The Strategic Director, Place, will present a report, (Document I), which considers an application for a Disabled Persons Parking Place at Staveley Road, Keighley.

Members are requested to consider Document I and determine if to allow the installation of a Disabled Persons Parking Place at 19 Staveley Road, Keighley.

(Regeneration and Environment Overview and Scrutiny Committee)

(Simon D’Vali – 01535 618375)

Resolved –

That the application for the installation of a Disabled Persons Parking Place at 19 Staveley Road, Ingrow, Keighley, be approved with the condition that should the resident move from the property the parking place be removed.

OVERVIEW AND SCRUTINY COMMITTEE: Regeneration & Environment

ACTION: Strategic Director, Place

The Strategic Director, Place, presented a report, (Document I) which considered an application for a Disabled Persons Parking Place at Staveley Road, Keighley.

It was reported that the resident who had made the application had met all the criteria required to secure a disabled parking space outside their home with the exception of the mobility element of the required DWP benefit.

A plan showing the indicative location of a Disabled Persons Parking Place outside 19 Staveley Road was appended to the report.  A large scale photograph of Staveley Road depicting the resident’s address was tabled at the meeting. 

It was explained that neighbourhood consultation had been conducted and that no objections to the application had been received. It was confirmed that there wasn’t any off-street parking at Staveley Road.

A representative of Age UK was in attendance to support the application and addressed the meeting.  She referred to a case study produced for the Portfolio Holder with responsibility for Regeneration, Planning and Transport, during a policy review.  The case study referred to a similar case to the one under consideration involving a person who did not meet the criteria for a disabled parking space because she was not eligible for benefits which would allow her to meet the criteria.  This was because of her age and not the level of her disability.

Following the presentation of the case study it was explained that the applicant avoid leaving her house because she was unable to park when she returned.  In response to questions it was confirmed that the applicant was in receipt of a blue disabled parking badge.

The cost of the installation of the parking measures was questioned and it was explained that this would be between £100 and £150.

In response to questions about the location it was confirmed that the parking space depicted on the photograph tabled was to show the best place to park and there was not any residents only provision. 

A Member referred to other parking restrictions in the area which had remained once residents had moved from their homes.  It was requested that if the application was approved a condition be attached to remove the disabled park place if the applicant moved home.

Resolved –

That the application for the installation of a Disabled Persons Parking Place at 19 Staveley Road, Ingrow, Keighley, be approved with the condition that should the resident move from the property the parking place be removed.

OVERVIEW AND SCRUTINY COMMITTEE: Regeneration & Environment

ACTION: Strategic Director, Place