Parking in Edinburgh - Consultation running till 31 October

A consultation is underway on parking in Edinburgh. The draft parking action plan  sets out a range of actions and was approved by the Transport and Environment Committee on 25 August. 

The main actions include:

·         The extension of parking controls to cover weekends/Sundays and into the evening

·         The roll out of shared use parking places

·         The introduction of visitor permits in the city centre

The City of Edinburgh Council want to know what you think about the parking proposals to ensure the Council makes the right decisions about parking in Edinburgh.  Once you’ve read the proposals, please fill in the questionnaire.

Drop in Events

Community - Monday 28 September from 2 – 5 pm, in the City Chambers, High Street, Edinburgh

Business - Monday 5 October from 11.30 – 2.30 pm in the Consort Suite, Roxburghe Hotel, 38 Charlotte Square, Edinburgh

Further information and a full list of  local drop in sessions and engagement events is  available on the Council’s Consultation Hub at www.edinburgh.gov.uk/parkingconsultation. 

The consultation is open and you can feed back until 31 October. 

Agenda for MSCC meeting on We 28 Jan 2015 at 7:30pm

Marchmont & Sciennes Community Council will hold its January meeting on We 28 Jan 2015, at 7:30pm.  

The meeting will take place in our usual venue of St Catherine's Argyle Church halls on Beaufort Road/ Grange Road. 

This will be our fourth meeting of 14/15.  We will continue our regular practice of meeting on the fourth Wednesday of the month until Jun 2015, and then take a break till Sep 2015.

All who live or work in the area are most welcome to attend 

A G E N D A

 1            Sederunt and apologies

 2               Draft Minutes of last meeting, 26 Nov 2014 and matters arising (not otherwise on Agenda)

·      food recycling bins

 3             Police Report

·      Behaviour outside James Gillespie’s Primary School at school start

 4            Update on Meadows from Mike Shields 

Items for discussion

 5            New planning applications (?)

 6            Edinburgh Association of Community Councils (what role do we wish to play)

 7            CCTV on Meadows (no consensus)

 8            Christmas Tree/ refuse collection

 9            Sick Kids re their plans

Items mainly for information

10            Christmas tree lighting ceremony: thanks to organisers

11            Treasurer’s report (in absentia)

12            Reports of meetings

                        Neighbourhood Partnership

                        HMO group

13            Sciennes in pilot of school streets scheme

14            MSCC leaflet

15            Update on Noticeboard for centre of Marchmont Crescent

16            Parking review

17            AOCB

18            Date of next meeting: 25 February 2015

What do you think about parking in Marchmont & Sciennes?

The City of Edinburgh Council are keen to hear your views on parking in Edinburgh's Controlled Parking Zones and Priority Parking Areas.  

This is your chance to help shape future developments with parking.

Proposed changes to controlled parking: views now sought

As reported a month ago on this blog City of Edinburgh Council are proposing to alter the regulations governing controlled parking zones (CPZ) in the city. [TRO/09/76]

Detailed information about the draft order, plans and relevant documentation can be found here. 

Most properties in the Marchmont and Sciennes area should now have received a letter about this through their door.  


MSCC discussed this at our meeting on 10 Feb 10 and now propose to object to the proposals for Fingal Place and Sylvan Place.  Other responses to the proposals are invited by 2 Mar 2010, to trafficorders@edinburgh.gov.uk.  

Proposed changes to controlled parking

Amendments have been proposed that affect the Edinburgh Controlled Parking scheme.

Formal objections are not invited at this stage, since a further period will be allowed for the submission of any objections when the proposals are formally advertised.

However comments to a.mackay@edinburgh.gov.uk before 22 January 2010 will be considered at this stage. Any questions to same address.

The amendments include proposals to:

• Simplify the structure and wording of Controlled Parking Zone (CPZ) Orders which regulate waiting and parking etc in the city centre (to bring 1-8 in line with newer zones)

• Change a proportion of public parking bays and permit parking bays in zones 1 to 8 to shared use parking bays

• Remove lengths of waiting restrictions in zones 1 to 8 in order to create additional parking spaces

• Allow Zone 8 residents to buy permits to allow visitors to park

• Limit the issue of residents’ permits in Zones 1 to 8 to a maximum of two per household

• Introduce residents’ permits charges that relate to vehicle emissions / engine sizes, with a surcharge for the second permit in a household

• Allow loading and unloading in permit and shared use bays for a maximum of 30 minutes

• Allow motorcycles to park free of charge in all shared use parking places and in all public parking places. But reduce incidence of allocated solo m/c parking

• Introduce an administration charge of 10% (minimum £10) to replace a lost or damaged permit

• Introduce a £5 administration charge on all 3 or 6 month resident permits

• Make changes to the issue of Healthcare Workers’ Permits

• Require vehicles claiming certain exemptions for loading/unloading (eg vehicles engaged in postal deliveries, road works etc) to be liveried

• Require taxis waiting on stances to be occupied by the driver at all times and to be available for immediate hire.

