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Westmorland Gazette
The
Windermere & Bowness Chamber of Trade are opposed to the Cumbria
County Council's proposals for 'on-street' parking charges in the format
currently set out.
However The Chamber of Trade acknowledges that not all its membership or businesses
in Bowness and Windermere are
against the idea and that the views expressed below do not
necessarily reflect ALL
of the membership.
Below are the emails
sent to the various statutory bodies and their officers regarding this
issue together with the replies were one has been received. Also
those received from members and non-members.
27 May 2014
From Cllr. McCreesh in response to the
email dated 22 May 2014
Thanks for your email, and sorry for the
delay in replying. It's been a busy period for those of us involved in
local politics.
I chair the County's Local Committee for South Lakeland, and it might be
useful to explain the Committee's role in the rollout of on-street
parking charges. I attach the relevant page from the papers of the
Cabinet meeting on the 15th - the
table in
4.18 shows clearly what the Local Committee can and cannot do.
At the moment, there is work ongoing on the items over which the Local
Committee does have discretion. Local members in the relevant towns have
been working with Highways officers, and local residents and groups, to
firm up the list of streets and discuss the most appropriate charging
regime for their areas. The results of this work will be fed back to a
future meeting of the Local Committee for approval.
I believe Cllr Stephenson has offered to meet you at a mutually
convenient time to discuss these local implementation issues with
yourselves. I would recommend this as the most useful way to engage with
the process at the moment.
Obviously, as a Kendal resident, I'm not as familiar with your local
issues as Cllr Stephenson. However, I am happy to meet if you think it
would be useful. Please note I will be on holiday for the first two
weeks in June.
When the matter comes back to Local Committee, you are of course very
welcome to attend under the Council's
public participation scheme (copy also attached). However, I would
recommend that any representations, questions, etc are directed at
issues over which the Local Committee has discretion.
Hope this helps
John
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County Councillor for Kendal Strickland and Fell
tel: 01539 720849
twitter: @johnmccreesh
23 May 2014
From Andy Brown, Cumbria County Council
Barry,
Sorry for delay in
getting back to you.
Just to confirm that
Cabinet agreed at its 13th February 2014 meeting to introduce
On-street Parking Charges in the 11 towns named in the Consultation ie
Carlisle, Penrith, Kendal, Barrow, Workington, Whitehaven, Maryport,
Keswick, Cockermouth, Windermere and Bowness and Ambleside.
The decision on which
streets to be included and the associated tariff will be determined by
each Local Committee with the intention that it will be implemented this
financial year.
I trust that helps
clarify the position.
Regards.
Andy
Andy Brown
Senior Manager | Strategic Asset Management | Highways, Transport and
Fleet
Environment and Community Services | Cumbria County Council
Parkhouse
Building | Kingmoor Business Park |
Carlisle | CA6 4SJ
22 May 2014
From Barry Butler to John
McCreesh:
Dear Mr McCreesh.
We have been advised
by Jo Stephenson to contact you regarding the proposed on street parking
charges for Windermere and Bowness.
We would be pleased to
meet with you and the officers in charge, Nick Raymond at the earliest
convenient time to hear your proposals and to voice our concerns as to
the effect on businesses and residents and see what maybe agreed.
I noticed a comment
attached to the minutes of the meeting on 15 May 2014 about restrictions
all year on the Glebe Road and would be pleased to know what is
happening here.
We had long
discussions with Steve Ratcliffe, who had consulted the County Council
and SLDC, last year about the removal of some parking spaces on the
basis that there would be no changes to the rest of the parking on Glebe
Road apart from the creation of additional chevron style parking by
Shepherds.
I await to hear from
you.
Regards
Barry Butler
Chair - Windermere and
Bowness Chamber of Trade
21st May 2014 from Barry Butler to Andrew
Moss:
Dear Andrew
I have been
reading the minutes of the meetings on
3/4/2014 and
15/5/2014 regarding on street parking.
I note that
Windermere and Bowness were not included in the towns to be affected in
the April meeting but were included in the towns for the May meeting. Is
this because it will not be implement here until after 2015?
Could you please
provide a list of the streets to be affected in Windermere and Bowness.
Regards
Barry Butler
Chair - Windermere and
Bowness Chamber of Trade
Barry Butler
Dip.Est.Man., MRICS
Reply from Andrew Moss:
Barry, I have asked
the team to clarify this with you directly tomorrow.
Regards
Andrew
Assistant Director Highways, Transport and Fleet
Cumbria County Council
Tel: 01228 221389
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