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Lawrence Saunders Road Parking Permit Request

We the undersigned petition the Council to install residents parking permits in Lawrence Saunders Road. Most residents own cars and there is a garage on the road which often has cars beyond the capacity of their own front. The street has become their car park. Cars and sometimes vans are left sometimes for days outside residents homes, forcing residents to park sometimes on the complete other end (which is a long road when you consider the numbers run from 2 to 106), sometimes you see your neighbours car parked so far away or on Poole Road. You see your neighbours struggling with shopping and making several trips struggling in all weather. Being a few doors away is one thing, being at the other end of the road is another.

In 2010, the garage had their original planning permission for an extension denied, partly due to "loss of parking during business hours would be detrimental to residential amenity" however this is not just during business hours, this is all hours as cars are left on the street 7 days and nights a week.
There is also a school on this road, and the sheer number of vehicles means the view of the road is even more obstructed, and it is more dangerous to cross.
Parents also park vertically between horizontally (parallel) parked cars on occasion, blocking access to footpath.
This road is on a dangerous junction on one end, and has a tighter than you'd expect bend on it half way. If we can reduce the amount of cars parked to only residents this would increase visibility and safety. This road also suffers from speeding cars often going 50mph+ and so by being less congested and the potential of average speed cameras in future, we could make this road much safer when considering there is a primary school on it.

This ePetition runs from 17/06/2024 to 19/08/2024.

4 people have signed this ePetition.