Central Park (Headingley) Management Company Ltd Parking Survey Oct/Dec 2009.

Central Park (Headingley) Management Company Ltd

Parking SurveyOct/Dec 2009

Contents

• Background & Methodology• Overview• Sample Details• Detailed Findings

– Parking Problems– Perceptions of Root Cause of Problem– Whose Parking Needs Catered For?– Parking Control Required?– Parking Measures– One Most Effective Measure

• Appendix

Background & Methodology (1)

• At the Annual General Meeting of Central Park Management Company Ltd in April this year most of those present expressed their concerns regarding parking on Central Park.

• The view was that this had now become a serious issue with inconsiderate parking generally affecting access to and from the site with the added potential of inhibiting access to emergency vehicles should the need ever arise.

• Problems subsequently identified from our investigations include the use of the area for an unofficial commuter park & ride and student parking as a consequence of the policy of the Leeds Metropolitan University to restrict parking within the campus.

• In addition the introduction of resident parking schemes in nearby streets and completion of the Miller Homes Phase 2 development has all had an adverse impact on parking within our area of Central Park

• Since the AGM, Directors at Central Park have held meetings with Leeds City Council Traffic Management Department and the Planning Department.

• In addition there have been discussions with the Police Community Support Team and Councilors Bentley, Chapman and Chastney.

• Following our representations, plans are in hand with Leeds City Council Planning Department for the area in front of Harrowby Lodge at the end of Thornbury Avenue to be landscaped with the incorporation of an additional 4 off-street parking spaces but clearly this will only have a marginal effect.

• It is generally accepted by all agencies that parking is a problem but there are differing views as to how this might be resolved ranging from a full residents parking scheme to strategic yellow lining.

• We have been advised however that any potential solution would involve considerable Council expense mainly as a consequence of the 'consultation process' which would be required.

Background & Methodology (2)

Background & Methodology (3)• In discussions with Leeds City Council Traffic Management it was suggested that if

The Central Park Management Company were able to gauge the general feeling of residents and collate some views from those affected then this could form the basis for a future discussion or consultation.

• Consequently, a parking survey was issued to all residents/owners in October 2009 with a view to gauging opinions about the parking situation in Central Park.

• In total, 327 self-completion questionnaires were distributed (237 to residents/90 to non-resident owners) with the option to complete this online at the Central Park website being also given.

• Encouragingly, 89 questionnaires were completed (53 of these online), giving a response rate of 37.6% of all households, which is very ‘high’ by self-completion standards (generally around 10%).

• This report summarises the findings of the Central Park Management Company parking survey 2009.

Overview (1)• The majority of respondents were owners (82%); many have ‘three’ bedrooms

with a smaller number having ‘two’ bedrooms; most say that they have ‘two’ cars with ‘one’ parking space per household. All these parking spaces are being utilised.

• Whilst 99% felt that there was a parking problem in the Central Park area, 95% felt it was specific to their own street.

• Thornbury Avenue appears to be subject to parking problems constantly (ie, ‘daytime’, ‘evening’, ‘weekends’) which peaks during ‘university term time’.

• The problems in Carisbrooke Road and Huntington Crescent are worst in the ‘evening’ and at the ‘weekend’.

• In addition, the Otley Road entrance and the junction of Thornbury Avenue and Carisbrooke Road are singled out as problem areas.

• Interestingly, the majority of those that responded say that they are ‘unaware/don’t know’ of any parking problems in Farnham Close, Fulton Place, Montgomery Avenue and Alnwick View.

Overview (2)• There is a strong belief that the ‘planners’ have failed the residents of Central Park

by not allowing for sufficient parking facilities in the plans. • Moreover, parking by students/staff of Leeds Metropolitan University, Richmond

House School parents and commuters is exacerbating the situation. • The vast majority of respondents feel that ‘parking control’ is required in

Thornbury Avenue and Carisbrooke Road and a considerable number feel that this is also necessary in Huntington Crescent.

• Not unexpectedly, the vast majority believe that ‘residents’ parking needs should take priority in Central Park but that ‘visitors’ parking needs also have to be taken into account. A smaller number would like to see some parking provision for ‘delivery vans’ and ‘contractors’.

• Overall, it is clear that most would like to see a ‘residents parking scheme with permits’ in place at Central Park, which they feel would alleviate the parking problems.

Sample Details

•The vast majority (82%) of those that responded to the survey were owners. Only 18% were tenants.

Owner or Tenant?

A – OwnerB – Tenant

Number of Cars in Household

Total responsesA) NoneB) OneC) TwoD) ThreeE) More than threeF) Other

•The majority (48) of those taking part in the survey say that they have ‘two’ cars in the household. •A smaller number (26) have only ‘one’ car. •Only 7 respondents say that they have ‘three’ cars per household. •The chart should also include ‘one’ respondent who says that they have more than three cars (ie, four).

•Please note that ‘F’ (ie, other) includes motorcycles/landlords who don’t know.

Base = 89

Number of Parking Spaces Per Household

Total responses A) NoneB) OneC) TwoD) ThreeE) More than threeF) Other

•The majority (50) say that they have ‘one’ parking space per household and a further number (28) say that they have ‘two’ parking spaces.•However, the previous chart showed that 48 respondents have ‘two’ cars.•Clearly, there are too many cars for too few spaces!