Plans showing the on-street changes proposed for  Zone 7  &  Zone 8 (zipped files) are available. If anyone has problems with the files the MSCC secretary has electronic copies (large files) which he could e-mail.


Updated (21:50 on Th 7 Jan 2010) to include links to Zone 7 files

From Cameron Rose’s newsblog: new parking proposals for Grange

Cameron's blog carries a post published yesterday reading...

“Following the fall of the extension of the controlled parking zone in Grange/Newington earlier in the year new, more limited, proposals are being brought forward. These include a first for Edinburgh - placing short sections of yellow line which prohibit parking for a one or two hour period during the day. This will prevent long term parking in these otherwise uncontrolled areas and ensure a turnover of use.

Maps showing these (and other proposals) can be viewed at a public meeting at 7.00pm on Tuesday 1st December in the Royal Blind School (Craigmillar Park). The draft plans will be on view from 6.30pm, and Council staff will be on hand to explain the proposals and to answer questions. A formal question and answer session will commence at 7.00pm.”

For more details (including links to the three plan documents) see Cameron’s blog post.

Cameron Rose: Parking proposals for Grange, Newington

Cameron Rose's newsblog carries an item this evening about parking proposals for Grange, Newington:

"Following the abandonment of the extension of the controlled parking zone in the Grange area, new more modest local proposals have been brought forward for local comment".

Read more...

Update: controlled parking proposals rejected

Cameron Rose's newsblog this evening informs us that proposals to redraw the boundaries of parking zones 7, 8 and S1 have been rejected. The proposal made by MSCC to merge 7, 8 and S1 is to be re-examined.

update (29 Jul at 07:20): It has been brought to my attention that the MSCC proposal is actually to merge PART of zones 7,and 8 with S1.

Controlled Parking Zone - Amendments to Zones 7, 8 and S1

The Transport, Infrastructure and Environment Committee of the City of Edinburgh Council will consider a proposal to amend controlled parking zones 7, 8 and S1 (PDF) at their meeting on 28 July 2009. The proposal is not to merge zones 7,8 and S1 as proposed by MSCC but to amend some of the boundaries and introduce shared use bays.

From Cameron Rose's newsblog: Sciennes Grange CPZ revision due July

As Cameron Rose reported on his newsblog on 5 May:

"The Head of Transport agreed to bring forward a review of the implementation and effects of the S1 controlled parking zone to the next meeting of the Transport Committee (28th July). It is understood this will look at merging S1 with the parts of zones 7 and 8 between S1 and the Meadows which is seen as forming a natural boundary. It is also expected that it will look at the pressures created by S1 on the Findhorn Place and other boundaries of S1, and on the usage of road space for parking within S1."

Edinburgh Council extends online payments to include parking permits

Cameron Rose's NewsBlog today alerts us to the opportunity to pay our City of Edinburgh Council bills online (via debit but not credit cards). Paying for a resident's parking permit is now possible.

Other bills you can pay include council tax, council house rent, non-domestic rates, service accounts and fixed penalty tickets

Consultation open on parking standards

The City of Edinburgh Council have published planning standards on parking for consultation (PDF). As a report to the planning committee says:

"Parking Standards are a key tool in managing the transport impacts of developments. They can reduce overspill parking but also have a central role in influencing how people travel to new developments. The Council’s current Parking Standards are now almost ten years old; with this in mind a review has been undertaken to learn from experience and current best practice, and take into account recent Government guidance. The review has identified a number of proposed detailed changes.

The following are considered to be the most significant:

• Changes to General Housing Standards so that the standards take more account of dwelling size and location
• Adoption of a tailored approach to residential parking for large developments, taking detailed account of public transport access, local facilities and other relevant factors
• Presumption against automatic increases in parking at existing out-of-city-centre retail centres
• Requiring/permitting the provision of temporary parking in areas of major development prior to improvements in infrastructure/public transport services"

Comments are invited by Fr 29 May 09 to Phil.noble@edinburgh.gov.uk. Queries to Phil at 0131 469 3803.

