Issue - meetings

As detailed in the recommendations.

The Deputy Leader and Cabinet Member for Environment presented a report to provide an update on the introduction of Civil Parking Enforcement (CPE) in Flintshire and to establish an ‘Off-street’ Parking Policy for the County. Contained within the report were documents relating to Contravention Codes, Residents Permits and Disabled Parking Bays attached at Appendices A, B and C, all of which required approval from Cabinet.

The Deputy Leader and Cabinet Member for Environment provided additional information around the proposals to use the Wales Penalty Processing Partnership (WPPP) to process all Parking Contravention Notices, the nomination of a Councillor to serve on the Adjudication Joint Committee and the historic inconsistency in the way the Council’s car parks were managed across the County. In moving the report, the Deputy Leader and Cabinet Member for Environment proposed an amendment to the recommendations outlined within the report, that Cabinet approve the ‘Off Street’ Parking Policy shown in Appendix D, subject to the views expressed during the Scrutiny process in January, 2013 and a review of all car parks listed against the criteria set out in paragraph 10 of Appendix D, with consideration of any temporary exemptions for special reasons. Following the Scrutiny process it was also proposed that a further report be brought back to Cabinet on Appendix D to finalise the proposals.

Cabinet Members welcomed the report. The Cabinet Member for Public Protection, Waste and Recycling said that the Council should be mindful of the sensitivity around estate parking and said that this would need further consideration in the future.

RESOLVED:

(a)       That the list of Contravention Codes and Polices on Residents Permits and Disabled Parking Bays shown in Appendices A, B and C be approved;

(b)       That the 'Off Street' Parking Policy shown in Appendix D be approved, subject to the views expressed during the Scrutiny process in January, 2013 and a review of all car parks listed against the criteria set out in paragraph 10 of Appendix D, with consideration of any temporary exemptions for special reasons;

(c)        That the Summary Business Case shown in Appendix E be approved for submission to the Welsh Government, as a formal request for Civil Parking Enforcement powers to be conferred upon Flintshire County Council;

(d)       That the use of Wales Penalty Processing Partnership (WPPP) to process all Parking Contraventions Notices (PCNs) be approved;  

(e)       That delegated authority be granted to the Director of Environment, following consultation with the Cabinet Member for Environment, to finalise all detailed aspects of the process, including the matters listed in paragraph 3.09 of the report;

(f)         That the Cabinet Member for Environment, or their nominated substitute, be approved as the Council's representative on the Adjudication Joint Committee outlined in paragraph 3.04 of the report; and

(g)       That a further report be brought to Cabinet on Appendix D, to finalise the proposals.