Base = 89

Number of Parking Spaces Utilised

Total responses A) NoneB) OneC) TwoD) ThreeE) More than threeF) Other

•The figures show that the majority (56) are using ‘one’ parking space and 29 saying that they are using ‘two’ spaces.

Base = 89

Number of Bedrooms

•The majority (39) of the sample say that their property has ‘three’ bedrooms with a smaller number (26) specifying ‘two’ bedrooms.•A further 16 have ‘four’ bedrooms and 8 have ‘five’ bedrooms. No one who took part in the survey say that they have more than five bedrooms.

Total responses A) OneB) TwoC) ThreeD) FourE) FiveF) SixG) More than sixH) Other

Base = 89

Detailed Findings

Perception of Parking Problem in Area

•Perhaps not surprisingly, 99% of those who responded felt that there was a parking problem in the Central Park area.

A – YesB – No

Perception of Parking Problem in My Street

A – YesB – No

•Indeed, 95% specified that there was a parking problem in their own street.

A – Unaware/don’t know; B – Daytime; C – Evening; D – Weekend; E – University term time; F - Other

Parking Problems: Thornbury Avenue

•The parking problems in Thornbury Avenue appear to be during ‘daytime’, ‘evening’ and at ‘weekends’, especially during ‘university term time’.•Virtually all of those specifying ‘other’ (15) say that problems are being caused by Richmond House parents dropping-off/picking-up children from the school in the morning/afternoon (ie, often parking on double-yellow lines).

Total responsesBase = 89

Parking Problems: Carisbrooke Road

•Clearly, the problems in Carisbrooke Road peak in the ‘evening’ (66) and at the ‘weekend’ (58) when the residents of Time Square (flats) are not at work. •However, respondents also perceive a problem during the ‘daytime’ (29) and during the ‘university term time’ (33).



Parking Problems: Fulton Place

•Although the majority (59) of those that responded say that they are ‘not aware’ of any particular parking problems in Fulton Place, it is worth pointing out that a large proportion of these may be non-residents of Fulton Place and probably have no specific knowledge (ie, ‘don’t know’). •Those that stipulated ‘other’ (8) are referring to the Richmond House School pick-up/drop-off times by parents.•Please note that the 7 entries for ‘F’ appear to have been entered in error.

A – Unaware/don’t know; B – Daytime; C – Evening; D – Weekend; E – University term time; G - Other


Parking Problems: Huntington Crescent

•‘Evenings’ and ‘weekends’ appear to be the peak times for parking problems in Huntington Crescent. •However, a significant number also specify ‘daytime’ (36) and during ‘university term time’ (35).



Parking Problems: Farnham Close

•The vast majority (65) of those that responded say that they are ‘unaware’ of any parking problems in Farnham Close. Again, this probably means that being non-residents of Farnham Close, they actually ‘don’t know’.•However, a number do specify parking issues during the ‘evening’ (21) and at the ‘weekend’ (19).



Parking Problems: Montgomery Avenue

•Again, the vast majority (62) of those that took part in the survey say that they are not ‘aware’ of any parking problems in Montgomery Avenue and again this should be interpreted as ‘don’t know’.•However, a number of those taking part (25) do point to parking issues during the ‘evening’.



Parking Problems: Alnwick View

•The vast majority (67) say that they are ‘unaware’ of any parking problems in Alnwick View – which can be interpreted as meaning that they ‘don’t know’. •Only small proportions specify parking issues.



Parking Problems: ElsewhereRespondents were asked if there were any parking problems elsewhere in Central Park.

•A few respondents specify the junction of Thornbury Avenue and Carisbrooke Road as being a problem parking area.

•Specifically, due to cars being parked ‘opposite’ the junction, ‘on’ the junction and ‘on the pavements’. This can make access to Farnham Close and Carisbrooke Road particularly hazardous and concern about emergency vehicle access has been expressed.

•Emergency vehicle access is also highlighted by a resident in the Courtyard at the end of Carisbrooke Road who was concerned about the residents of the apartments parking on both sides of Carisbrooke Road/Courtyard area in the ‘evening’ and at ‘weekends’.

Total number of responses

13

26

28

4

8

12

9

4

Parking on double yellow lines/at junctions

Non-residents parking

Undercroft garages/townhouse garages not used

Too many residents/cars

Commuters parking at Central Park

Richmond House School parents parking

LMU Staff/students parking in Central Park

Poor planning (not enough spaces)

Base = 89

Perceptions of Root Cause of Problem

•Clearly, many (28) of those taking part in the survey attribute the parking issues at Central Park to ‘poor planning’ (ie, not enough spaces per household). •However, a similar number (26) blame Leeds Metropolitan University (LMU) for parking within Central Park and exacerbating the situation.•A full breakdown of responses is given in the Appendix to this report.

Whose Parking Needs Catered For?

A) ResidentsB) VisitorsC) Delivery vansD) ContractorsE) CommutersF) Other

•As expected the vast majority (89) of those who took part in the survey believe that ‘residents’ parking needs take priority in Central Park.•A significant number (77) feel that ‘visitors’ parking needs should also be taken into account.•Others would like to see parking provision for ‘delivery vans’ (39) and ‘contractors’ (33). •Not surprisingly, no one wants to see parking provision for ‘commuters’!•Those that specified ‘other’ only reiterated earlier comments.


