New Car Park in Steppingley Road, Flitwick - Parking Places Order

CENTRAL BEDFORDSHIRE COUNCIL PROPOSES TO MAKE AN OFF-STREET PARKING PLACES VARIATION ORDER RELATING TO A NEW CAR PARK IN STEPPINGLEY ROAD, FLITWICK

Reason for Variation Order: The proposed Order is related to the provision and regulation of off-street car parking facilities for the new Extra Care, Care Home, Short Breaks Unit and associated community facilities at Steppingley Road in Flitwick.

Effect of the Order:

To amend the Central Bedfordshire Council (Off-Street Parking Places) Order 2011 as follows:-

• To add Steppingley Road Care Home, Flitwick Car Park to the Order.
• To provide one session of 5-hour free parking each day for visitors providing a ticket is obtained.
• To provide and allocate car parking spaces for which the duration of parking will be unlimited. Chargeable hours will be from Monday to Saturday between 8am and 6pm. Outside of those hours parking in those spaces will be free and unrestricted. No return within one hour.
• To provide unlimited free parking for Disabled Badge Holders in allocated Disabled Persons Parking Bays.
• To introduce Electric Vehicle Charging only in allocated bays Monday – Saturday between 8:00am and 6:00pm. Max stay whilst plugged in and charging is 6 hours. Outside of these times bays will be free and unrestricted. Vehicles parking in these bays must always be plugged in and charging.
• To add unlimited permit parking for residents in designated spaces.
• To add unlimited permit parking for staff in designated spaces.
• No parking at any time on double yellow lines.
• To add a 2.1m height restriction.

Please see plan for clarification on the proposed allocation of bays and the location of waiting restrictions.

Details may also be viewed online at www.centralbedfordshire.gov.uk/publicstatutorynotices.

Comments should be sent by e-mail to highways.consultation@centralbedfordshire.gov.uk by 9 January 2025. Any objections must state the grounds on which they are made and must quote unique reference number A00508. If you want to send in your  comments in writing please send them to the address shown below FAO Emily Hirst.

Please note that any comments received will be redacted of personal information and uploaded onto the Central Bedfordshire Council website as part of a report on the scheme a few days before the proposal is discussed at the relevant Traffic Management Meeting, where it will remain in the public domain. If you do not wish for your comments to be part of the report please state this explicitly within your response.

Order Title If made will be “Central Bedfordshire Council (Off-Street Parking Places) (Variation No.*) Order 202*”

Gary Powell, Assistant Director, Highways

Central Bedfordshire Council, Priory House, Chicksands, Shefford SG17 5TQ

12 December 2024