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Guildford parking review 2024

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There are a number of stages involved in the review, as shown in the list above, and we are currently in the advertising and objections stage.

Introduction

Beginning in July and continuing through August 2024, we carried out assessments on-street of the parking issues across the borough once again. These were issues of concern that had been brought to our attention largely by members of the public, the police, councillors and highway officers since the previous review took place. We visited, assessed, and prioritised requests for new or amended parking controls in different locations across the borough.

Authorisation

We discussed our recommendations with County Councillors and reached agreement about which changes to the current parking restrictions we should propose to introduce in this parking review and the Parking and Traffic Enforcement Manager gave authorisation for us to advertise our intention to introduce them.

Advertising and objections

Please note that at this stage we are only advertising changes to parking within the Guildford controlled parking zone (CPZ) in the centre of the town and the parished areas of the borough. We also have plans to make some changes to parking in parts of Guildford town that are outside the controlled parking zone, some of which are connected to the Weyside Urban Village development and have only recently been included. We are preparing the advert and paperwork for these and will be advertising them separately in November. When we do so, we will follow the same process as for these current proposals and update this page with the relevant information.

We will formally advertise our intention to introduce the proposed changes in the CPZ and parished areas by way of a notice published in the ßÙßÇÂþ»­ Advertiser on Friday 3 October. At about the same time we will put up notices on street light columns, and maybe some other street furniture, where we are proposing to make changes to the on-street parking. The notices will give details about where to see more information about the proposals, how to submit comments about them and when the end date is. We will also send letters with the same details to some of the properties next to or near where changes are proposed.

At the bottom of this page, there are two documents which show the proposals we are advertising. These are the Statement of reasons for Guildford controlled parking zone proposals (PDF) and the Statement of reasons for parished area proposals (PDF), which show the proposals within the controlled parking zone in Guildford town centre and those in the parished areas outside the town respectively. They contain a description of the proposed changes and why we want to introduce them. In both documents the proposals are listed in electoral county division and then by area. There are also sets of drawings showing the proposals, which are sorted into the relevant electoral county divisions.

There is now a period during which you can let us know what you think about the proposed changes, whether you support them or object to them or have any other comments. Please note that the closing date is Friday 31 October, so please make sure you have let us have your views by then. The easiest way to do this is by completing our .

Alternatively you can let us know by sending a letter to : Parking team (Guildford parking review 2024), ßÙßÇÂþ»­ Highways, Hazel House, Merrow Lane, Guildford GU4 7BQ.

Once the 28 day advertising period has ended, we will analyse and collate all the feedback that we have received into a report to share with the appropriate county councillors for their help in approving the final decisions.

Approval

By law we have to consider all the objections, that we have received during the advertising period and we also take note of any other comments and indications of support that we have received. To do this, we share the report containing all the feedback that was received during the advertising period with the Parking and Traffic Enforcement Manager and the relevant county councillors, who are responsible for making the final decisions about which of the proposed changes to parking go ahead. At this stage it is possible that some of the proposals may be changed slightly, although no new significant extra restrictions can be added, or dropped completely.  Once all the discussions about what to do have finished and the decisions about all the proposals have been agreed, we compile a  final decisions report.

We publish the decisions report on this page and contact everybody who participated during the advertising stage of the process, letting them know that report is available to read. For those who responded by letter, we send a copy of the outcome to them in the post.

Implementation

We then prepare an order for the necessary lining and signing work to install the agreed changes and place it with our contractors, as well as making the final traffic regulation order (TRO) amendments. This means that one the lining and signing has been completed, all the agreed changes to parking restrictions become enforceable by patrolling civil enforcement officers.

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