Parking Control Required?

A) Thornbury AvenueB) Fulton PlaceC) Huntington CrescentD) Carisbrooke RoadE) Farnham CloseF) Montgomery AvenueG) Alnwick ViewH) No parking control reqd.I) Other

•The vast majority of those that took part (68) feel that ‘parking control’ is required in Thornbury Avenue and Carisbrooke Road. •A considerable number (46) feel that this is also necessary in Huntington Crescent and others would like to see this in Montgomery Avenue (29), Fulton Place (27), Farnham Close (25) and Alnwick view (22).


Parking Measures

•The vast majority (78) of those taking part would like to see a ‘residents parking scheme with permits’ in place at Central Park.•A considerable number (31) want to see ‘full-time restricted parking’ such as double yellow lines being introduced.

A) Residents parking scheme with permits B) Yellow lines for part-time restricted parking (eg, up to 1 hour)C) Yellow lines to allow time-limited parking (eg, mon-fri 8am-6pm)D) Full-time restricted parking (eg, double yellow lines)E) None of theseF) Other


• Permits need to take visitors into account – 5• Double yellow lines on corners – 3 (but ignored at front)• Enforcement/parking tickets – 3 • Double yellow lines down one side of Carisbrooke Rd – 2• More spaces/less landscaping/shrubs – 2• Not resolvable due to bad planning – 2• Marked parking bays/enforcement – 2• Resident term-time permits (eg, like surrounding area) - 1• Restrictions on all day student parking – 1• Sign: Residents, Tenants, Visitors only – 1• Permit scheme (2 per household/pass to visitors) – 1• Permit scheme (1 per household/encourage use of garages) – 1• Time-limited parking scheme (eg, before 10am/after 6pm) - 1

‘Other’ Parking Measures

•On the previous chart, 24 respondents made a comment in the ‘other’ box. These comments are summarised below:

•It should be noted that those taking part in the survey are concerned that a permit scheme could disadvantage their ‘visitors’.

Total number of responses

12

46

4

5

5

5

3Richmond Houseparking options

Wheel clamping options

More spaces perapartment

Removeshrubs/greenery

Police enforcement

Yellow line options

Parking permit options

Base = 89

One Most Effective Measure

•Clearly, the majority (46) think that some form of ‘parking permit option’ would resolve the parking issues at Central park.

•A full breakdown of responses is given in the Appendix to this report.

Appendix

Specific Comments: Thornbury Ave

• RHS drop off and collect times• School time • Richmond House drop off and collect times - • School times • Otley road end • School times• School drop off & pick up • School times - school run time - at school opening and closing • 830am/4pm when Richmond House School start/finish • Do not live in flat and visit at random times so difficult to be specific • Mostly weekdays and term time for the private school as well as uni students • Richmond School Drop-Off & Collection • PARKING ON PAVEMENTS AND CLOSE TO JUNCTIONS ALSO ON DOUBLE YELLOW LINES AND

SUBSTATION FORECOURT • RICHMOND SCHOOL PICKUP/DROP OFF

• All the time • Has improved greatly since police cracked down on double-parking • PARKING ON PAVEMENTS AND BLOCKING REAR GATES AND OBSTRUCTING JUNCTIONS

Specific Comments: Carisbrooke Rd

• Richmond House drop off and collect times • School drop off & pick up• School times • school open and close times • School pick up time • PARKING ON GRASS • Particularly term time and university time • RICHMOND SCHOOL PICKUP/DROPOFF

Specific Comments: Fulton Place

• Any time • Daytime appears to be students; Evening - appears to residents of the flats • PARKING CLOSE TO ENTRANCES TO PARK (DISABLED ACCESS) OBSTRUCTING JUNCTIONS, FLATS

RESIDENTS TAKING UP SPACES PREVENTING VISITORS HAVING ACCESS TO HOUSES ON HUNTINGTON CRESCENT

Specific Comments: Huntington Cres

Complete list of all responses given to this question• Basically everywhere there is any sort of parking opportunity.• All areas in evenings and at weekends• Not sure• As a resident in the courtyard of Carisbrooke Road we have particular problems with parking at the flats. Residents

of the flats double park on Carisbrooke road preventing access for cars and more importantly emergency vehicles. cars are parked on both sides of Carisbrooke road, on pavements and in the courtyard area, preventing residents and visitors being able to park.

• In my view the biggest problem is drivers parking on the pavement, whether two wheels or (even worse) 4 wheels. This is anti-social and selfish at best and dangerous to pedestrians at worst.

• I feel that the worst area is at the end of Thornbury Avenue nearest to Carisbrooke Road and Farnham Close. This area can be particularly bad due to cars parked opposite the junctions, on junctions and on pavements. On occasions it can be almost impossible to exit Farnham Close due to badly (and illegally!) parked cars. I dread to think of the consequences of an emergency service not being able to gain access due to this parking issue. There have been occasions when refuse collectors have not been able to gain access to Farnham Close in the collection truck because of the parking problem and have had to wheel all the residents bins to the end of the street! The local police were issuing parking tickets however this has had very little effect and the issuing of tickets appears to have stopped. I think this needs to be a regular occurrence to have any impact.

