Agenda and minutes

There were no disclosable pecuniary interests.

(a)  To agree the minutes of the meeting held on 8^th December 2025.

(b)  Matters Arising

The minutes of the meeting held on 8th December 2025 were agreed and signed as a true record. There were no matters arising.

Report of the Director of Regeneration and Economy

To consider the above petition bearing 47 signatures. The petition is being sponsored by Councillor A S Khan, a Foleshill Ward Councillor, who has been invited to the meeting for the consideration of this item along with the Petition Organiser.

The Cabinet Member for City Services considered a report of the Director of Regeneration and Economy, that responded to a petition requesting a Permit Parking Area be created for Bryn Road separate from Zone EW1. The Petition Sponsor, Councillor AS Khan, a Foleshill Ward Councillor, was unable to attend the meeting. The Petition Organiser attended the meeting on behalf of the petitioners.

The petition contained 47 signatures and in accordance with the City Council’s procedure for dealing with petitions, those related to road safety were heard by the Cabinet Member for City Services. The Cabinet Member had considered the petition in advance of the meeting and requested that the petition be dealt with by Determination Letter rather than a formal report being submitted to a meeting of Cabinet Member for City Services. The Petition Organiser subsequently requested that a report be submitted to a meeting.

The determination letter advised that the Council takes a zonal approach to residents’ parking schemes, incorporating adjoining roads in one zone. This helps to reduce the effects of displacement of parking onto adjacent streets and increases the overall amount of on-street parking available during the hours of operation.

The Petition Organiser and residents spoke in support of the petition and raised their concerns, including:

•  Non-residents of Bryn Road and local businesses were parking in Bryn Road, resulting in a lack of car parking spaces for residents.

•  A previous petition submitted in 2020 requesting residents parking permits, was acceded to and provided relief and stability to Bryn Road residents for 2.5 years however, when the EW1 zone was extended, parking in Bryn Road by non-residents had increased.

•  Disabled parking bays in Bryn Road were not enforced and were frequently used by non-disabled users. These bays had also been lost in the past due to resurfacing and more recent applications had been refused due to the traffic calming measures in place in Bryn Road.

•  The parking survey undertaken in November 2026 did not provide a true reflection of the parking issues faced in Bryn Road, as it was not undertaken at pressure times i.e. 5.30pm.

•  Parking Enforcement officers were frequently unavailable to attend to respond to parking concerns raised by residents.

•  Emergency services and refuse vehicles were frequently unable to access Bryn Road due to the parking congestion.

Officers responded to questions, concerns and queries as follows:

•  The proposed zonal approach would provide additional capacity for parking in the area with residents of Bryn Road being permitted to use their residents parking passes in Silverton Road and Crabmill Lane. Business vehicles from Stoney Stanton Road would not being permitted to park in Bryn Road which would also increase capacity.

•  A review of the proposed approach would take place 6 months after implementation, to assess its operation.

•  The issue of residents parking was not just isolated to Bryn Road as vehicles were displaced onto neighbouring roads. A holistic scheme was required to address all residents’ concerns.

•  Traffic calming  ...  view the full minutes text for item 49.

Report of the Director of Regeneration and Economy

The Cabinet Member for City Services considered a report of the Director of Regeneration and Economy in respect of petitions received relating to the portfolio of the Cabinet Member.

In June 2015, amendments to the Petitions Scheme, which formed part of the Constitution, were approved in order to provide flexibility and streamline current practice. This change had reduced costs and bureaucracy and improved the service to the public. These amendments allowed for a petition to be dealt with or responded to by letter without being formally presented in a report to a Cabinet Member meeting.

In light of this, at the meeting of the Cabinet Member (formerly Cabinet Member for Public Services) on 15 March 2016, it was approved that a summary of those petitions received which were determined by letter, or where decisions were deferred pending further investigations, be reported to subsequent meetings of the Cabinet Member, where appropriate, for monitoring and transparency purposes.

Appendix A to the report set out petitions received and how officers proposed to respond to them.

E27-25/26 – New footpath between Pickford Green and Eastern Green

In response to the Cabinet Member’s concerns expressed at the meeting, officers undertook to look at the viability of installing a white lining on the edge of Pickford Green Lane to aid traffic management.

RESOLVED that the Cabinet Member for City Services endorses the actions being taken by officers as set out in Section 2 and Appendix A of the report, in response to the petitions received.

There are no outstanding issues

There were no outstanding issues.

Any other items of public business which the Cabinet Member decides to take as matters of urgency because of the special circumstances involved

There was no other public business.