CPZS SPARK PARKING PROTESTS
Mid Sussex News
INTRODUCTION of new parking restrictions has caused another wave of protest from the latest residents to be targeted for change.
The county council has caused anger, this time in Cuckfield, by announcing a survey asking residents what they think about Controlled Parking Zones (CPZs) and other proposals.
Yet Cuckfield Parish Council, which is doing its own work on parking problems in the village, says the survey comes as a 'complete surprise'.
Parish clerk Frances Jones said: "The council had received no indication that any changes were proposed to the on-street parking arrangements in the village."
Mrs Jones said parking problems were one of the big issues for residents but there were no easy solutions in an ancient village such as Cuckfield. "There are very real concerns that ill thought out proposals could actually reduce parking for local people as well as being detrimental for traders.
"The Parish Council believes that real consultation is needed with residents given a balanced view of the issues involved."
Cuckfield is the latest community to be targeted by changes being brought in under the decriminalised parking system (LAPE), which has switched parking control from police to county and district councils.
Surveys have been carried out by the county to test the water for CPZs in key locations in Haywards Heath and Lindfield where commuters and other long-stay parking restrict access for shoppers and local residents.
However, changes that have already taken place, including limited stays of just 30 minutes in high streets, have angered traders, who say that is not long enough for people to shop, and residents who cannot park near their homes for fear of getting a ticket from the district's new team of 13 parking attendants.
Tex Pemberton, the county's Cabinet Member for Highways and Transport, said close liaison would take place with parish and district councils over the CPZ surveys and he stressed that no final decisions had been taken.
Replies are due by July 14 to the 1,400 letters delivered to homes and businesses in Cuckfield.
INTRODUCTION of new parking restrictions has caused another wave of protest from the latest residents to be targeted for change.
The county council has caused anger, this time in Cuckfield, by announcing a survey asking residents what they think about Controlled Parking Zones (CPZs) and other proposals.
Yet Cuckfield Parish Council, which is doing its own work on parking problems in the village, says the survey comes as a 'complete surprise'.
Parish clerk Frances Jones said: "The council had received no indication that any changes were proposed to the on-street parking arrangements in the village."
Mrs Jones said parking problems were one of the big issues for residents but there were no easy solutions in an ancient village such as Cuckfield. "There are very real concerns that ill thought out proposals could actually reduce parking for local people as well as being detrimental for traders.
"The Parish Council believes that real consultation is needed with residents given a balanced view of the issues involved."
Cuckfield is the latest community to be targeted by changes being brought in under the decriminalised parking system (LAPE), which has switched parking control from police to county and district councils.
Surveys have been carried out by the county to test the water for CPZs in key locations in Haywards Heath and Lindfield where commuters and other long-stay parking restrict access for shoppers and local residents.
However, changes that have already taken place, including limited stays of just 30 minutes in high streets, have angered traders, who say that is not long enough for people to shop, and residents who cannot park near their homes for fear of getting a ticket from the district's new team of 13 parking attendants.
Tex Pemberton, the county's Cabinet Member for Highways and Transport, said close liaison would take place with parish and district councils over the CPZ surveys and he stressed that no final decisions had been taken.
Replies are due by July 14 to the 1,400 letters delivered to homes and businesses in Cuckfield.
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