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New Parking Restrictions in the Falkland Road and Velmore
Areas
On 1 March 2010 new parking restrictions will come into force
across a number of roads in Chandler's Ford. Click on the areas
below to find out further information:
North End Copse and Southern Falkland Road Area
Details of the parking restrictions
A new
residents' parking scheme is being introduced in this area. Between
9am and 5pm, Monday to Friday, Suffolk Drive, Cambridge Drive,
Suffolk Close, Suffolk Green, Cambridge Green and Essex Green will
become a Permit Parking Area. This means that any vehicles parking
in these roads during these hours must display a valid permit. The
area will be known as permit zone 11
Apart from the laybys, there will not be marked parking bays. A
vehicle displaying a permit can park anywhere, so long as it is not
causing an obstruction or on double yellow lines. The sign shown
opposite marks the entrance to the Permit Parking Area and means
that vehicles will have to display a permit in any of the roads
beyond the sign.
Within the Permit Parking Area there will be other signs
displayed reminding drivers that only permit holders can park
between 9am and 5pm, but the signs do not indicate specific places
to park. Vehicles parking in a disabled bay must display a valid
Blue Badge.
The
parking areas located off of these roads, such as the two in
Suffolk Drive, one in Suffolk Close and one in Cambridge Drive,
will have a two hour time limit between 9am and 5pm, Monday to
Friday. This means vehicles can park in them for up to two hours
without having to display a permit. Resident permit holders (but
not visitor permits) are exempt from the two hour time limit.
Vehicles displaying a disabled Blue Badge can park in any Permit
Parking Area or two hour time limited parking area without a
permit.
In
Falkland Road, the layby in front of property numbers 178 to 216
will be restricted to permit holders only between 9am and 5pm,
Monday to Friday.
The laybys on the opposite side of the road will be Pay
& Display parking during the same hours. Resident permit
holders will be exempt from having to pay the hourly fees. The Pay
& Display charges are £2 for up to four hours and £3 for more
than four hours in a single day. The ticket machines only take
coins, but payment can also be made by phone using RingGo.
There will also be new double yellow line restrictions in
Falkland Road and in parts of North End Copse. Please note that
double yellow lines also apply to the adjacent verge and
footway.
Vehicles that contravene a parking restriction will be liable to
receive a Penalty Charge Notice.
The signs and road markings will start to be put in place during
February 2010, but the restrictions will not be enforced until 1
March 2010.
A plan showing the locations of the parking restrictions can be
viewed below. The coloured lines represent different parking
restrictions which are identified by a key on the plan.
- View the plan pdf
- Who is entitled to apply
for permits?
The following residential properties
will be entitled to apply for Zone 11 permits:
Cambridge
Drive
- all
properties
Cambridge
Green
- all
properties
Essex
Green
- all
properties
Falkland
Road
- even
numbered properties 152 – 228
Nursery
Gardens
-
Ashtree Court and The Willows
Suffolk
Close
- all
properties
Suffolk
Drive
- all
properties
Suffolk
Green
- all
properties
Each property will be entitled to two permits. Permits are
issued for specific vehicles. A third permit may be issued to
properties that cannot provide off-street parking. First permits
are free, second permits cost £50 per year and third permits cost
£100 per year.
The permits are valid in any of the roads where the parking
signs display an '11' symbol, which represents Zone 11 (existing
residents' parking zones elsewhere in Eastleigh are numbered from 1
to 10).
Visitor permits are also issued to each residential property
within the Zone. Residents write the registration number of their
visitor's vehicle and the date they are parking on the book of
visitor permits provided and it is then displayed in the windscreen
of the visitor's vehicle. If the visitor is parking for more than
one day a separate line of the permit book for each day parked
needs to be filled in. This enables the visitor to park within the
roads in the Permit Parking Area or the marked permit parking bays
in Falkland Road.
100 days of free visitor permits are available per property. If
more than one adult resides at a property an additional 25 visitor
permits are available, increasing by a further 25 for each adult
that lives there. For example, a household with three adults will
be entitled to 150 days of visitor permits. The visitor permits are
not exempt from the time limit in the two hour parking areas nor
from paying the hourly fees in the Pay & Display parking
bays.
