Issue - meetings

Cabinet Member: Cabinet Member for Sustainable Croydon, Councillor Muhammad Ali

Officer: Executive Director Place, Shifa Mustafa

Key decision: yes

The Cabinet Member for Sustainable Croydon informed Members that the report was in response to the referral and recommendations from the Scrutiny & Overview Committee in relation to the call-in on Emissions Based Parking Charges. During its consideration of the called-in decision the Committee had considered a number of areas including the environmental and economic impact of the proposed removal of free parking bays; in particular in district centres.

Following its consideration, it was noted by the Cabinet Member that the Scrutiny & Overview Committee had recommended that the free parking bays be retained and a report be taken to a future meeting of the Traffic Management Advisory Committee to consider future parking policies. The Cabinet Member thanked the Committee for reviewing the decision and the points raised.

The Lead Opposition Member for Scrutiny welcomed the end to the suspension of free parking and requested confirmation that any future decisions on parking would be evidence led and would take into consideration local circumstances. In response, the Cabinet Member confirmed that future decisions would use available data.

The Leader of the Council delegated authority to the Cabinet to make the following decisions:

RESOLVED: To

1.    Note the grounds for referral made by the Scrutiny & Overview Committee on the Emission-based Parking Charges key decision.

2.    Agree that:

1)    Parking charges across the Borough are increased in line with the recommendations made in

Key Decision No.: 5120ETR - Parking charges review January 2021

Key Decision No.: 0220PL - EMISSION-BASED PARKING CHARGES

2)    That where current free parking bays exist across the Borough that these remain free for the current time and that to note that a report will be submitted to the Traffic Management Advisory Committee that will explore the options available to achieve the policy outcomes required within the Parking Policy.