Swanage, Off-Street Parking Places

THE SWANAGE TOWN COUNCIL (OFF-STREET PARKING PLACES) ORDER 2024

1. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Swanage Town Council proposes to make the above-mentioned Order under the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 as amended.

2. The general effect of the Order will be to:

• Revoke The Swanage Town Council (Off-Street Parking Places) Order 2007 (as amended) and reinstate those provisions save for the amendments proposed and re-enact those provisions without any change of substance other than as set out in this notice.

• Increase tariff charges in the following car parks:

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• Introduce free overnight parking in the Broad Road, Main Beach and North Beach car parks.

• Introduce changes to the Residents' Permit scheme, including increased periods of free parking in the long-stay car parks.

• Introduce provisions to regulate the charging of electric vehicles in certain car parks.

• Introduce allocated multiuse parking bays for longer vehicles in certain car parks.

• Prohibit overnight parking of Motorhomes in all car parks managed by the Town Council.

• Introduce one-hour no return periods in the short-stay car parks.

• Introduce changes to the Peveril Point Resident pass scheme.

• Introduce separate provisions for the management of the Fishers' Car Park, Peveril Point Road.

• Remove Sandpit Field, Queen Elizabeth II (Forres) Field and the hardstanding on Shore Road from the Off-Street Parking Order.

3. Full details of this Order can be found online at https://www.swanage.gov.uk and paper copies may be viewed at-Town Hall, High Street, Swanage, Dorset BH19 2NZ between the hours of 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. Monday to Friday.

Swanage Library, High Street, Swanage, Dorset BH19 2NU between the hours of 10 a.m. and 6.30 p.m. on Mondays, 9.30 a.m. and 5 p.m. on Wednesdays and Fridays and 9.30 a.m. and 4 p.m. on Saturdays. Contact admin@swanage.gov.uk or telephone 01929 423636 if you require more information.

4. Comments on the proposals for or against, together with the reasons for which they are made should be sent by e-mail to admin@swanage.gov.uk or in writing to the Town Clerk, Town Hall, High Street, Swanage, Dorset BH19 2NZ by no later than 28 February 2024.

5. All written representations received are public documents that may be inspected by any person on demand.

Dated: 7 February 2024

Martin Ayres, Town Clerk