Professional carers can apply to the Council for parking
permits. Carer Permits are also issued by the Council to infirm,
disabled or housebound residents who receive help from regular
visitors. They allow visitors unrestricted parking within the zone.
If a Carer Permit is required please contact Parking Services on
023 8064 8579.
How do I apply for permits?
Information
will be sent to all properties that are entitled to apply for
permits early in 2010 in plenty of time to enable residents to
obtain them before the new parking restrictions come into force on
1 March 2010. If you live at an entitled property and you have not
received anything in the post by 8 February 2010 please contact
Parking Services on 023 8064 8579.
Frequently asked questions
Why do I have to pay for a permit?
The
Council has to charge for permits to offset the ongoing costs of
administering and enforcing the residents' parking
scheme.
What happens if I park in the permit parking areas
without a permit?
The restrictions come into force on
1 March 2010. From this date onwards if you contravene a parking
restriction you will liable to receive a Penalty Charge
Notice.
Can I get more visitor permits if I run
out?
You will not be able to obtain any more than
your allocation of free visitor permits. Weekly permits can be
obtained at a charge of £42. The Council does not issue an
unlimited supply of visitor permits because this would undermine
the residents' parking scheme and may result in abuse of the system
(eg people trying avoid the need for a second permit).
I am not happy that a new sign post has been erected
outside my house. Can it be moved?
The signs have to
be located at particular intervals or the restrictions would not be
enforceable. The locations for the signs have therefore been
specifically identified. Wherever possible, the Council will try to
locate the signs so that they are not immediately outside of
someone's house or so they use existing posts/lamp columns, but
this is not always possible. We may be able to fix signs to walls
if we have the owner's permission.
My road suffers from parking problems, so why aren't new
restrictions being introduced?
The main reason for
introducing these parking restrictions is to help residents to park
near their homes in the roads surrounding the offices at Chestnut
Avenue and Tollgate. The effect of introducing these new
restrictions will be monitored to see if it causes difficulties in
other roads.
There are no parking problems in my road, so why are
there going to be new parking restrictions?
Although
there may not appear to be parking difficulties in some roads at
the moment, the nature of restricting parking could move the
problem elsewhere. Other roads have therefore been included to
reduce the likelihood of problems for residents.
What happens to the income the Council receives from
permits and parking fines?
Legislation states that
the Council can only use this income to cover the cost of
enforcement and running the residents parking scheme. Any surplus
would have to be spent on highway or transport
improvements.
Can I use my permit to park in other
Zones?
No. You can only park in the Zone for which
your permit was issued. The signs in the permit parking areas will
have a number on them to let you know which Zone they are
in.
If you have any further queries about the new parking
restrictions, traffic signs or road markings please contact Traffic
Management on 023 8068 8229 or email engineers@eastleigh.gov.uk
Please contact Parking Services for queries relating to permits
or penalty charge notices on 023 8064 8579 or email parking.services@eastleigh.gov.uk
Holland Close (and Bournemouth Road service road)
A single yellow line parking restriction will come into effect
on 1 March 2010 in this road. It will apply to both sides of the
road for its entire length, including the turning areas. No
vehicles will be able to park between 10am and 11am, and 2pm to 3pm
from Monday to Friday. Vehicles can park in the road at all other
times.
The restriction is intended to prevent all-day parking by
commuters.
Signs located alongside the road, as shown here, will inform
drivers of the times that the parking restriction applies.
During the hour in the morning and the hour in the afternoon
that parking is prohibited, vehicles can still stop on the single
yellow line to allow passengers to board/alight or to enable
vehicles to load/unload.
Disabled badge holders can also park for up to three hours on
any single or double yellow line parking restriction if they
display a valid Blue Badge, so long as they are not causing an
obstruction.
Velmore area
A number of new parking restrictions are being introduced in the
Velmore area. Most of these are around junctions and corners, where
the intention is to prevent parked vehicles from obstructing
visibility. Double yellow lines are also being introduced on busier
roads to prevent parked vehicles from disrupting
through-traffic.
In Falkland Road, a verge parking restriction will be introduced
to stop vehicles from parking on the verge, which causes damage to
the grass and looks unsightly.
Plans showing the location of the new parking restrictions can
be seen here:
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