Informal parking consultation for Haroldslea Close, Horley

Overview

 Thank you for taking part in our consultation about parking in Haroldslea Close, Horley.

As part of our preparations for the Reigate and Banstead parking review 2024-25, we are reaching out to residents of Haroldslea Close to gather your opinions on possible changes to the current parking restrictions.

We are carrying out this informal consultation because last year we received a request for a parking scheme for your road, which included signatures from the majority of households of Haroldslea Close. The request said that residents would like Surrey County Council to consider a resident permit parking scheme to help counter the problems caused by commuter/airport parking. We are now seeking further input from you all to determine if there is a desire for such a permit scheme or possibly some other alternative.

Another option apart from permit parking could include a single yellow line operating on both sides of Haroldslea Close, but operating at two different times, so that the residents can move their vehicles across depending on the time of the restriction. This will prevent long term parking from both the local residents and commuters without paying for parking permits.

We are conducting this informal consultation to determine which of the following options would be most suitable for the residents. As a brief reminder, the options are: 

Option 1: Resident permit parking scheme

Introduce a resident permit parking area, operational from 10am to 12pm, Monday to Friday. The entrances to the area will be near the junction with Haroldslea Drive, as illustrated in the drawing named Option 1. There would be signs saying, "Permit holders parking only past this point" and so in effect the whole area becomes like one big resident permit parking place. This would mean that there would be no need for us to mark out any new parking bays in the roads themselves, so residents could continue to park in much the same way as they do now. Anyone parking anywhere in the area during the operational hours, would need to have a valid permit for their vehicle. This restriction would also be applicable to the vehicles parked on the grass verge and concreted area that are part of the public highway near the turning circle.

Option 2: Single yellow lines

Install a single yellow line on the eastern side of the road up to the middle which is the building line of number 11 and number 12, which will be in effect for two hours, from 8.30am to 10.30am, Monday to Friday, and on the western side of the road starting from the building line of number 11 and number 12 which will be in effect for two hour, from 11am to 1pm, Monday to Friday, to discourage commuter and airport parking, as illustrated in the drawing named Option 2. This option can also include double yellow lines on the junction with Haroldslea Drive to stop vehicles from parking near the junction.

Option 3: Do nothing

This option is to establish if there are any residents who prefer to keep the existing parking arrangements on their street and do not want any changes.

To find out more about our proposals and view the drawings illustrating these restrictions please visit out webpage -

www.surreycc.gov.uk/reigateandbansteadparking

At this stage, we kindly request that only people living in properties who received a letter about this consultation submit their comments and please only submit one response per household.

Please note that we will not be looking at the responses in detail until after the deadline for making comments has passed, so please do not include questions or queries in your response. If you want more information, please contact us before completing this form.

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