Decision details

This report will seek approval to regulate the car park at the Black Lion Leisure Centre, so to monitor and control the car parking facilities and make it easier for users of the leisure centre to park.

Relevant Overview and Scrutiny Committee: Regeneration, Community and Culture Overview and Scrutiny Committee.

3/2009 The Cabinet agreed, subject to decision 6/2009, to introduce Pay and Display as the method of implementing car parking charges at the Black Lion Leisure Centre and approve the works associated with the additional mesh protected car parking spaces.
4/2009 The Cabinet agreed, subject to decision 6/2009, to agree the principle of a refund system to the Black Lion Leisure centre users and delegated the operation of this to the Director of Regeneration, Community and Culture.
5/2009 The Cabinet agreed, subject to decision 6/2009, to adopt the car park fees and charges in 3.4 of the report and recommend this to Council.
6/2009 The Cabinet agreed to advertise the making of a Parking Order for the Black Lion Centre car park, including the grass verge area, in accordance with the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 and the Local Authorities' Traffic Orders (Procedure) (England and Wales) Regulations 1996, and authorised the Director of Regeneration, Community and Culture to consider any objections to the Order and to determine in the light of those objections whether to proceed with the making of the Order.

The proposed changes would discourage non-centre users from utilising the Black Lion car park thus providing adequate parking for the actual customers of the centre. The prospect of being able to find adequate parking will attract more customers into utilising the Black Lion facilities. In addition the Council will be providing an additional 100 car park spaces at the centre increasing the parking capacity from 290 spaces to approximately 390 spaces.