• The main area of concern for me is at the junction of Carisbrooke Road and Thornbury avenue. Cars often park on both sides of the road at this junction making it difficult to turn left out of Carisbrooke road. In addition, there is often a car parked on the pavement of Carisbrooke Road (on the left hand side before entering the cul-de-sac). If cars park on both sides of Carisbrooke Road, it makes driving out from the cul-de-sac very difficult. There's no way an ambulance or fire engine would get through in an emergency

• We live on Thornbury Ave, often have a problem trying to find somewhere to park when get home from work in the evening, often end up having to park quite a distance away from our house.

• Exiting the development to turn right down Otley road at peak times

Parking Problems: Elsewhere (1)

Parking Problems: Elsewhere (2)

• Thornbury Av/Carisbrooke Rd junctionCarisbrooke Rd, past the flats where there is always a blockage

• PLEASE REFER TO MY REPLY FRO NO. 29 CARISBROOKE RD FOR REMAINDER OF THIS SURVEY WHERE COMMENTS ARE REQUESTED

• The parking problems affect the whole of TIME SQUARE• Entrance to Central Park during school drop off/ pick up time. • There is only a problem in Carisbrooke, Fulton and Huntington. No where else has an issue.• I have no experience of any.• Getting in and out of my block-2• Junction of Carisbrooke and Thornbury• PARKING ON GRASS AT THE FRONT OF THE LODGE• The entrance from Otley Road into Thornton Road during term times can become congested and on

occasion hazardous with parents parking• Yes

Perceptions of Root Cause of Problem

Poor planning (not enough spaces) – 28LMU staff/students parking in Central Park – 26Richmond House School parents parking – 13Commuters parking at Central Park – 12Too many residents/cars – 9Undercroft garaging/townhouse garages not used – 8Non-residents parking – 4Parking on double yellow lines/at junctions – 4Multiple tenancies - 2Townhouse garages not used/too small - 2Not students/commuters – 2Inconsiderate parking by apartment residents – 2Space for one car only on driveway (Thornbury Ave) – 2No parking restrictions in place for non-residents – 2Apartment tenants without undercroft fob – 1Dental practice parking – 1Cars parked with expired tax disks – 1Apartment residents using Huntington Cres as long-stay car park – 1Students advised by LMU of free parking (vs. campus charge) – 1Introduction of double yellow lines at Time Square – 1

•The following six slides list the individual responses received. These have been collated as follows and are depicted in chart-form in the first part of the report.

• Non residents and not enough spaces • 1)Apartment parking spaces not fully utilised

2)Multiple occupancy although not permitted3)RHS Parents4)Parking on double yellow lines and at junctions5)Uni staff and students parking due to campus restrictions6)Commuters using as park and ride

• Many properties are let leading to multi-occupancy with more cars. Not enough parking provision, Leeds Met students, park and ride, RHS parents

• Too many cars too few spaces• Students and RHS parents• People parking in stupid places ie opposite junctions, on junctions or on both sides of the road• Student parking during the day

Constant parking on pavements forcing pedestrians to use the road. Note-information provided by police is inaccurate. It states that access should be allowed for a pushchair on the pavement but this is a preference by the PCSO and not in line with current legislation-see Highway Code sect 218

• 1)Original design did not include enough parking spaces2)Outsiders ie Richmond House parents, Leeds Met students3)Inconsiderate parking by some residents and visitors particularly at apartment blocks on Carisbrooke Road

• Inadequate allocation of parking spaces-poor planning by Leeds CC. Residents failing to use allocated parking spaces – garages, drives, undercroft area. Parents of Richmond House School, cars parked in communal areas that never move-tax discs expired

• People who don't live on the estate (excluding resident's visitors) who park on the estate and go elsewhere i.e. work/uni.

Perceptions of Root Cause of Problem (1)

• Do not know, just too many cars or many flat tenants• The development, when built has not planned and accommodated for the fact that most people have more than 1 car

per household - there is simply not enough provision. • Not enough parking spaces for residents in the flats - or residents not purchasing a parking space. Additionally double

yellow lines have been painted on the roads around the flats pushing the parking problem on to Carisbrooke road• Residents of the townhouses parking on the road when everyone has at least two parking spaces (including garage) and

Huntington Crescent owners have three. The other problem is lets to multiple occupation where tenants can have 3 or 4 cars. These sorts of lets were supposed to be proscribed by the lease, but some owners see fit to ignore this.

• There does not appear to be enough spaces for the volume of tenant and visiting guests. There is also the matter of students parking to walk to lectures.

• A badly designed housing development lacking sufficient parking spaces for the number of residents. The problem is particularly bad around the Carisbrooke Road and Farnham Close area possibly due to the flats with very little parking.

• Parking by non-residents and flat owners with extra cars• Not enough parking provision for residents. Most households will have at least 2 cars but yet the majority of the houses

along Thornbury Ave only have space for one car on their driveway.• Root cause of parking problems throughout this area is due to Beckett Park "Green Policy" aka charging for parking on

Campus• Not enough thought at planning stage for the reality of how many people have cars per household• Houses of multiple occupancy where several residents have a car.

