bedford Avenue at this time