We value your ideas and comments. Please take this opportunity to express your views, to participate in shaping the East Suffolk Area Parking Plan.

The East Suffolk Area Parking Plan is based on 11 key principles, which will govern how civil parking enforcement (CPE) will be administered in East Suffolk.

We want to know if you agree with our planned approach or if you think we can improve on these principles.

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* 1. Principle 1
  • The East Suffolk Vision for Parking is “to provide parking where possible and control parking where necessary”.
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* 2. Principle 2
  • Off-street parking places will be provided to assist with traffic management, environmental issues, as well as to support and promote our communities.
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* 3. Principle 3
  • A single new East Suffolk off-street parking places traffic regulation order will be drafted to take account of the legal formation of the new authority.
  • Where possible, the tariffs, terms and conditions of use will be simplified and harmonised throughout East Suffolk. Planned changes will be considered after the elections for the new authority in 2019.
  • Car park tariffs and operational arrangements will be reviewed annually in accordance with the traffic order procedure regulations.
Do you? (please tick one option)

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* 4. Principle 4
  • A review of current on-street restrictions will be carried out in East Suffolk after the elections for the new authority in 2019.
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* 5. Principle 5
  • Parking schemes that pass the ‘Highway Code Test’ will be progressed without the need for extensive informal consultation. Only the statutory (formal) consultation process set out in the traffic regulation order process will be followed.
NB. The ‘Highway Code Test’ is where a scheme objective is to reinforce the Highway Code in areas where motorists must not park such as parking on a bend, near a junction or causing an obstruction to the carriageway.

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* 6. Principle 6
  • Parking scheme development, other than ‘Highway Code Test’ schemes, we will use local engagement such as opinion surveys, detail design consultation and statutory consultation as the standard procedure.
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* 7. Principle 7
  • New on-street parking schemes will be implemented with standard operational hours of Monday to Friday between 9:30am – 4:30pm, with the potential to add Saturdays.
  • Longer operational hours – generally up to 6:30 or 7pm - will only be considered where there is compelling evidence of its need.
Do you? (please tick one option)

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* 8. Principle 8
  • Advisory Blue Badge bays will be used in residential areas for residents meeting the eligibility criteria and the carriageway will be marked out accordingly.
Do you? (please tick one option)

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* 9. Principle 9
  • Footway parking measures will only be implemented: where damage to the footway construction and underground services are unlikely to be compromised; after the ‘double buggy’ test; and, only with agreement from local councillors. Where allowed, appropriate signage will be installed.
NB. The ‘double buggy’ test means there must be unobstructed footway to allow the passage of a double buggy estimated at 1200mm (4ft 9”).

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* 10. Principle 10

Parking schemes will be designed and implemented, with the aim of reducing street clutter. We will:
  • Minimise the amount of signs used, while still maintaining enforceability;
  • Fix signs wherever possible to existing street furniture;
  • Position new signs at the back of footways;
  • In environmentally sensitive areas, consider using ‘restricted street’ or ‘permit holder parking area’ zones;
  • In environmentally sensitive areas, consider applying for special signs approval from the DfT to use a reduced ‘X‘ height for signs and consider wayleaves for fixing to garden walls and buildings; and,
  • In environmentally sensitive areas, consider omitting pay and display machines in favour of cashless payment options.
Do you? (please tick one option)

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* 11. Principle 11 
  • Where ‘School Keep Clear’ markings are appropriate, they will only be marked on the school gate side of the road (yellow lines could be used on the other side of the road).
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