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[Report of the Director for Housing, Regeneration and Planning. This report describes the issues with the current out-sourced Estate Controlled Parking Scheme and seeks permission to replace the scheme with a new more effective in-sourced solution based on consultation with effected residents.]

The Cabinet Member for Housing and Estate Renewal introduced the report which sought approval to introduce a new estate parking management scheme which would meet both residents’ needs and the objectives of the estate parking review which Cabinet approved in July 2019. The current system for controlling estate parking was ineffective and it was not fair for residents to subsidise a poor service which they may not even be using. The new improved service would provide the best value for money offer. In the short term, the new scheme would deliver an improved service to over 280 estates across the borough. In the medium to long term it was hoped that the scheme would provide improved service to all Haringey estates.

Gethin Segel, Parking and Project Manager, responded to questions from Councillor Dennison:

-           The charge for carers would be set at £12 annually, which was the admin cost to process a permit and no income would be generated from these applications.

-           To comply with all relevant legislation there would be two schemes implemented. The Estate Parking Scheme would be managed by Homes for Haringey on behalf of Haringey Council and charges would be collected by the Housing Revenue Account. An enforcement scheme to administer parking rules would be managed by Haringey Council via Traffic Management Orders and income would be collected by the Parking Account.

RESOLVED

1)    To approve the estate parking management scheme based on a Traffic Management Order (TMO) based scheme using powers provided to Local Authorities under the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984.

2)    To approve the proposal to in-source enforcement of estate parking to Haringey Council’s own In-House Parking Service with income derived from enforcement collected by the Parking Account of the General Fund; and

3)    To Delegate the service design and service level agreement for the in-sourced service to the Director of Environment and Neighbourhoods, and the Managing Director of Homes for Haringey in consultation with the Cabinet Member(s) responsible for Housing & Estate Renewal and Parking.

Reasons for decision

The current ECPS is redundant because the Protection of Freedoms Act makes it

hard to enforce and lack of DVLA support means it cannot collect enough income to cover costs. A Traffic Management Order (TMO) based scheme is the preferred solution because it is the only option, meets the aims of the estate parking review to deliver a financially viable scheme with the powers to effectively control parking and meets residents’ needs as well as assisting in tackling the climate change emergency. In addition, a TMO scheme is the Department of Transport’s recommended solution operated successfully by neighbouring boroughs including Enfield and Islington.

In-sourcing the delivery of estate parking enforcement to Haringey Council’s own Parking Service meets the objectives of the estate parking review established by Cabinet. This will allow Haringey Council to share resources and expertise in a sustainable way to generate efficiencies and savings. In addition, estate parking management will benefit from the improvements delivered by the Parking Transformational programme including new  ...  view the full minutes text for item 381