The Strategic Director Place will submit a report (Document “F”) which sets out an application for a Disabled Persons Parking Place for 28 Albert Road, Queensbury (parking place to be located on Thornton Road) which has resulted in objections.

Recommended –

(1)       That the Bradford South Area Committee determines whether or           not to allow the installation of a Disabled Persons Parking Place     on Thornton Road, Queensbury.

(2)       That the applicant and objectors be informed accordingly.

Overview and Scrutiny Committee: Regeneration and Environment

(Andrew Smith - 01274 434674)

Resolved –

(1)       That the Bradford South Area Committee upholds the objections          and refuses an application for the installation of a disabled   Person Parking Place on Thornton Road, Queensbury.

(2)       That the applicant and objectors be informed accordingly.

ACTION: Strategic Director Place

(Andrew Smith – 01274 43 4674)

The Strategic Director Place submitted a report (Document “F”) which set out an application for a Disabled Persons Parking Place for 28 Albert Road, Queensbury (parking place to be located on Thornton Road) which had resulted in objections.

The Principal Engineer highlighted that the matter had been discussed by the Area Committee on a number of occasions and deferred to enable different options to be explored, and following advertising of the proposals, seven objections had now been received, which were detailed in the report.

A number of the objectors were present at the meeting and a spokesperson stated that the applicant had lived in the area for a number of years and that he had access to a number of vehicles. She added that the proposed parking place would be installed directly outside her house, however the applicant had a tendency to park in a number of locations in the vicinity and therefore residents could not understand how the proposed location would assist the applicant.

A Member and Ward Councillor for the area acknowledged that a number of concerns had been expressed around the proposals and that the location would cause additional issues, by narrowing that part of Thornton Road, and he suggested that a possible location could be found on Chapel Street.

In response to a question why the parking place was not being proposed outside the applicant’s house, it was stated that given the existing double yellow lines adjacent to Albert Road, the location was not considered suitable and that parking was already at a premium in the area.

A Member suggested that Ward Councillors speak to the applicant and the objectors so that an amicable solution could be found, however Members felt that proposed location was not viable and it was therefore:

Resolved –

(1)       That the Bradford South Area Committee upholds the objections          and refuses an application for the installation of a disabled   Person Parking Place on Thornton Road, Queensbury.

(2)       That the applicant and objectors be informed accordingly.

ACTION: Strategic Director Place