Issue - decisions

Proposed Experimental Traffic Regulation Order prohibiting overnight motor caravan parking on various streets, including at Sandsend, Whitby, Scarborough and Cayton Bay

12/08/2024 - Proposed Experimental Traffic Regulation Order prohibiting overnight motor caravan parking on various streets, including at Sandsend, Whitby, 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.