Issue - meetings

Option 1 – To adopt the draft Parking Delivery Plan, attached at Appendix 4, taking note of the consultation, and produce/publish the final plan.

Thanks was expressed to officers and to WYG Engineering for their work in producing the extensive plan. In implementing the plan it would be important to balance the revenue potential against the economic impact of parking policies. It would need to support the Regeneration Strategy, the Local Transport Plan and Draft Planning Strategy. It was noted that since the council had previously undertaken the exercise there were an additional 10,000 cars on the Island, equating to 1.3 per household. The intention was not to create more car parks but to reduce car usage. During the pandemic the increase in the amount of people working from home had reduced the need to use a car. The document was flexible and would be adapted as situations developed going forward.