Brentwood Council requires a modern parking strategy that provides a vision for car parking within the Borough. The strategy will provide clear direction for the future and be developed to support the Corporate Strategy 2020/2025.

The report asked members to approve the direction of a parking strategy and also to engage with a parking consultant in order to assist in delivering a parking strategy.

The report set out an initial timeline and identifies the work involved in this specialist area.

After a full discussion, Cllr Hossack MOVED and Cllr Parker SECONDED the

recommendations in the report.

A vote was taken and it was RESOLVED UNANIMOUSLY.

Members were asked to:

R1. Agree the direction of the draft strategy and the workstreams included within the report.

R2. Engage with a parking consultant to develop and deliver the Brentwood Borough Parking Strategy

R3. Delegate authority to the Director of Environment in consultation with the Chief Operating Officer and Section 151 Officer to select an appropriate consultant and report back to this committee the final version for sign off.

Reasons for Recommendation

To procure expertise and capacity to develop a fit for purpose parking strategy in a reasonable time frame.