Issue - meetings

The Committee considered a report regarding objections received to proposed waiting restrictions at Sandy Lane, Dobcross. A report recommending the introduction of prohibition of waiting restrictions on Sandy Lane, Dobcross, was approved under delegated powers on 22 December 2023. The proposal was subsequently advertised, and thirteen objections were received along with one supporting letter.

Highway Regulation Committee on 18 July 2024 considered the objections and resolved that consideration be deferred to this meeting and asked officers to meet with Ward Members with a view to relaxing the length of the proposed

restrictions. A site meeting had now taken place and a revised proposal plan had been drafted which was supported by Ward Members. The amended proposal maintained the majority of on-street spaces whilst also protecting the two main pinch points where the main obstruction takes place over narrow sections of carriageway. The amended plan was attached at Appendix 2 to the report.

Options considered:

Option 1: Introduce the proposed restrictions as advertised

Option 2. Relax the proposal

Option 3. Do not introduce the proposed restrictions

RESOLVED:

That the objections be dismissed and the relaxed proposal be introduced  as shown on the amended plan at Appendix 2 to the report namely on the north-west side of Sandly Lane outside number 20, opposite number 5 and to the south west of the old church entrance, a total reduction of 56 metres.

NOTE: An objector addressed the Panel on the application.