Hi James,
Thank you very much for supplying the figures - the complaint has been made
for years. In fact, we have raised the issue of 'residents only' time right
from the start, as policing during the day is mostly unnecessary and ceases
after 6pm, when many residents are actually getting home from work and
struggle to find parking. The answer has been the same for all those years:
Council only enforces during the day, as they can't afford out-of-hours
policing... In other words, as far as residents' parking is concerned, the
scheme is mostly useless, and the main reason for opting in was the
understanding 'if we don't, we'll be the freebie of the local area' - which
is precisely what happened to Hunter House Road.
When we speak to students, we've been actively trying to dissuade them from
bringing their cars, as they mostly don't need them during the week (in
term time). We have also suggested campaigning for second/third permits to
be *more* expensive than first permits, to emphasise that there are
limitations and to incentivise car-sharing and using public transport...
All to no avail.
As the demographics in this area are changing, with more 'young graduates'
sharing HMOs and more young, two-car families moving in, the parking
situation has been getting steadily worse. The street resurfacing has also
resulted in the loss of some parking.
So yes, the situation is unsustainable. At the top end of
Rossington/Everton, overnight parking on double yellow lines is now the
norm, and often we dread coming home late, since we won't be able to park
in any permitted space - sometimes we even give up on going out or staying
for longer because of that.
Best,
Ramen & Fides
On Mon, 25 Mar 2019, 20:20 James Sutherland <info@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
Hi everyone
I’m sorry I can’t make the meeting this week regarding car parking around
the ECCO forum area due to a family birthday. I like most of us do worry
(and indeed stress) about the daily challenges each of us faces attempting
to park cars in resident spaces we have paid for.
Earlier this year I decided to contact Sheffield City Council to make a
freedom of information request which was quite enlightening…...
I requested to find out:
* 1. The Council’s estimate of the number of car parking spaces on the
roads of Rossington Road, Newington Road and Everton Road.*
* 2. The total number of permits issued on the roads of Rossington Road,
Newington Road, Everton Road and numbers 78-92 Brocco Bank.*
* 3. Number of properties issued 3 or more permits.*
*QUESTION 1:*
"In relation to the estimation of the number of car parking spaces, the
Council’s Traffic Regulation Order System states the following lengths of
bays:
Rossington Road 137m & 129m
Newington Road 122m & 99m
Everton Road 99m & 174m
*TOTAL: 760m*
The Council’s transport scheme design team uses an average length of 5.5m
when planning the amount of bays.”
*Therefore, 760 Divided by 5.5 (average vehicle length) = 138 spaces
based on the Council’s own calculations.*
*QUESTION 2:*
"In relation to the number of car parking permits issued the Council
reports the following number of resident permits have been issued:
Rossington Road 58
Newington Road 36
Everton Road 60
78 – 92 Brocco Bank 6"
*TOTAL: 160 resident permits issued*
*QUESTION 3:*
"No properties can be allocated more than 3 parking permits.
X3 properties on Rossington Road have 3 permits
X1 property of Newington Road has 3 permits
X1 property on Everton Road has 3 permits
No properties (78-92) Brocco Bank have 3 permits"
*IN SUMMARY:*
Based on the Council’s own figures and on the sample size requested it is
clear the council have over sold and over subscribed on resident parking
permits, *granting approximately 22 permits more than there is physically
space for!!!*
This is without considering the additional impact of the Brocco on the
Park hotel and restaurant which certainly on Rossington Road places
additional pressure on the parking permits. Ordinarily this would be a
problem outside of the parking restriction times, however, I have all too
often seen people attending the hotel/restaurant parking on Rossington Road
with blatant disregard to resident’s parking being in effect. I am
supportive towards the hotel for the positive image it portrays and this is
by no means a criticism of the staff and management of the hotel as this
situation is beyond their control.
*MY QUESTIONS/OBSERVATIONS:*
*1. *Why is the resident’s parking restriction time limited to up until
6pm when to attempt to manage the parking situation 24/7 restrictions are
needed to attempt to supply sufficient parking for the resident permits
issued?
2. How do the Council plan to take action to more appropriately match the
number of allocated parking bays to the actual capacity?
3. Why do students receive a discount for resident parking permits? Many
students are resident in Sheffield for the bulk of the year and we do not
offer discounts on factors such as road tax, so why should parking be any
different?
4. Given there is a clear oversubscription of parking spaces at this time,
would it be sensible for the non-residential parking spaces at the bottom
of Rossington Road and Newington Road to be converted into resident only
parking to attempt to manage the shortage of capacity that has been created
by the Council issuing too many resident permits?
Once again, sorry I am unable to make the meeting and also for the length
of this email but hopefully the information may be of use and also makes
interesting reading for those of us frustrated with struggles to find car
parking spaces at times.
Kind regards
James
James Sutherland
Director
84 Brocco Bank Sheffield S11 8RS
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On 13 Mar 2019, at 19:42, Gwen Wilson <wilsongw123@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I intend to attend.
Gwen
On Wed, Mar 13, 2019 at 1:31 PM Mike and Jan Andrews <
botanic88@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi all
You may remember that a nearby community group (BGCA) wanted to hold a
meeting concerning Parking Permits on 20th February. It was cancelled
because the councillor concerned couldn't attend.
BGCA have arranged another meeting for Wednesday 27th March at 8.00 pm at
the Well on Ecclesall Road. Cllr Neale Gibson should be there. I've been
told that he is now responsible for parking permits.
ECCO members are invited, but please reply to this email or let me know
somehow if you are fairly sure you want to come. This is important because
BGCA needs a good idea of the numbers.
Also please remember that we are only invited to deal with the specific
issue of parking permits, not to air our grievances about everything else!
Mike