EDINBURGH DISABLED PARKING

THIRLSTANE ROAD, LEAMINGTON TERRACE.

Formal objections are not invited at this stage but any comments will be welcomed by 8th December 2008. After this the proposals will be formally advertised

CONTROLLED PARKING ZONE-EDINBURGH

Recent information regarding controlled parking zones in Edinburgh can be accessed here:

Controlled parking zone

Choose "Parking in Edinburgh" then "Extension of the Controlled Parking Zones"

Parking Pemits for Business Premises

THE CITY OF EDINBURGH COUNCIL (TRAFFIC REGULATION; RESTRICTIONS ON WAITING, LOADING AND UNLOADING, AND PARKING PLACES) (VARIATION NO ) ORDER 200_ - TRO/08/06A
THE CITY OF EDINBURGH COUNCIL IN EXERCISE OF THEIR POWERS UNDER SECTIONS 1(1), 2(1) TO 2(3), 4(2), 35, 45, 46, 49 AND 53 OF, AND PART IV OF SCHEDULE 9 TO, THE ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984, AS AMENDED, PROPOSE TO MAKE AN ORDER.
THE EFFECTS OF THIS ORDER WILL BE TO:
(a) Rename ‘Retail Permits’ as ‘Business Permits’ and allow an extended range of businesses to apply for these;
(b) Limit the number of permits to two for each qualifying business;
(c) Allow the requirement that business vehicles must be liveried to be relaxed;
(d) Require businesses to demonstrate that their vehicles are essential to their daily operations;
(e) Clarify that tradespeople operating from home are entitled to apply for a trades permit.
(f) Allow tradespeople to buy permits for any number of complete months.
A COPY OF THE DRAFT ORDER TOGETHER WITH (1) A MAP SHOWING THE AREA AFFECTED, (2) A STATEMENT OF THE COUNCIL’S REASONS FOR PROPOSING TO MAKE THE ORDER AND (3) A COPY OF THE ORDER TO BE VARIED MAY BE EXAMINED BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 9:00 AM AND 3:30 PM ON MONDAYS TO FRIDAYS DURING THE PERIOD 11 APRIL TO 7 MAY 2008 AT THE CITY OF EDINBURGH COUNCIL, MAIN RECEPTION, CITY CHAMBERS, HIGH STREET, EDINBURGH.
ANY PERSON WISHING TO OBJECT TO THE PROPOSED ORDER SHOULD SEND DETAILS OF THE GROUNDS OF OBJECTION IN WRITING, QUOTING REFERENCE TRO/08/06A TO THE DIRECTOR OF CITY DEVELOPMENT, (TRANSPORT), WAVERLEY COURT, 4 EAST MARKET STREET, EDINBURGH, EH8 8BG, NOT LATER THAN 7 MAY 2008.
ROADS AFFECTED:
THIS ORDER AFFECTS ALL ROADS FORMING CONTROLLED PARKING ZONES 1 TO 8 INCLUSIVE.
FURTHER ORDERS, TO BE ADVERTISED LATER IN APRIL, WILL EXTEND THESE CHANGES TO ALL OTHER ROADS WITHIN THE CONTROLLED PARKING AREA.

DAVE ANDERSON, DIRECTOR OF CITY DEVELOPMENT

CPZ Changes

Parking Changes

CPZ Proposal Maps

Here are some better maps about the CPZ changes:

Merging the New Zone 8 into Zone S1

As you may know there are some pretty major changes planned to Zones 7 and 8 (Alastair blogged about it below). The report is on available here: http://cpol.edinburgh.gov.uk/getdoc_ext.asp?DocId=101907
Now, the proposed boundary changes are quite significant, making a long, thin, smaller zone 8 between the Meadows and S1.

I've talked to a (very) few people and consensus seems to be that it would be much better for that new little zone 8 (not the new 8A) to be merged into S1.
Susie Agnew and I made a presentation on your behalf to propose this to the council this morning. The suggestion seemed well received. There will be further consultation about this. But, while there wasn't time to canvas many people before the meeting, it is important to check that our suggestion meets with general approval.

Please, so that we know we are proposing the right thing, leave a comment on the blog stating if you are for or against merging zone 8 into S1.

First steps to change controlled parking zones (7, 8 and S1)

Readers may be interested in this item on Cameron Rose's newsblog...

http://cameronrose.blogspot.com/2007/09/proposed-parking-zone-amendments.html


looks like this is just a first step towards a change but initial comments requested by 25 Sep (yes really soon!).

What do folk feel?


alastair