Parking bays

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Agenda Item No.

THE VALE OF GLAMORGAN COUNCIL

CABINET: 20^TH JUNE, 2007

REFERENCE FROM SCRUTINY COMMITTEE (COMMUNITY WELLBEING AND SAFETY): 21^ST MAY, 2007

“26 INDIVIDUAL DISABLED PARKING BAYS -

The Scrutiny Committee had received a report in respect of Individual Disabled Parking Bays at its meeting on 16^th April, 2007. The report had outlined that the Scrutiny Committee (Economy and Environment) had on 13^th March, received a report from the Traffic Task and Finish Group on the Provisions of Individual Disabled Parking Bays. That report had outlined the procedure that had been followed by the Council in allocating IDPBs had been in place for many years and had been inherited from the former South Glamorgan County Council. The Committee was further advised that the current policy and procedure took no account of an applicant’s needs, and in particular, the staff of the Engineering Department did not have skills to assess applications on a needs basis and as a direct result, discussion would have to take place with colleagues in the Social Services Department.

The Interim Director of Social Services had advised on 16^th April, 2007 that he would wish to undertake further investigatory work in respect of the matter and report back to Committee on 21^st May, 2007. The report before Committee advised that the Interim Director of Social Services had met with the Director of Environmental and Economic Regeneration and suggested that the recommendation in the Appendix attached to the report (i.e. page 4 recommendation (2)) should now read, “In the exceptional event that the Director of Environmental and Economic Regeneration is made aware of a case in which the delay in provision of a parking bay caused by the length of the waiting list is likely to lead directly to the failure of the individual concerned to be able to stay in their own home and require a move to a nursing home or similar accommodation, a request may be made to the Interim Director of Social Services for a view of the matter. The Interim Director of Social Services may, in exceptional circumstances, make a recommendation that the individual concerned be moved up the waiting list and up to three such recommendations may be sought in any one year.

Having considered all the reports, the Scrutiny Committee

RECOMMENDED -

(1) T H A T recommendation 2 (of page 4) of the report of 16^th April, 2007 be amended to read as follows:

· in the exceptional event that the Director of Environmental and Economic Regeneration is made aware of a case in which the delay in provision of a parking bay caused by the length of the waiting list is likely to lead directly to the failure of the individual concerned to be able to stay in their own home and require a move to a nursing home or similar accommodation, a request may be made to the Director of Social Services for a view of the matter;

· the Director of Social Services may, in such exceptional circumstances, make a recommendation that the individual concerned be moved up the waiting list;

· up to three such recommendations may be sought in any one year.

(2) T H A T the recommendations outlined in (1) above and the report of the 16^th April, 2007 be referred to Cabinet.

Reasons for recommendations

(1) In order that the process and any such cases can be reviewed by the relevant Director in one year.

(2) In order for a decision to be made.”