Issue - meetings

The Committee is asked to identify and recommend to Council the selected proposed variations to The Spelthorne Borough Council Off-Street Parking Places (Amendment No. 3) Order 2026.

The Committee resolved to:

1.    Retain the current one-hour nil tariff period in car parks and make no changes to the order or the tariffs

2.    Removal of Abbey Drive, Dumsey Meadow, Old Bathing Station and Green Street from Schedule 1 chargeable tariffs, and addition of same car parks to Schedule 3 with 11 hours maximum stay.

3.    Introduce a “no return within the same charging period” in all car parks listed in Appendix 2 Schedule 1

4.    Revise the Parking Order map for Spelthorne Leisure Centre, to accurately reflect the new layout, as detailed in Appendix 3.

5.    Introduce other minor amendments as detailed in Appendix 1 and 2 and schedules 1, 2 and 3.

6.    Change of the Staines-upon-Thames Short and Long Stay tariffs and introduction of reference to the charges being per parking session, as detailed in Appendix 2, Schedule 4 and Schedule 5.

The Committee considered selected proposed variations to the Spelthorne Borough Council Off-Street Parking Places (Amendment No. 3) Order 2026 following a recommendation from the Environment and Sustainability Committee. The Group Head Neighbourhood services summarised the proposals which included reducing a nil-charge first hour to a 30-minute free period in certain car parks, reclassifying specific car parks as free parking spaces, introducing a restriction on return within a specific time period, updating Tariffs on Car Parks in Staines, and including the Leisure Centre Car Park within the parking order.

The Committee noted the recommendation of the Environment and Sustainability Committee in relation to retaining the current one-hour nil tariff period. Some members of the Committee acknowledged that reducing the time would encourage parking turnover and if the car parks were not making a return in income, this was being subsidised by all residents. Other members of the Committee acknowledged the comments in response to the consultation and felt the one-hour nil tariff period should be retained.

The Committee expressed support for removing specific car parks from the schedule of chargeable tariffs and were assured they would continue to be maintained.

A recorded vote was requested by Councillor Clarke.

Regarding recommendation 1, the Committee voted as follows:

Regarding recommendation 2, the Committee voted as follows:

Regarding recommendation 3, the Committee voted as follows:

Regarding recommendation 4, the Committee voted as follows:

Regarding recommendation 5, the Committee voted as follows:

Regarding recommendation 6, the Committee voted as follows:

The Committee resolved to:

1.    Retain the current one-hour nil tariff period in car parks and make no changes to the order or the tariffs

2.    Removal of Abbey Drive, Dumsey Meadow, Old Bathing Station and Green Street from Schedule 1 chargeable tariffs, and addition of same car parks to Schedule 3 with 11 hours maximum stay.

3.    Introduce a “no return within the same charging period” in all car parks listed in Appendix 2 Schedule 1

4.    Revise the Parking Order map for Spelthorne Leisure Centre, to accurately reflect the new layout, as detailed in Appendix 3.

5.    Introduce other minor amendments as detailed in Appendix 1 and 2 and schedules 1, 2 and 3.

6.    Change of the Staines-upon-Thames Short and Long Stay tariffs and introduction of reference to the charges being per parking session, as detailed in Appendix 2, Schedule 4 and Schedule 5.