Officer presentation.
Minutes:
David Sole, Parking Services & Development Manager, explained that his team were consulting community councils on a proposal to base residents’ on-street parking charges on their vehicles CO2 emissions. The proposal tied in with Southwark’s commitment to promote sustainable forms of transport and to reduce levels of air pollution resulting from road transport. David presented the two options:
· Option 1 was an across the board increase for all residents’ permits. This would mean the cost of a residents parking permit will increase from £99.30 to £125.
· Option 2 consisted of charging motorists for permits based on CO2 emissions, and engine size, if the vehicle pre-dates 2001. This meant cheaper permits for residents with low emission vehicles and higher charges for cars that emit more CO2. With this option 47% of car owners would be paying less for their permit than the Option 1 flat rate of £125. The scheme would be based on the DVLA Model with 6 bands.
Vehicles which pre-dated 2001 would be charged on the vehicles cubic capacity. Vehicles of CC less than 1600 will pay less than option 1. With this option 42% of car owners would be paying less for their permit than the Option 1 flat rate of £125. Vehicles of CC more than 1600 would pay more.
The officer invited people’s views on the options. These would be fed back to the cabinet member for consideration.
Councillors discussed the two options.
Residents were given the opportunity to express their views and those present were overwhelmingly in favour of option 2.
RESOLVED:
That the Community Council endorses the introduction of an emissions-based scheme with option 2 being the preferable option.