Students are apparently informed by the university that there is free parking on this estate so they choose to park here instead of on campus where there is a charge


• Temporary park while picking up their school childrenFull time parking while the drivers catch the bus into Leeds centre

• See 29• DITT0• (1) Insufficient attention was given at the planning stage to the parking needs of residents (2) parking restrictions

introduced elsewhere have resulted in non residents/commuters/students parking within TIME SQUARE (3)in some instances laziness by residents who do not use their garages/parking spaces

• Leeds Met/Non resident parking during the day and extra cars from the flats in the evening• Parking by non residents and visitors. Too few spaces for residents within the development.• Too many houses with not enough parking available. It is NOT caused by commuters or students as suggested. The

congestion is due to residents owning more than one car per flat/house • To a degree there are probably too many residents' cars. However, I know from having studied part time at Leeds Met that

people use the area for parking as other areas gradually become unavailable to them.• Insufficient parking provision in the flats and inadequate use of existing parking by residents of both the flats and the

houses• Insufficient parking spaces provided by the Developers. Non residents parking on the Development, for example

commuters, students attending the University, parents collecting/dropping off children at the local school. Tenants who do not have a key fob/door entry card to access the underground parking areas and consequently parking outside, leaving the underground spaces empty.

• The Central Park (Headingley) Management Co Ltd who I understand gave permission to Millers for them to use the area in front of my house as a site office/general dumping area - done I would add without anybody having the courtesy to let me know what was happening.

• Students and people leaving their cars and bussing into Leeds, also dropping and collecting kids from the private school


• Single car drives, people not parking where they should (flats car-park), and student/lecturer parking in central park instead of at the university.

• 1) Leeds Met students during the day2) Flats with insufficient parking facilities being let to people with cars3)Possible use of the estate as "park & ride" by commutersAll compounded by the fact that all neighbouring roads (including latest phase of Miller development on site) either have yellow lines or residents only parking - we're the last remaining island!

• Insufficient parking on site for residents. Original planning did not take into account that flats would be let by owners to up to three residents all with cars.This is exacerbated by LMU no parking policy which results in students parking on Thornbury Avenue during the day-time.

• Not enough parking spaces for the number of houses/apartments/size of development.• The council stipulating only 1.2 parking spaces per dwelling and people in the flats having 3 cars per flat.• Inadequate guest parking compounded by poor utilisation of the gated underground car park-this is rarely full and often really

empty when there is parking mayhem outside!• Use of the area by park and ride commuters and students from Leeds Met.

Also – under-use of existing off street parking• Insufficient available parking for number of people living or visiting Central Park. No parking restrictions in place for "non-

visitors"• Restricted parking in neighbouring streets so used as university parking.

Non residents parking.Multiple cars per house/flat also means that a lot of the street parking is required for residents anyway especially as garages in the townhouses are too small to be practicable so no one uses them for their cars.Carisbrooke Road especially very narrow so even single file parking means it's difficult for vehicles to pass (bin men, ambulances etc especially)


• Poor planning when building whole development, not taking into account that majority of households have minimum of 2 cars, that 3 bedroom flats built for professionals are likely to have 3 cars and townhouses built for families may have even more due to grown up children living at home etc.

• TOO MANY RESIDENTS CARS FROM THE FLATS AND NUMEROUS HOUSES LET TO PEOPLE OWNING TOO MANY CARS IE 2 SPACES TO PARK AND 4+ CARS

• LMU Students and Staff, Richmond House Parents, commuters, multiple tenancies in Times Square• Too many car owners per flat. I know people park there who are not residents and walk into their workplace but with a lot

of buy to lets on the site this can mean up to 4 cars per flat!! However, the issue of non residents parking on site, needs to addressed as well.

• University students parking also people visiting at Eller House on Carisbrooke rd park where they can...usually anywhere but Farnham Close is affected badly as when these cars are parked they can be here for days. The bin men have no access and on Farnham Close are flats where elderly residents live so there is always the danger of emergency services not getting through.

• Flat owners from the estate (using Huntington Crescent as a long stay car park), students and employees of Leeds Met University (parking where they can), parents of children at Richmond House school (using the entrance of the estate as a school run drop-off/pick up area), residents with excessive numbers of cars, garages on the estate being too small for purpose.

• Lack of spaces provided• No parking control or permit restrictions. • Students parking at all times - cars have been parked for over a week on several occasions. Richmond House school run also

causes many access problems, often using the driveways on Fulton Place to turn around. Commuters into town have also used it as a "park and ride" and we sometimes get people parking when they go to the dentist.

• Parents dropping off and picking up their children from Richmond Hill school.They are simply inconsiderate with their parking and ignore double yellow lines


• The density of cars in relation to resident population, some irresponsible resident parking, commuter parking both student and others

• IF THERE ARE NO PARKING RESTRICTIONS COMMUTERS WILL ALWAYS USE RESIDENTIAL STREETS TO PARK FREE OF CHARGE.THEY WOULD NOT USE AFFORDABLE PARKING AREAS IF AVAILABLE IF THEY CAN PARK SOMEWHERE ELSE FOR FREE.

