Agenda and draft minutes

Meeting minutes – Wednesday 3rd December 2014

Parking around Warburton Street

·  Parking on footpaths by and double yellow lines by cars and vans

·  Traffic wardens have told residents that they cannot issue tickets if parked on the pavement - clarify with Parking / Streetscene

·  London Fields Brewery leaving crates and kegs on pavements, improved but still a problem

·  Transport (Kevin Burke and Chris Porter) informed at Sept Ward Forum - update from Transport for specific plans to tackle issue in 10-year strategy

Cycling

·  Measures required to slow down cyclists in the park, e.g. signs, clearly marked paths, zebra crossings -> update from Transport

Broadway Market businesses

·  Offloading from 2 or 3 businesses leading to palettes and waste being dumped on Alden Estate - report to Commercial Waste / Licencing & Trading Standards to take action

·  Tables and chairs encroaching on pavements sometimes taking up more than half, difficult for wheelchairs to get through without going onto road - report to Streetscene / Licencing & Trading Standards to consider installing metal markers on paths

Middleton Road

·  Plans to tackle parking and congestion from ‘rat running’ - update from Transport for specific plans

Basement conversions

·  Number of cases rapidly increasing

·  Problems include damaged pavements, long-term loss of parking spaces from skips on roads, danger to pedestrians from build waste conveyor belt, extra traffic and disruption to bus routes

·  Clearer, stronger and enforceable conditions should be required for planning permission - speak to Planning

Parking on Hackney Homes estate

·  Residents unsure of who to report vehicles without permits parked on estates -> Parking & Enforcement Plan (Feb 2014) confirms same enforcement methods by Council as on-street parking (PCN follow