Parking in Round Hill
From page 3 The Round Hill Reporter September 2010
One of the recurring debates in the planning applications for land off Princes Road has been the availability of parking in the area. Developers Carelet have not included off- street parking in the most recent proposals, instead arguing there is plenty of available space on Round Hill’s streets. They included, in their recent plans, a parking survey which purported to support their claim. By counting the availability of parking spaces during midweek slots, they were able to demonstrate sufficient availability to support their proposals to extend their plans for a strip of land on the northern edge of Round Hill. The argument did not sway members of the Planning Committee however, who cited the lack of parking as one of the reasons for refusing the revised plans. But now that Carelet are taking their appeal to the Planning Inspector, a group of local residents used empirical methods to dispute Carelet’s argument.
The team conducted their own survey, using a rigorous approach and assessing availability in the late evenings when parking problems are most evident. Car owners living in Round Hill will not be surprised to learn that the resulting report soundly contradicted the developer’s claims. Not only were there very few free places within five minutes’ walk (400m) of the site entrance, but the team also recorded high numbers of cars left in unsuitable places, such as on junctions, double-yellow lines or pulled up on the pavement, cited as evidence of the lack of more ideal locations. The report has been submitted to the Planning Inspector for consideration as part of Carelet’s appeal and the full text is available in PDF format on the Round Hill website.
See Round Hill Community Parking Survey: 2010parkingsurvey.pdf
See also page 6 Round Hill Reporter March 2013 Round Hill Controlled Parking Planned to be here this summer.
See also 1st July 2013 implementation of Round Hill's CPZ
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