• Students and commuters into the city• Flats on Carisbrooke rd only have one allocated parking space most residence have more then one car. Also Students use

it to avoid parking restrictions on the campus• Not enough spaces for residents

University students parking for freeParents of school on Otley Road picking up children

• Not enough space for the amount of people that live in the area seeing as even during the day it is generally easy to park. It is past 6 o'clock when problems start.

• Unfortunately the area seems to have been poorly planned in terms of parking. The roads off Thornbury Avenue become too narrow to accommodate the street parking required by all residents.


• Whole area should be controlled • Throughout the development. • There's just not enough space for residents, never mind others who visit • No control is required, just more spaces. • Am unable to tick any more boxes as I do not know all these roads. - I do not have experience of parking in the other

streets - CHURCHWOOD AVENUE EMERGENCY ACCESS• I am a parent of Richmond House School kids. I too don't like it when people park on/near corners etc. In general we are

a friendly bunch and mean no harm. I believe plans are afoot at the school to get some onsite drop off. Parent at RHS need to be catered for as there is a safe place for them to cross the busy road nearby and they come and go very quickly

Parking Control Required: Comments

Whose Parking Needs Catered For? Comments

• Delivery vans/contractors - with understanding of this requirement ie, visitor permit display cards. • Residents and visitors primarily, as evenings & weekends are the main problem • NOT commuters • NO to commuters • PARKING NEEDS TO BE RESTRICTED PARTICULARLY DURING THE DAY IN COMMON WITH THE AREA TO THE SOUTH

(DRUMMONDS AND BECKETTS PARK)

• Resident parking throughout term time as with schemes in surrounding streets• Double yellow lines would look awful. If inconsiderate parkers were given tickets they would soon learn not to park in

stupid places• Current double yellow lines are ignored by parents dropping off or collecting their children from RHS• It should have been obvious to developers and planners from the outset that narrow roads + high density of occupation

was going to cause parking problems• More spaces less landscaping• Ticket people who park illegally (on pavements) double lines needed on corners• Double yellow lines at corners and restrictions on all day student parking• Marked parking bays & enforcement• Marked parking bays & enforcement.• Visitor only parking areas with permits. We moved into the area in June 2008 and our furniture removers large van took

over half hour of careful manipulation to get round the Thornbury Ave/Carisbrooke Road junction because of parked vehicles (whose owners weren't traceable) and then they had to park about 50 metres from our black due to vehicles parked on both sides of the road. Double yellow lines should be at junctions and along one side of the roads - a must!

• But what about visitors to our property• Yellow lines are needed for safety concerns but people only park badly through no other place to park, so parking

problems will worsen with further restriction.• Each flat on Carisbrooke Road has only one space so if you start restricting parking there will be nowhere for visitors to

park which is not fair!!! PLEASE don't ignore this• A sign saying residents/tenants/visitors to the properties• Scheme with permits - say 2 per household that can be passed on to visitors

‘Other’ Parking Measures (1)

• One permit only per household so that people maximised their drive/garage use before parking on the street.• Only problem with permits is catering for genuine visitors• (1) Full-time restricted parking (double yellow lines) at junctions (2) As an alternative to a residents parking scheme to

have time limited parking scheme prohibiting parking before 10am and after 6pm to deter non residents• Increase parking areas by removing unnecessary shrubs• If you visit this estate between 8am-6pm Monday to Friday, and most of the day at the weekends you will find ample

places to park which in my opinion proves that it is not the fault of students nor commuters that the parking facilities available are insufficient

• PARKING RESTRICTIONS TO ONE SIDE OF CARISBROOKE ROAD (REAR OF HUNTINGTON CRESCENT HOUSES) TO STOP BLOCKING OF REAR GATES AND ACCESS BY EMERGENCY VEHICLES

• Need to consider parking requirements for visitors who might be there more than 1 hour

‘Other’ Parking Measures (2)

• It is understood by most residents in the flat blocks that the main problem with parking on the estate is that there are not an adequate number of spaces to house the cars owned by the residents living in the flats. Although this may seem obvious, having spoken to the Police on a number of occasions they have explained that nearly all complaints they have received regarding parking have come from a small number of non-flat residents. It therefore seems that the complaints are being addressed in two ways:· Townhouse residents – Are complaining regularly to the police regarding the volume of cars· Flat residents –Are complaining rarely through other means regarding the lack of parking availabilityAt present, there is no obvious channel for flat residents to express their views regarding the lack of parking space. I understand that this is being addressed in the near future.The ProblemThe numbers below try to illustrate that there are more cars in the flat blocks than parking spaces:· There are 113 flats in total in the four blocks · Based on government statistics, 29% of houses (33 flats) have at least 2+ cars = 66+ cars· Based on government statistics, 71% of houses (80 flats) have at least 1 car = 80 cars

• This means that there are approximately 144+ cars from the flats alone – this is probably an underestimation as a large number of flats will have 2 cars and this does not consider three bed roomed flats

• It is worth noting that this is an estimation of the maximum number of cars owned by flat residents as not all flats will be permanently occupiedWith regards to parking spaces, there is one allocated space per flat and there are a small number of additional spaces:· 113 parking spaces under the flat blocks· 23 additional parking spaces · This means that there are 136 parking spaces

Some Interesting Statistics (1)

• Even with the rough estimate above, there are not enough parking spaces to host the number of cars owned by residents.

