Eastbourne parking review - Consultation results - East Sussex ...

Stage 3 – Review of parking in the area surrounding the town centre controlled
area
This stage looked at parking problems in the area surrounding the town centre
parking scheme with the results being summarised as:
• the area to the east of the town centre
• the area to the north of the town centre
• the area to the south of the town centre
(please see map)
The consultation asked people if they had parking difficulties at various times and
days of the week and what they believed might be causing the parking problems. It
also asked if they supported the principle of introducing parking controls to help
reduce any problems identified.
Parking difficulties
The majority of the respondents indicated that they experienced parking difficulties at
some time with:
• 74% of residents in East area experiencing difficulties
• 58% of residents in North area experiencing difficulties
• 68% of residents in South area experiencing difficulties
The majority of the responses also suggested that these were caused by employee
or commuter parking, visitors or shoppers and insufficient space for all of the
resident’s cars.
Support for parking controls
However, when asked about whether they support the principle of introducing parking
controls in their street there was no overwhelming majority in any of the areas shown
in Table 4 .
Table 4 Support for principle of introducing controls
Stage 3 In favour of controls Not in favour of controls
Area Residents Businesses Residents Businesses
East 45% 40% 42% 57%
North 50% 21% 40% 76%
South 54% 37% 37% 58%
[The sample size of business responses was relatively small compared with the
number of questionnaires sent to businesses].
However, the results suggest that a significant number of people do experience
parking difficulties and support the principle of introducing controls and where this is
the case the greatest level of interest is for permit holder only parking.