Issue - meetings
Low / free car parking policy and actual implementation and issues
Meeting: 05/02/2013 - Regulatory Committee (Item 81)
81 Low car / Car free Development 
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To advise the Committee of the policies and implementation issues surrounding low car and car free residential developments (deferred from 22 November 2012 meeting).
Minutes:
The Committee considered a report, deferred from the last meeting, providing an overview on policies and implementation issues surrounding low car and car free developments, primarily in this instance the Council’s UDP. The link was explained to assessments of Public Transport Accessibility Levels (PTALs) which had been mapped across the borough. Members raised concerns over a perceived variation in the application of car free development rules across the borough, potentially linked to issues of the marketability of properties. Confirmation was provided that PTALs served only as a guide and that applications were determined on a case by case basis and with regards to the policy set out within the UDP of supporting car free residential development. It was requested that the formula used to calculate PTALs be forward to Cllr Schmitz.
Members queried the position with regards to the allocation of parking space for mobility scooters within developments. Officers agreed to refer this issue to the Development Control Policy and Standards Group for further consideration.
RESOLVED
· That the report be noted.
Meeting: 22/11/2012 - Regulatory Committee (Item 74)
74 Low car / Car free Development PDF 301 KB
To advise the Committee of the policies and implementation issues surrounding low car and car free residential developments.
Additional documents:
Minutes:
The Committee considered a report, previously circulated, which set out the policies and implementation issues surrounding low car and car free residential developments.
The Committee noted that whenever the issue of low car or car free developments came up in a planning application, this tended to be quite contentious, and tied in with the issue of CPZs.
It was felt that this was an issue which warranted longer discussion, and as the time was approaching 10pm, it was agreed that this item be adjourned to the next meeting of the Committee, and the remaining items on the agenda be deferred to the same meeting.