The Brent Cabinet on June 27th will consider recomendations LINK for revised parking charges.
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2.0 Recommendations
Cabinet is asked to formally express
its thanks to all those who responded to the on-street parking consultation,
and then agree:
Demand-Led Pay and Display Tariffs:
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2.1
To freeze parking prices in Pay & Display bays borough-wide.
Daily Visitor
Parking Charges:
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2.2
To proceed to formal consultation on a Traffic Management Order, under
the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, introducing new visitor parking charges
in CPZ areas, with a £1.50 charge for up to 2 hours, a £3 charge for up to 4
hours, and a £4.50 charge for ‘all-day’ visitor parking of more than 4 hours.
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2.3
To delegate authority to implement the price changes following formal
consultation, including amendment of any relevant Traffic Management Orders, to
the Strategic Director Regeneration & Environment, in consultation with the
Lead Member for Environment.
Visitor Household Permit
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2.4
To retain the Visitor Household permit. 
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2.5
To increase the charge made for the Visitor Household permit, from 1st October 2016, to a 2016/17 rate of
£163 for a full year; £98 for 6 months and £66 for three months; and with
future increases linked to the price of a third Resident Parking Permit for
vehicles in the proposed ‘Standard’ emissions band.
Carer and Support Permit:
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2.6
Dependent on agreement to recommendation 2.4 above, to withdraw the
proposal to introduce a new Care and Support permit.
School Parking Permits:
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2.7
In respect of parking for school staff:
§ To allow schools within CPZs to purchase a maximum of 3 business
permits, at the standard rate (£366 in 2016/17) and terms & conditions,
with immediate effect;
§ To introduce a
new scheme allowing qualifying schools to:
§ Purchase a maximum of 3 school staff
parking permits at a rate discounted by 25%
to reflect term-time use only,
providing the school has a bronze level accredited
travel plan;
§ Purchase additional school staff
parking permits at the reduced term-time rate should
they have either a silver (up to 6
school permits in total) or a gold (up to 9 school permits in total) level
accredited travel plan.
Residents Parking Permits:
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2.8
From 1st April 2017 to amend the resident
parking permit scheme as follows:
§ Simplifying emission-based bandings
for resident household permits, as set out in
paragraph 7.3, to provide a clearer
signal and encouragement to switch to lower-
emission vehicles
§ Introducing a minimum charge of £25
for a resident’s parking permit for any
vehicle (other than a powered
two-wheel vehicle)
§ Reducing the permitted size of
vehicles with resident permits to those weighing
no more than 3.5 tonnes
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2.9
To agree in principle to introduce a £25 supplement for diesel car
permits, reflecting their additional contribution to air pollution, with effect
from 1st October 2018 to give adequate notice
and therefore time for owners to change to less polluting vehicles or transport
modes.
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2.10
To note that further research is required regarding the proposal to
reduce resident permit entitlement from 3 permits to 2, as set out at paragraph
7.2.
Visitor Permit Entitlement:
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2.11
Dependent on agreement to recommendation 2.4 above (to continue the offer
of the Visitor Household permit), to cap the number of visitor permits any
household can buy to a maximum of 300 permits p.a., commencing from 1st April 2017.
Trader Permits:
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2.12
To develop and introduce a new one-day All Zones trader’s permit,
allowing a business vehicle to park in any CPZ within Brent for one day.
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CPZ
Concerns
Cabinet 27 June 2016 On-Street
2.13 To
note that a further report detailing and scoping a comprehensive review of the
operation of CPZs will come to Cabinet in the autumn.
2.13 To
note that a further report detailing and scoping a comprehensive review of the
operation of CPZs will come to Cabinet in the autumn.
