Interesting exchange of emails regarding the contract for Knowle between EDDC and Pegasus:
You can see why the Conservatives want to water down the Freedom of Information Act.
Daily Archives: 25 Oct 2015
Park on double yellow lines in Devon for £5 per day – but only if you are a business owner, landlord or contractor
Did anyone else know about this? Is it a Stuart Hughes idea? If not, who? And why? And why hasn’t Stuart Hughes publicised it in a funny suit or video? And why can’t the rest of us avail ourselves of this useful perk? Imagine how much it would save in parking fees.
“Permits allowing drivers to park on double yellow lines for just £5 a day have been made available in Devon. The scheme is open to business owners, landlords and contractors”.
Cranbrook ” infrastructure”
Roads in Cranbrook are not yet ” adopted” by DCC and EDDC. Police cannot therefore enforce parking or speed restrictions:
“There are concerns that some councils are failing to use powers available under highways regulations, which require builders to complete works.
Councils can ask builders to sign a Section 38 Agreement, under the Highways Act 1980, to ensure that the roads are built to an acceptable standard and will eventually be adopted. They are backed with a bond to cover the cost of the work in case it is not completed, or the builder goes out of business.
… “Councils can serve a notice, called a Section 220 notice, which gives them the power to prosecute a developer if the work is not guaranteed, but the fine limit is set at £1,000.
“Unfortunately, the level of the fine is only a small deterrent when compared to the value of a housing site,” said a St Helens Council spokesman.
Jim Codd of The Resident Adoption Action Group supports homeowners in this situation. He says he is aware of around 100 roads across England and Wales where work has been left incomplete and says there may be many more out there.
“There are problems all over the country,” he told the programme.
“But as it stands there is no legislation to force developers to get new roads adopted by the council.”
Even where these agreements are signed, residents have to rely on a council enforcing them when work is left unfinished. “
Perhaps councillors would like to check whether EDDC has entered into such agreements in Cranbrook and elsewhere and, if so, what it is doing to enforce them.
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