Issue - meetings

Notification of Urgent Action: Car Parking Promotions to Support Town Centres

 

 

Meeting: 05/12/2016 - Executive (Item 102)

102 Notification of Urgent Action: Free Parking for Small Business Saturday on 3 December 2016 and Free After Three Parking in January 2017 pdf icon PDF 285 KB

Report of Director of Operational Delivery

 

Purpose of report

 

To report the urgent action which was taken by the Director of Operational Delivery in consultation with the Leader relating to offering free parking for Small Business Saturday on 3 December 2016 and Free After Three Parking in January 2017.

 

Recommendation

 

The meeting is recommended:

 

1.1      To note the urgent action taken by the Director of Operational Delivery in consultation with the Leader to offer free parking for Small Business Saturday on 3 December 2016 and Free After Three parking in January 2017.

 

 

Additional documents:

Decision:

Resolved

 

(1)          That the urgent action taken by the Director of Operational Delivery in consultation with the Leader to offer free parking for Small Business Saturday on 3 December 2016 and Free After Three parking in January 2017 be noted.

Minutes:

The Director of Operational Delivery submitted a report to advise Executive of the urgent action which was taken by the Director of Operational Delivery in consultation with the Leader relating to offering free parking for Small Business Saturday on 3 December 2016 and Free After Three Parking in January 2017.

 

Resolved

 

(1)          That the urgent action taken by the Director of Operational Delivery in consultation with the Leader to offer free parking for Small Business Saturday on 3 December 2016 and Free After Three parking in January 2017 be noted.

 

Reasons

 

Following requests to the Council to introduce free parking incentives to support local town centre traders over the Christmas and New Year period, the Director of Operational Delivery took urgent action in consultation with the Leader of the Council to approve the Small Business Day and Free after Three in January 2017 free parking offers.

 

The urgency for this arose from the need to publicise the decision to take effect at least 21 days before 3 December event and to enable the free parking offer to be part of the promotion for event.

 

Alternative options

 

Different applications time periods for the free after three parking offer as outlined in the report.