Decision Maker: Corporate Director of Environment
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Is Key decision?: Yes
Is subject to call in?: Yes
To consider a proposal to introduce an
Experimental Traffic Regulation Order (ETRO), introducing overnight
parking restrictions at seafront on-street parking locations at
Sandsend, Royal Albert Drive, Scarborough and Cayton Bay.
The making of an Experimental Traffic
Regulation Order (ETRO) is approved, as described in section 5.0 of
the report and
i) the Corporate Director - Environment be authorised to make minor
changes within the first six months of the ETRO;
ii) in line with the procedure for ETROs, before the expiration of
18 months a further report is brought, in order for a decision to
be made on whether to make the Order permanent, amend it or remove
it;
iii) officers consider marking the long parking bays at Sandsend as
individual bays and, if appropriate, change the markings prior to
the start of the 2025 summer tourism season, as described in
section 7.0 of the report.
iv) officers attend the next Scarborough & Whitby Area
Constituency Committee on 3 October 2024 in order to gather the
committee’s views on the initial effects of the ETRO and to
discuss the other highway locations where similar concerns have
already been raised, as well as any new locations which may begin
to experience effects following the introduction of the ETRO.
The proposals seek to address the longstanding
issues of detriment of amenity arising from the overnight parking
of motor caravans at the three locations.
• An ETRO will allow the restriction to be trialled in a
"live" situation for up to 18 months, with the consultation period
running alongside the trial for the first six months
• The proposals are supported by the local members for each
location
• The proposals seek to reduce the risk of fire spreading at
night. The proposals are supported by the local Fire Authority and
Community Safety
Mark individual parking bays at
Sandsend:
There have been calls for individual bay markings to be marked at
Sandsend, so that longer vehicles have to buy more than one ticket
in the daytime, as is the case at Royal Albert Drive.
It is not commonplace for individual bay markings to be marked for
on-street parking bays, the exceptions are Royal Albert
Drive/Marine Drive in Scarborough. Marine Drive is not part of the
publicly maintained highway and is regulated as an off-street car
park, necessitating individual bay markings. It is likely that bays
were marked out on Royal Albert Drive (publicly maintained highway)
because it is immediately adjacent the marked bays on Marine
Drive.
Marking individual bays at Sandsend would generally limit the
numbers of vehicles able to park, as generally more vehicles can
fit along a length of continuous bay than if the bays were broken
up into shorter, individual bays. However, given the strength of
feeling around this issue, and the fact that Sandsend attracts a
disproportionate number of large vehicles including motor caravans,
officers will look into whether this is a viable option.
Charge for overnight parking:
This has been considered as an option, but it is not currently
proposed to introduce overnight charging for motor caravans. The
concerns and issues with overnight parking would not be alleviated
by this proposal and could result in exacerbating the existing
adverse impacts on amenity.
There are many campsites available in the local area and the
highway authority does not wish to compete with or harm these local
businesses.
Given the fire safety issues, overnight provision for motor
caravans on the highway could only be made if parking in the three
bays either side of a motor caravan were prohibited. It is not
possible to regulate or enforce this.
Even if the loss of amenity issues could be overcome, there would
need to be a review of parking policy before setting any fee. A
comprehensive council-wide review of on-street and off-street
parking is planned but the outcome of this review is some time
away. Given the ongoing issues being experienced, it is therefore
necessary to take action now rather than await the outcome of the
county wide review.
Allow some overnight parking of motor caravans on the highway or
elsewhere off the highway:
It is not currently proposed to cater for overnight parking of
motor caravans on the highway as to do so would exacerbate the
existing concerns around loss of amenity.
Any overnight provision/charges aimed at motor caravans would need
to be considered by a county-wide parking review. This will examine
off-street council car parks and on-street parking, and should be
carried out in collaboration with Tourism and Leisure Services, in
order to examine whether or not the council should consider
providing specific alternatives for the overnight parking of motor
caravans.
Publication date: 12/08/2024
Date of decision: 09/08/2024
Effective from: 19/08/2024
Current call-in Count: 0
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