The Strategy consists of two documents:
Part 1: The Executive Strategy Document which
includes an Action Plan for delivery. The document builds on
the basis provided by the Study Report and addresses the possible
undersupply of parking in some of the main towns, the management
options for car parking including review of supply and demand, car
park layouts, tariffs (costs and times), alternative methods of
management, and potential for alleviating demand. The Executive
Strategy also considers the possible introduction of Civil Parking
Enforcement (CPE).
Part 2: The Study Report was published as a
consultation draft on 30th June 2006 and sets out the
framework for all parking matters up to 2016. It covers many
different aspects of car parking including data collection and
analysis, production of demand forecasts town by town, explanations
of options for dealing with any imbalance between car parking
supply and demand, modelling of possible tariff changes, the
enforcement of regulations for both SSDC car parks and on-street
parking, and the implications of introducing Decriminalised Parking
Enforcement (now known as Civil Parking Enforcement) ie the
transfer of on-street enforcement from Police to Local Authority
personnel.
The Report is supported by detailed technical analysis on a
number of issues and these are attached as appendices.
Additionally, summary results of
surveys of car park use can be viewed as can maps of the main
settlements showing their car parks.
The Study Report acts as a foundation for the District Wide
Parking Strategy and consideration of comments received during
consultation with stakeholders led to the formulation of
the Executive Strategy Document.
Please note: the District Wide Car Parking Strategy was subject
to a review, the South Somerset Car Parking Strategy
Review, which was adopted by Full Council on Thursday 20 June
2013.