Enforcement of current parking vs enforcement of the parking proposals
With free parking, enforcement officers have to record vehicle details of everyone parked and then monitor them to see how long they are parked for and whether that exceeds the time limit. With a very large number of parking bays this takes a lot of time and resources. For a town centre like Ashford, this could take up most of an enforcement officer’s day.
With pay by cash, physical tickets are displayed on the windscreen of the vehicle which shows enforcement officers the expiry time for how long they have paid for, which are easy to check against the current time.
With pay by phone, enforcement officers and other parking staff have access to a database which includes all currently active paid parking sessions and the vehicle registration, along with how long they have been parked for, so they will know which vehicles have overstayed without having to monitor them continuously.
Online feedback form link: https://www.surreysays.co.uk/environment-and-infrastructure/spelthorne-parking-review-2023/
At this stage, Surrey are intending to introduce the restrictions and controls described, but are inviting representations to be made by the public before doing so to help decide whether they should definitely go ahead. Once the proposals have been advertised SCC can introduce them unchanged, make minor modifications to them before introducing them, or cancel them entirely. Any comments that lead to a requirement for major changes would usually mean cancellation of the proposal and subsequent reconsideration of it in a future parking review.
This approach means the parking review can progress in the most efficient way thereby maximising value for local residents.
If you wish to comment on, object to, or support any of the proposals you must do so either online or in writing between 5 July – 2 August 2024 (**new dates due to General Election**). Alternatively, please write to ‘Spelthorne Parking Review 2023’, Parking Team, Hazel House, Merrow Lane, Guildford, GU4 7BQ. A formal notice will be published in the Surrey Advertiser; street notices erected on site at each location and letter delivered to any properties immediately fronting the proposed changes; plus drawings and a statement of reasons being available to view online. More information about how to do this is available on Surrey’s Parking news and updates in Spelthorne webpage, here.
ISG’s previous article on the Surrey Parking Review Proposals here:
Independent Spelthorne Group (ISG) 