What - currently, Kipling Road residents (and residents of adjoining roads) are able to park on the roads without permits. EBC want to change that, and are starting their survey/consultations to do just that
Can anyone please confirm if permits are a EBC or HCC initiative? Seeing comments from more than 1 person linking it back to HCC, but the miPermit site and any searches to do with permits are an EBC thing.
EBC administers the Parking Permit scheme on behalf of HCC, all moneys collected by EBC (apart from the cost to administer the scheme I imagine) are passed onto HCC.
Parking Permits are not a money making scheme or stealth tax to benefit EBC.
From the wording of this letter I would say that following complaints/concerns raised by residents regarding non-residents parking on Kipling Road and even a or some specific requests have been received by EBC for parking permits to be introduced.
As a result of which councillors have asked EBC officers to run a consultation with all residents as part of the process of investigating whether such a scheme should be introduced to these roads.
Itâs not a case of councillors or EBC âwantingâ to introduce parking permits but of EBC and councillors following the correct process to resolve concerns raised by residents.
Thank you for the clarity @TParkEastleighN . My questions to you (and other Cllrs) is then - have EBC Cllrs ever aided in resisting or reducing permit changes, or is it just a case of agreeing with HCC?
Furthermore, if we want to complain about existing schemes, or stop new ones (like this one), who would those complaints need to be addressed to? EBC or HCC?
It just seems a bit confusing (in my opinion) that all searches for âEastleigh parking permitsâ bring up an EBC reference, and further adds to the confusion of âwhose job is it anywayâ between the 2 Councils
This is before my time but from what I understand EBC and EBC councillors fought very hard against charges for parking permits but were ultimately unsuccessful in this regard. The only way this would have been achieved would be if EBC were to reimburse HCC for the loss of parking permit incomeâŚwhich would have resulted in every single council tax payer in the borough subsidising those who need parking permits. Very unfair to those who canât even afford to run a car or to those who have driveways or otherwise donât park on the road.
With regards to this particular scheme, then the best option is to respond to the consultation letting them know that you donât want it and to encourage your neighbours to do the same.
You should remember that these schemes will only be put in where either residents are in favour of them or where itâs felt there is a problem with parking which can be resolved through such a scheme.
The purpose of the consultation is to determine if either of the above are applicable.
Do bear in mind EBC & EBC councillors always try to do what is best for residents, they care about the community and will make decisions for that reason alone. This shouldnât be thought of as a âus vs themâ situationâŚitâs about finding the best solution to a problem.
Maybe so, but my guess would be that most online searches are made by people who want to know how to apply for or change their parking permits and as EBC does the administration itâs less confusing for web searches to point them towards EBC.
Sorry but highly confused reading cllr Parkâs comments. @TParkEastleighN are you saying your administration has no control over this? The reason I ask is because there is a well documente agreement that the Liberal Democrat administration agreed with HCC to source the funds locally believe this agreement was 2004 (if I have my dates wrong please tell me and Iâll edit my comment to the correct date.
This has been opposed locally and well documented by Labour over the past decade. For an independent source that corroborates this however please see this Eastleigh News Article.
Cllr Irish himself is on the record stating: âThere will be NO charges for the first permit. Not now. Not in the future. No chance.â You broke a promise to the electorate at least be honest enough to explain why your doing this: Because your financial strategy is a time bomb waiting to go off and youâre trying to cut costs to ensure timely debt repayments.
@DazzaRPD if you know contact details of these residents, and they would like to get in contact with me please let me know, would be more than happy to support them in future actions against this move.
We moved to EBC in 1982 and when parking permits were introduced we were assured that we would never have to pay for a permit. Now we are paying not only for a first permit but a second permit that still does not guarantee a parking space outside our house.
On another note if HCC are responsible for parking arrangements etc., why do they not use the money accrued to upgrade the highways where residents pay to park?
