Parking Permits in Hillsborough.

[andyk68 10]

See Appendix B:

 

http://www.sheffield.gov.uk/your-city-council/council-meetings/cabinet/agendas-2006/agenda-22nd-november/residents-parking-zones

 

Very interesting, my road is not on that list. But then I think once they start on an area they wont leave roads out.

[HotPhil 10]

Oh gawd, it's started then? Although I like the idea of an 85% occupancy threshold as a decision factor. Assuming it's properly done of course - if they just measure the one space closest to Hillsborough precinct it'll be 100% and then our extra tax'll get rubber-stamped I guess. If a scheme is implemented along/around Taplin Road, the 6 or so residents who probably feel aggrieved that they moved so close to all the shops will bring untold misery on hundreds of others all around the area.

I'll be fighting this one. Planner1 already kindly sent me the details of who to contact at the council, perhaps time to make that call...

[jayne67 10]

If its going to be like Loxley New Road, then its one permit per family. Not good if you have two cars.

 

Jayne

[Picky1 10]

more to the point how much will it cost the people that live in the area

[Swan_Vesta 11]

I fully oppose this idea. I work shifts and manage to park my car in the times where the average Joe is off at work ....... God knows how the poor sods who work 9 - 5 cope coming back at the same time each day.

 

They can't have it both ways. Either leave it as it is (imperfect but workable) with a goodly amount of prosperous families with their two cars or have us all in shonky houses which only appeal to the workshy.

[Planner1 437]

more to the point how much will it cost the people that live in the area

 

In the Council's current permit parking schemes, it costs a resident £36 for your first permit and £72 for your second (if allowed). Businesses pay double this amount.

 

Contrary to what some may think, the permit costs do not tend to increase year on year, it's only gone up once, by £1, since this type of scheme was introduced in Broomhall, several years ago.

[Greybeard 10]

See Appendix B:

 

http://www.sheffield.gov.uk/your-city-council/council-meetings/cabinet/agendas-2006/agenda-22nd-november/residents-parking-zones

 

"List of Streets where residents have requested residents parking (as received by Officers)"

 

Hillsborough Shopping Centre ?

 

Doubt there will be a Hillsborough Shopping Centre if parking in the side streets becomes permit holders only.

[metalman 21]

I can't believe that Dorothy Rd and Lennox Rd are two of the roads which it says have submitted applications for resident's parking. I used to live on Dorothy Rd and the only problem we ever had parking outside our house was on match day. The only other indication that anybody else ever parked in that road was when there was a bowls tournament at the park opposite.

[Planner1 437]

Do you have a source for that information? Or is it just a guess?

 

When I lived at Netherthorpe I don't think there was one person on our street who supported the scheme.

 

The way these schemes run is that the council paints parking bays on the road, and then charge residents an annual fee to have a possible chance of parking in them. There is nothing the residents can do when commuters park in the bays, and they sometimes end up having to park at least a mile from their home... even though they have bought a permit.

 

There also always seem to be a lot fewer parking spaces on the street when the permit schemes come in... which will be very problematic on a lot of the streets with terraced housing around Hillsborough.

 

The scheme in Netherthorpe is an old one, not the same as the current type of permit scheme.

 

The Council get a lot of feedback, they do reviews of the schemes when they have been in for a while, so they have a good idea of what people think. In Broomhall and Broomhill they generally like the schemes a lot. There are more mixed views in Sharrow Vale because there is a different mix of housing and resident type.

 

If commuters park in a residents bay, they get ticketed. I think that people in the Broomhill, Broomhall and Sharrow Vale zones will confirm that enforcement does take place. If you see an offence, you can ring parking services and they will pay the offender a visit I'm sure!

 

I think your assertion of people parking a mile from their homes is a gross exageration. I have heard that very occasionally people might have to park on the next street, but that's all. No-one can be guaranteed a space outside their house or on their street. This is a problem in areas with terraced housing as car ownership increases.

 

When introducing a permit scheme, the Council do take the opportunity to bring waiting restrictions in the area up to date. Typically in areas with parking problems, people tend to park in inappropriate and dangerous places when there are no other spaces left. The Council will only put in restrictions where it's necessary, but yes, in general there will be less parking space. This is of course offset by the removal of commuters and the restriction on the number of vehicles that each property can have in the area.

 

Local people will need to look at the plans and scheme operating conditions and decide for themselves whether they want the scheme. They will get their chance to comment in the consultation.

 

Where the majority of residents have not wanted a scheme, the Council haven't imposed it, this happened on several streets in the Hunters Bar area.

[Planner1 437]

"List of Streets where residents have requested residents parking (as received by Officers)"

 

Hillsborough Shopping Centre ?

 

Doubt there will be a Hillsborough Shopping Centre if parking in the side streets becomes permit holders only.

 

Broomhill, Sharrow Vale, London Rd and Ecclesall Road are in or adjacent to permit zones. Have you noticed lots of shops closing?

[Deepak_S7 10]

The Council have, over a number of years, received lots of requests for permit parking schemes in district shopping centres. They've decided to look at Hillsborough as the first one.

 

The first step in any such scheme is to establish what current conditions are in terms of parking occupancy and turnover. That's what the survey staff will have been doing.

 

 

 

 

They could always just ask if the locals want a scheme

But theres no money in that I suppose

 

Or they could introduce a scheme if some but not all locals want it depending on how the votes are counted and then push the parking problem into the next borough which has never had a problem but will do soon

 

Or they could introduce the scheme in one area eg Broomhill on behalf of the landed gentry, shove the problems there into Sharrow who then ask for a scheme which then shoves the problem into Nether Edge which has never ever had parking problems but does now with no immediate chance of its own scheme as there is more money to be made, oops sorry, a bigger problem in Hillsboro

 

 

Grrrrr

 

 

Be careful what you ask for

[Planner1 437]

They could always just ask if the locals want a scheme

Plenty of locals have already asked for it.