• In addition to this, up to this point there has been no consideration shown for friends and relatives. Imagine a scenario where there is a three bed-roomed flat where all residents own a car. One resident has a couple of friends visiting for the weekend, with another having their grandparents round for lunch. This requires parking for 6 cars and with no visitor parking facilities and not enough parking for residents it is easy to see how the issue has developed.

• As well as all of the above, I have heard it suggested that non-residents (students) are contributing to the issue by parking on the estate and they are increasing the number of cars on the streets. After speaking to a number of flat residents this does not seem to be the opinion and therefore I can only assume that this viewpoint is of those residents in the townhouses. Referring back to the introduction, I am assuming that this is one of the main concerns by this group. It is worth noting that the volume of cars on the estate does not at all seem to correlate with the university term times (i.e. more cars in term time) and with the Becketts Park campus offering a more than accommodating parking facility for students, having visited it myself on a number of occasions, this accusation does not seem to be true.

• In summary, the problem is being caused by inadequate parking facilities for residents.

Some Interesting Statistics (2)

One Most Effective Measure•The following six slides list the individual responses received. These have been collated as follows and are depicted in chart-form in the first part of the report.

• Resident permit options - 46• Residents permits – 25• Resident/visitor permits – 7• Resident permits/enforcement – 6• Resident permits (set number) – 2• Resident permit + 1 (visitor) – 2• Resident permit (daytime) – 3• Resident permit (eg, Becketts Park example) - 1• Resident permit x 2/visitor permit x 1 (fee) – 1

• Yellow line options - 12• No parking on Carisbrooke Rd – 1• Double yellow lines/enforcement – 4• More yellow lines – 5• Double yellow lines on one side of all roads – 2

• Police enforcement – 5• Remove shrubs/greenery – 5• More spaces per apartment – 5• Wheel clamping options - 4• Wheel clamping – 3• Wheel clamping/£1000 fine for non-payment - 1

• Resolve Richmond House School parking options -3• Prevent RHS using Thornbury Ave as a car park – 2• Create parking for RHS on own land - 1

• Control multi-lets/number of cars per tenant - 2• Parking signs (eg, residents/delivery/visitors only) – 2• Permits won’t help/not enough resident spaces - 2• Evening/weekend time restrictions won’t work/not enough spaces - 1• Bollards/planters on pavements - 1• Prevent all pavement parking – 1• Stop issuing parking tickets on Sundays – 1• Gated development - 1• Bigger fines – 1• Stop commuters/students parking – 1• Parking on Ancaster Rd/create new steps – 1

Complete list of all responses given to this question • Resident permits• Residents scheme + regular patrols by police / traffic wardens• Residents parking scheme perhaps with a set number of permits per property• Resident parking scheme• Prevent RHS using Thornbury Ave as a car park• Traffic wardens / fines• Permit parking for whole estate

Prevent all pavement parking• Double yellow lines with police/warden monitoring• Other than additional parking provision a residents parking scheme with permits is the possible solution• Double yellow lines down one side of all roads in the estate. Create more parking spaces by taking away greenery - be

practical!!! • Frequent police attendance to issue parking tickets• None really• Marked parking bays & enforcement as part of a resident parking scheme with permits.• Resident parking scheme with permits - enforced• Controlled parking for all.• Get rid of some flower beds/paved areas and turn into parking.• More parking spaces and stop giving cards tickets every Sunday morning

One Most Effective Measure (1)

Q: Finally, if you were in charge of parking what one measure do you think would be the most effective/appropriate to deal with the parking problem (if any) at Central Park?

• Residents parking but coupled with double yellow lines in selected areas.• More yellow lines about the place.• Clear signage of where not to park. some spaces held for residents only. Some for deliveries only and the rest for visitors.• Double yellow lines and bollards/planters where appropriate to eliminate parking on paved areas• Resident parking with permits• Have a gated development; restricted parking area; create parking for Richmond House School on their own land.• An extra car park space per flat, as most flats and houses on the estate have more than one car.

If there is an issue with people parking here from other areas then maybe a permit system, but as long as that wouldn't make it difficult for our own visitors. However, I've never noticed through my shift work, a parking problem during the day - it's evenings/weekends when the majority of residents return from work/have visitors, that you can't park and leads to dangerous parking through limited choice/option.

• Residents' permits• Wheel clamping with a fine of £1,000 per day for non payment• Stop commuters and students parking• Residents parking scheme• The police have issued certain no parking zones yet every evening people are parked in these zones with no apparent sanction • Clamping / removal of offending vehicles• Although I have stated 'a sign' I do not think it could be enforced so I could be persuaded to change my mind and say permits

provided we had 2• Residents parking with permits for visitors similar to Beckett's Park scheme• No parking on Carisbrooke Road• Residents parking permits


• On a different subject - can something be done about drinking parties in the central area - can the PCSO do anything to help?• Although pleasant to look at - remove the area with seating situated between the blocks of flats on Carisbrooke Road making

additional parking spaces - although probably wouldn't solve it!• Fines for non residents without badges• the clamping and subsequent fining of cars who cannot prove residency or visiting purposes.• Residents parking scheme with permits or restricted parking of some sort. • There simply isn't enough - but it is difficult to change that now - certainly not at the sacrifice of green areas! So in order to

keep things safe and accessible I would say just clearer indication of where it is acceptable to park - so double yellow lines! The problem is on an evening and weekend so time restrained ones will be of no use.

