Issue - meetings

To consider the feasibility of a review on the paving over of front gardens.

The Committee received the report on the feasibility of a full scrutiny review into paving over front gardens, introduced by Martin Bradford, Scrutiny Officer. 

The Committee noted that there was considerable demand for the development of front gardens into off-street parking and the environmental concerns including the reduction in biodiversity, loss of vegetation and heightened risk of flooding.

The Committee expressed concerns about the safety aspects of cars driving over footpaths and larger cars which protruded onto pavements and agreed that officers should be invited to provide a more in depth report on Paving Over Front Gardens at the meeting on 23 November. 

RESOLVED

i.          That the contents of the report be noted.

ii          That a full scrutiny review not be commissioned at this time but that the service be asked to provide a more in depth report on Paving Over Front Gardens at the Overview and Scrutiny Committee meeting on 23 November 2009.