The Committee:
(1) Received and considered the findings of the Car Parking Working Group;
(2) Agreed with the Car Parking Working Group’s recommendations as below that:
a) Officers should conduct a study of blue badge usage within the rear of the Town Hall car park and, subject to the outcome, remove but to three blue badge bays;
b) Subject to public consultation, the layout of Richards Fields car park should be altered to include a mix of residential permit parking and limited waiting bays for shoppers to visit the retail outlets in the area;
c) In principle, if and when any annual permit schemes were introduced in Epsom and Ewell Borough Council owned car parks in future, the charges should be aligned with Hook Road permit prices;
d) Officers be authorised to allow the purchase of up to 15 permits in Court Recreation Group on a Monday to Friday basis for a price in line with the residents rate of £330 per year;
e) Hook Road Car Park opening hours should not be extended and the current opening hours maintained;
(3) Noted the changes to be made to the running of the car park service as outlined in the annexe subject to the Council’s Human Resources policies;
(4) Agreed the following action to be undertaken by officers as a result of the review: namely:
a) A review into the existing arrangements within the Kingston Road (Stoneleigh Parade) car park during 2017/18 (to be specifically undertaken by the Head of Property and Head of Legal and Democratic Services); the findings to be reported to a future meeting of the Committee;
b) The introduction of signage identified during the Working Party tours, funded from current revenue budget allocation in 2016/17 and 2017/18;
c) A review of the shopmobility service, the findings to be reported to a future meeting of the Community and Wellbeing Committee;
d) A review of existing leading arrangements for car washing facilities in car parks by 30 September 2017;
e) A review of the effectiveness of the moped introduced for on street parking with a business case for an additional moped to be carried forward as park of the budget requirement 2017/18;
f) To pursue options for advertising in car parks during 2017/18;
g) The investigation of potential site options for additional parking by the Council’s Place Development team and Head of Property.