Cheshire East Council is proposing to ban parking on three residential streets, at particular times of the day, to stop commuter parking.
The Council is proposing to make an Order that will prohibit vehicles from waiting or parking on both sides of Daveylands from a point 20 metres north-west of its junction with Macclesfield Road to its junctions with Dane Drive and Vardon Drive.
The Order will also prohibit parking on the entire length of both Vardon Drive and Dane Drive.
The restrictions will be in place from Monday to Friday between the hours of 8.30am and 10.30am and 2pm and 3pm.
A spokesperson for Cheshire East Council said "This proposal has been identified as a ward priority and relates to problems caused by commuter parking in the Daveylands area of Wilmslow which is on the edge the town restricted parking zone.
"This results in the one way flow of traffic and restricted passage for vehicles, particularly public service and emergency service vehicles. Furthermore, there are significant safety issues for pedestrians having to negotiate around cars parked haphazardly on the footpath and difficulties caused by vehicles obstructing private driveways.
"It is therefore deemed necessary in the interests of highway safety to introduce a restriction of waiting Order to alleviate these problems and keep the area clear of parked vehicles."
A copy of the draft Order, map showing the restricted areas, a statement of the reasons for making the Order and a copy of the public notice can be examined during usual office hours at Wilmslow Library.
If you wish to object to the proposed Order, or any provisions contained within it, or make any other representations, you may do so in writing to Mr R Welch, Cheshire East Highways, 6th Floor, c/o Municipal Buildings, Earle Street, Crewe, CW1 2BJ by 23rd October 2014.
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A Certain local councillor is engaged in a personal campaign, actively seeking to daub further yellow lines glibly where tarmac alone now shines in the remainder of the Thorngrove area, going door to door seeking to impose a personal vision to a minimal problem. I'm not sure how much financial revenue these parking restrictions have now raised,from enforcement as there is clearly little or no other justification for them being there in the first instance.Offset this against the cost of putting them there in the first place, and then painting the kerbs with a thin useless layer of tarmac, and this has been a demonstrable waste of Tax payers cash.
Residents of Dane Drive Vardon / Daveylands before you express you concerns and consider going down this route.... have a drive down Thorngrove at various times of the day and see what a mess it actually is. Historically there was occasional poor parking on both sides of the road, but what we have now is not a solution, it is a problem. Then consider your own visitors and where they can park.. Rectory Fields ? Sainsburys ? Then consider how much this will de-value the price of your property at point of sale.
From experience, put up with the minor inconvenience. If your drive is blocked call the police who can report / prosecute the obstruction. Is total Yellow Line fever the solution ? Its your choice.
Obviously if one of these could be accommodated at the rear station car park that would be great but I'm not sure the dimensions fit. The attractions of this system is that it can be built on existing hard-standing surfaces, without providing massive new foundations.
We certainly don't want another eyesore like the multi storey job hidden away off water Lane, only necessary because of over "development".
There are some allotments hidden away near the Carrs which could be appropriated for a "much needed car park"! Or even the site at the King's Arms roundabout. Oh no! that's about to be "developed" bringing even more traffic to the town centre.
wrong with the parking in the photographs?
The vehicle on the right appears to be parked within 20(?) meters of a junction - illegal. Possibly the same applies to the vehicles opposite the junction as well. The rest of the problem is described in the editorial particularly the inability of emergency vehicles to access certain roads.
Perhaps if the illegally parked vehicles were removed to a pound for collection after payment of a large bill then the problem would cease.
Overall, I think there is a need for a holistic review of parking in Wilmslow. Local residents and council tax payers should not have to suffer from nuisance, inconvenient and often thoughtless and aggressive all day parkers.
Planning legislation does not allow us to force developers to provide sufficient numbers of parking spaces for all workers. This leaves us with the severe parking problems around town by both workers and users of Manchester Airport and Wilmslow Station. As well as road markings to prevent parking, I believe Cheshire East should review its parking charges so that people are not punished merely for having to travel to their jobs. It is no wonder that people look for free parking spots when car parks such as Spring Street charge as much as they do (and Spring Street is always more than half empty as a result).
I will continue to support the use of piecemeal TROs as they are the only really effective tool available to ward Councillors at the moment. But it would be better for everyone if a more long term and joined-up strategy was considered by CEC.