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Environment & Economy Overview & Scrutiny Committee. Scrutiny committees question decisions and can recommend changes. They don't make the decision.
Recommendations on parking outside schools
The committee noted the recommendation that a protocol on parking outside schools be adopted and sent to all schools, and the matrix for ranking schools for enforcement. It noted that all schools should produce a school travel plan, that a panel should review complaints, and that the council will explore vehicle-mounted number plate recognition cameras. It also noted that further work is needed on the five-minute grace period, with a two-school pilot after the protocol is in place.
Education, Youth & Culture Overview & Scrutiny Committee. Scrutiny committees question decisions and can recommend changes. They don't make the decision.
School parking protocol and priority matrix
The committee supports adopting the protocol for parking outside schools and sending it to all Flintshire schools. It supports using the matrix to prioritise schools, requiring every school to produce a school travel plan, with council examples or a template to help, and setting up a panel to assess complaints. It supports exploring vehicle-mounted ANPR cameras, which read number plates, to help council parking enforcement officers. It also supports further work on the five-minute grace period in restricted areas, with a pilot at two schools to follow the protocol.
Cabinet. The Cabinet makes most of the council's decisions.
Recommendations from the School Parking Task & Finish Group
RESOLVED: (a) That the Committees’ recommendation that the protocol is adopted for parking issues outside schools and circulation to all schools in Flintshire, as detailed in appendix 2, be supported; (b) That the Committee’s recommendation that the matrix prioritising schools is implemented, be supported; (c) That the Committees’ recommendation that all schools be required to produce a school travel plan and that the portfolios showcase some best practice examples or provide a standard template to schools, be supported; (d) That the Committees’ recommendation that a panel be set up to ass…
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