• parking permits being issued and any cars parked without permits being given parking tickets or clamped• Control multiple lets and/or the number of cars permitted to tenants.• I believe a combination of double yellow lines and resident parking only would help.• Double yellow lines in the problem areas around junctions which would mean people parking would be more aware that

they cannot park opposite junctions and on junctions. This would also require the local police to enforce this, such as through issuing parking tickets, or it may end up having very little effect on the parking situation.

• Permit to allow parking of one vehicle on road for residents • More provision of car parking for residents. Realise this would be difficult given the limited available space within the estate.• More signs

PermitsBigger finesMore control of shared let accommodation where a 3 bed flat has 3 cars plus partners/visitors creating at times 6-8 spaces needed.


• Addressing the problem with HMO and students parking on the estate• 2x resident parking permits with car reg. number and

1x visitor permit for use by visitors, contractors etcFee for these permits to cover admin costsUnrestricted parking from 1830 to 0730

• A residents parking scheme allowing one permit per dwelling• Residents' parking scheme • Build more spaces to park cars, this development would clearly not get planning permission in 90% of councils but for some reason

in this one it did.• Reduce some of the green areas around the flats and put parking spaces there instead. This would remove congestion from the

street and create better access to the blocks. You must find a way to provide more parking spaces. • Residents parking permits• residents parking scheme• Residents parking scheme with permits • I only have experience of parking at the front of the development and therefore cannot comment on problems elsewhere as I never

drive further into the development • Resident only parking permits, with visitor passes• Residential permit controlled parking during the day.• Only residents parking scheme - yellow lines will just create even more pressure on areas left without yellow lines and would restrict

car parking for our visitors as well. (Argument for the council - what about all the money the council saves from residents paying for the upkeep of the public open space?)

• Residents parking permits.• Handing out fines for cars parked inappropriately (which already happens).• Demolish the raised gardens in front of the flats and turn it into parking.


• Encourage use of underground parking and identify if there is any spare capacity. If flat occupiers don't need their space perhaps they could release it for general use maybe for a small payment?

• Resident parking scheme• Permit parking scheme for residents and visitors.• We do need a permit system as a lot of residents will actually need to park on the street anyway due to insufficient private

parking. Coupled with permanent restrictions in certain key areas (eg junction of Thornbury/Carisbrooke, restricting double parking in Carisbrooke)

• Stop selling land to build more properties and look after the residents who are already there, short of building a car-park or somehow extending the parking available there is no solution to the problem as there was clearly a lack of planning carried out prior to the building of all of the properties involved. Residents parking permits are a good idea however I doubt this will have a great deal of impact as the excess parking is quite simply due to residents and their visitors, not students, commuters or anybody else you would like to blame!! It is appalling that I have to worry every time I have a visitor over about where they will park, that I have to double check with them where they have left their car because of the ticket-happy police that frequent the estate on a twice daily basis because they know they can easily reach their targets because the residents and their visitors have nowhere else to park therefore end up too close to junctions and where police deem to be 'obstructing'.

• RESIDENTS ONLY PARKING DURING THE PERIOD 8.00AM TO 6.00PM• Residents Permit parking only• 1) Issue residents with x amount of permits

2) Issue residents with x amount of visitor permits for visitors to display in the car3) Any car not displaying these permits gets a fine.This might alleviate some of the problems but not all as there seems to be a lot of car owners per flat.

• The best way to tackle this is to issue more parking tickets at different times of the day/night. But i also think yellow lines are desperately needed.

• Residents parking scheme.


• Provide more spaces• I would put in place a residential and visitor parking permit scheme• Resident parking scheme with permits for visitors• At school times either a traffic warden or police presence to enforce the current double yellow lines and to ensure

considerate parking. Ideally to apply tickets to anyone parking on verges, grass, corners or the double yellow lines at the entrance to the estate. Hopefully after a few weeks of tickets the poor parking will stop. Naturally it will creep back in so an infrequent revisit would be required to remind parents to park correctly.

• Since I have previously lived within two permit controlled areas I have found this works perfectly well along with enforcement

• RESIDENTS ONLY PARKING RESTRICTIONS• Parking permits for residents and spaces for visitors of residents, double yellow lines at junctions to help with access for

delivery vehicles and the emergency services.• Residents parking scheme• Implement a residents permit scheme where residents cars have permits. Visitor Passes to be given out to genuine

visitors to my property. • It would be hard to solve the problem without making it hard for legitimate visitors, as even now I have had problems

when a number of visitors have come. A permit system would be the best answer but even then, in the evenings when the problem is, I doubt this would make any difference.

• For the north side of Central Park, in particular Carisbrooke Rd, i wonder if there is any possibility of using the huge amount of evening spaces that could be used along Ancaster Road. It would require new steps down from Ancaster to Carisbrooke and appropriate security but could create access to many more spaces.


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