Agenda and minutes

Contact: Fiona Rae, Acting Committees Manager  3541, Email: fiona.rae@haringey.gov.uk

Items
No. Item

1.

Apologies for absence

To receive any apologies for absence.

Minutes:

There were no apologies for absence. 

 

2.

Declarations of interest

A member with a disclosable pecuniary interest or a prejudicial interest in a matter who attends a meeting of the authority at which the matter is considered:

 

(i) must disclose the interest at the start of the meeting or when the interest becomes apparent, and

(ii) may not participate in any discussion or vote on the matter and must withdraw from the meeting room.

 

A member who discloses at a meeting a disclosable pecuniary interest which is not registered in the Register of Members’ Interests or the subject of a pending notification must notify the Monitoring Officer of the interest within 28 days of the disclosure.

 

Disclosable pecuniary interests, personal interests and prejudicial interests are defined at Paragraphs 5-7 and Appendix A of the Members’ Code of Conduct

Minutes:

There were no declarations of interest. 

 

3.

Low Traffic Neighbourhoods Exemptions pdf icon PDF 517 KB

Additional documents:

Minutes:

On 7 December 2021, as part of the Council’s ambitious Streets for People initiative, Cabinet approved three Low Traffic Neighbourhoods (LTNs) to be implemented on a trial basis under experimental traffic orders (ETOs): Bounds Green; Bruce Grove West Green; and St Ann’s. As part of these decisions, Cabinet approved a series of exemptions to the non-hard closure filters in the LTN experimental schemes including for Blue Badge holders and special education needs and disabilities (SEND) transport. It was stated within the Cabinet reports that exemptions would be subject to an application process and exact criteria would follow in due course. It was also stated that there would be a separate route to obtain an exemption through an exceptional circumstance dispensation. In advance of the three LTNs being implemented in Summer 2022, this report seeks approval of the specific criteria and applications process that will apply in relation to the already agreed exemptions.

 

The Council’s adopted Walking and Cycling Action Plan (WCAP) sets out a policy to deliver a network of LTNs across the borough as part of Haringey’s Streets for People programme. The exemption criteria and application process set out in this report is proposed to apply to all Streets for People schemes going forward in which filtering of road is a key component including all LTNs.

 

Bounds Green LTN, Bruce Grove West Green LTN and St Ann’s LTN are the first 3 LTNs to be implemented by the Council and are being installed on a trial basis. All properties within the LTNs will remain accessible by motor vehicle but the way certain properties are accessed will change. Experience of other LTNs in London has shown overall reductions in vehicular traffic volumes over time but with variance on certain roads and at certain times. By reducing the number of motor vehicles in and around the LTNs it is hoped that journey times will improve or stay the same benefitting those who need to make essential journeys by car. However, some roads, especially as the schemes bed in, may see an increase in traffic volumes, especially at peak hours. The LTN exemptions have been developed to provide mitigation for people and groups who are more reliant on car travel and would be adversely affected by slower and/or longer journeys as a result an LTN. As part of the trials, the Council will keep the exemption approach in this report under review and, when it takes a decision as to whether or not to make the trial LTNs permanent, it will consider the need to amend the exemptions approach.

 

The proposals would be part of the monitoring process itself and several months of work had gone into the proposals. There was a large amount of detail with stakeholders and experts regarding the issue. It was important to note that the underlying point of the LTNs was to reduce motor traffic in the area as it was necessary to tackle climate change. Motor traffic affected health, wellbeing safety and actual social cohesion. It  ...  view the full minutes text for item 3.