Temporary Season Ticket Parking to the Old Fire and Rescue Authority Headquarters, Rayleigh Road, Hutton.

The purpose of the report was to obtain the approval of the Committee to urgently progress terms which had provisionally been agreed by officers to pursue an opportunity to relieve or prevent the congestion of traffic.  This would be by adapting land at the former headquarters of the Fire and Rescue Authority on Rayleigh Road, Hutton for use as temporary off street parking.  This would assist to resolve Crossrail issues arising from displacement. 

The project proposed offered temporary additional car parking for season ticket holders that had been displaced by the Crossrail works at Shenfield Station, with associated works including security measures.    

The financial cost to deliver the temporary off-street parking place would be in the region of c. £15,000.

It was intended to fast track the project in order to open  the off-street parking place as soon as possible by requesting planning permission at the 1^st September Planning and Licensing Committee. 

Initial discussions with the Fire and Rescue Authority had indicated that the site would be given over to the control of the Council without charge, and that the site would be immediately available without any payments being made. 

The Chair confirmed that further details would need to be confirmed following future scheduled meetings.  

A motion was MOVED by Cllr Parker and SECONDED by Cllr Wiles to agree the recommendations in the report. 

A vote was taken and by a show of hands it was RESOLVED UNANIMOUSLY that:

1.    The Head of Paid Service be granted delegated authority to negotiate and enter into an agreement with Essex Fire and Rescue Authority to use the land at the former headquarters, Rayleigh Road, Brentwood to provide temporary additional off-street parking facilities which would address the displacement of permit holders by Crossrail.

2.    The Head of Paid Service be granted delegated authority to undertake all statutory steps to amend the Off-street Parking Order by including such reasonable provisions as he sees fit, in consultation with the Chair of the Economic Development Committee, including a provision for setting the operating time from 7am-7pm Monday to Friday. 

3.    The costs of these works which would be estimated to be no more that £15,000 and the majority would be taken from the existing capital budgets allocated to the matter of Crossrail be noted by Members.