Issue - meetings

The Director of Regeneration's response report has the Traffic, Environment & Community Safety (TECS) Scrutiny Panel's report appended to it, which looked at "A review of general parking issues in Portsmouth with a view to considering alternative strategies".  Councillor Simon Bosher is invited to attend as Chair of the TECS Scrutiny Panel.

RECOMMENDED that:

(1) The Panel is thanked for its work in undertaking the review;

(2) The Traffic, Environment & Community Safety Scrutiny Panel's recommendations be approved in line with the responses noted in paragraph 5 of the Director of Regeneration's report.

The Cabinet

(1) Thanked the TECS Scrutiny Panel for its work in undertaking the review;

(2) The Traffic, Environment & Community Safety Scrutiny Panel's recommendations be approved in line with the responses noted in paragraph 5 of the Director of Regeneration's report, with the modification on acceptance of TECS Recommendation 3 "The current piecemeal approach to RPZs be reconsidered with a view to introducing a city-wide strategy or alternatively removing all parking zones"  as the Cabinet view is now with a rolling programme of consultation this is no longer happening.