Ilkley BID has said it supports the proposed amendments to Ilkley Parking Scheme announced by Bradford Council.
The Council have published a Traffic Regulation Order (TRO) which details a number of proposed amendments to the Ilkley parking scheme. The Order runs until 7th August after which time the Council will consider any objections.
The TRO includes plans to make the following changes
- Free parking in on-street Pay & Display areas to be increased from 30 minutes to 1 hour
- An increase to 3 and 4 hours in many of the on-street Pay & Display areas (currently all 2 hours)
- Return of the coach parking bay on Railway Road which will assist the BIDs efforts to have Ilkley recognised as a 'coach friendly' destination.
- Removal of staff permits from residential areas into long stay pay and display areas, charging £15 per annum for each day required (£75 for 5 day week, £105 for 7 day week) charges to be paused until 1st April 2021, replaced with a £10 admin fee. This will give workers the ability to park in any on-street long stay Pay & Display area, subject to availability.
- An increase in long stay on-street Pay & Display areas to accommodate the extra demand.
Helen Rhodes, Manager of Ilkley BID told us “We are pleased to see that the majority of issues we have continuously lobbied for have been taken into consideration. We realise that some businesses will be disappointed that there will be a charge for Workers Permits but the charge is significantly less than for similar permits in some other areas of the Bradford District and at less than £1.50 per week we hope employers and staff will think this is reasonable. As noted, there will be no charge this year in recognition of the current difficult economic situation.
We are particularly pleased to see the introduction of one free hour and an increase to 3 or 4 hours in other areas. This should benefit many businesses including hair and beauty, whose clients were struggling to access spaces near the town centre that allowed a long enough stay, and of course retail and hospitality.”
The full documents can be found here - https://www.bradford.gov.uk/transport-and-travel/highways/traffic-regulation-order?Folder=Ilkley+TRO
Sarah Siddons BID Director and owner of Sarah Siddons Financial Planning added “Most businesses have received a letter confirming that workers Special Permits are being extended until further notice. This is to allow the process above to be completed and give time for objections to be dealt with and new systems to be put in place. Therefore at this stage we do not have a date for moving to the new scheme, please assure your employees that the existing permits are still in force.”
The link includes details of how to make objections, if you do so, please copy in the BID dedicated email address for recording such contact - parking@ilkleybid.co.uk though this email address is not monitored daily and if you require a response from the BID team, please use the info@ email address.
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