Agenda item

Report of the Corporate Director Community and Environment.

The Panel received a report of the Corporate Director Community and Environment setting out details of the petitions received since the last meeting of the Panel, including investigations and findings where these had been undertaken.

Taunton Way – request for traffic measures

Officers reported that this was a busy, narrow road, containing many natural bends.  Officers had received many complaints about this road from residents, although there were already some traffic calming measures in place.

The Chairman suggested that the report relating to Taunton Way be forwarded to the lead signatory of the petition.

Eastcote Road/Kingsley Road – Roxeth Park entrance, request for safety measures

An officer reported that officers had reviewed the site and were proposing to introduce new road markings in light of the concerns raised by the petitioners.

Canons Corner – request for parking for shops

A Member requested that if a re-consultation was agreed then the consultation area should be smaller.

An officer reported that a video survey had been carried out at Canons Corner and a scheme of improvements would be proposed at a future meeting of the Panel.

Pinner Road – request to remove parking controls

An officer stated that there had been a site meeting with Councillors, representatives of Pinner Road Shops and Transport for London (TfL).  The intention was to carry out a review, but this would not be possible until early 2011, as the current programme was very busy.

A Member of the panel stated that the involvement of TfL and the Strategic Road Network (SRN) had become an issue only when parking restrictions had been extended to weekends.  He asked if TfL was prepared to allow the relaxation of parking restrictions.  He also asked if it would it be possible to negotiate with traders for the introduction of parking bays in their forecourts.

An adviser to the Panel thanked officers for their response to the petition.   He stated that he had witnessed numerous examples of double parking and disregard for double yellow lines in the Pinner Road area and requested that parking enforcement officers provide further information about this at the next meeting of the Panel.

Kynaston Wood, Harrow Weald – footway parking issues

An officer reported that parking enforcement in this area was a relatively recent phenomenon and recommended that a footway parking exemption scheme in Kynaston Wood should not be taken forward.

A Panel Member said it was a matter of regret that agreement had not been reached for the provision of parking bays along the Pinner Road frontage since that should address the problems being raised by the traders. Such action in Alexandra Avenue was proving successful for the Rayners Lane shopping centre and he recommended further consideration for Pinner Road. 

Officers undertook to include this in the programme review.

RESOLVED:  That

(1)               the report relating to Taunton Way be forwarded to the lead signatory to the petition for information;

(2)               information about parking enforcement in the vicinity of Pinner Road be provided at the next meeting of the Panel in November 2010;

(3)               the petitions be noted.