Chapter 3 - Torbay Council

Chapter 8
Achievements
Chapter 8
Achievements
Dropped Kerb Enforcement Electronic Appeals
During the course of the year the Council
implemented new software to enable the
Civil Enforcement Officers to issue Penalty
Charge notices for the offence of parking
in front of a dropped kerb.
By taking on these additional powers from
the Traffic Management Act 2004 the
Council has for now concentrated on
keeping pedestrian crossings and dropped
kerb areas clear in town centre areas.
Next year there are plans to extend the
system to residential areas.
Double Parking Enforcement
The Council now actively enforces double
parking in the town centre areas and all
the Civil Enforcement Officers have been
trained accordingly. This has been
successful in some streets where double
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Appeal pack evidence is now sent to the
Traffic Penalty Tribunal (TPT) service
electronically, which cuts down the cost of
photocopying and postage. There is
further development work progressing to
ensure further correspondence is received
and sent to TPT via a secure web service
ensuring cost efficiency savings in postage
and stationery and also efficiencies in time
due to no postal delays
Pay on Foot Parking
In June 2009 the Harbour Car Park in
Torquay became the first Council Car Park
to enjoy a pay on foot parking system.
This system allows the user to pay when
returning to the vehicle and removes the
need for parking enforcement at the site
The car park comprising of three parking
levels and 450 spaces. A section of the
car park was also provided with separate
barrier systems for reserved use by
Torbay Council Parking Annual Report 2010