Recommendations for Goldsmid Parking Review
(20 December 2005)

We were overwhelmed by the overwhelming feedback received in response to the Goldsmid parking review (Zone 'O'). More than a thousand responses were received by the City Council, and lots of emails, letters and calls were lodged with us as your ward councillors.

Ward councillors have met with the Chair of Environment Committee, Councillor Gill Mitchell, and Council officers leading the parking review. We are pleased to say that we reached a consensus on the proposals which will come to Committee on 27 January 2005.

The 'headline' decisions which will be recommended to Committee for approval are:

• No change to existing hours of pay & display parking (no extension from 4 hour to 11 hour parking)
• No change to existing Goldsmid 'O' zone boundary (no extension into Brighton or to the west)
• A new 'stand-alone' parking zone to be created in the area consulted
  north of Hove Station (not presently part of any scheme).
• The area consulted east of Goldsmid to be included in the Central Brighton review.
• No extension of the scheme from 6-day to 7-day (the scheme will not be extended to include Sundays).

We believe that these decisions represent the best possible result for residents in ensuring that Goldsmid's successful parking scheme is not undermined by unnecessary changes.

In addition, the benefits of residents' parking will be extended to a new part of the ward through the establishing of a new parking zone north of the station.

On all of the above points the consultation supported the outcomes we have chosen. We would have liked the scheme to be extended to include Sundays but with 72 per cent opposition to this proposal, it would not have been the right thing to do.

The detailed consultation results have been given to ward councillors but we agreed that these would be reported via the established route and made public via Environment Committee on 27 January 2005 (the Committee Agenda is published a week or so before committee).

The above decisions are subject to ratification by Environment Committee.

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