We asked, you said, we did

If you would be in favour of a Controlled Parking Zone within Westoe

The consultation results show that many residents in the Westoe area are not in favour of progressing with the introduction of a CPZ. The proportion of respondents who believe it would negatively affect the area significantly outweighs those who view it positively, and the tone of the written feedback reflects a general lack of community support.

Customers visiting pubs and restaurants received a lot of criticism. With complaints of vehicles being left over night and sometimes all weekend. However, It also highlight that levels of car ownership in Westoe appear to be higher than expected. According to the 2021 census 67.2% of households in South Tyneside own at least one car compared to 78% nationally. But the figures taken from this consultation show 85% of responders own one car or more.

Given the low ratio of available parking space to homes and the high levels of car ownership and the current levels of opposition from the local community. No further action will be taken on the introduction of a Controlled Parking Zone in the Westoe area at this time. Should parking pressures change in the future, or should there be a shift in community sentiment, the issue can be revisited with a more detailed proposal.

We proposed to remove a short section of parking restriction to allow parking outside the church. 

residents and regular users of the road felt that this would result in obstructions ti their driveways and result in congestion. 

We acknowleded those comments and felt that we should not proceed with the scheme at this time. 

We proposed to ammend the existing parking restrictions and dparking bays  to allow larger vehicels to manouvre through this junction.

Nobody objected.

The existing restrictions will be adjusted to allow larger vehicels to manouvre through this junction. The restrictions will be operational on 09/12/24 

We proposed to introduce parking restrictions

The majority of residents were against the proposal highlighting that parking opportunities were limited and there were no alternative parking spaces nearby.

We listened to these concerns and decided not to progress with our proposal at this time. We suggested that residents should work together to make the best use of the available space and we promised to review the situation in six moths time. 

We proposed to extend parking restrictions to improve access for larger vehicles.

We had no objections

We introduced the restrictions as proposed. 

We proposed to introduce parking restrictions at the junction to improve access and visibilty. 

We had a few concerns that the restrictions would reduce the parking capacity in the street. We explained that the restrictions would only protect the first 10m. 

We installed the restrictions as proposed. 

We proposed to extend additional parking restrictions at two junctions on Field Terrace. Bede Burn Road junction and Kitchener Terrace junction.

Residents felt that the extention of restrictrions at the Kitchener terrace junction were unneeded and would impact residents to much. We had no objections regarding the Bede Burn Road junction

We listened to the comments of the residents and only extended the restriction at the Bede Burn Road junction. 

If you would support our proposal to introduce parking restrictions at the junction to improve visibilty and the free movement of traffic.

You agreed the restrictions were needed. Some felt the propsals didnt go far enough and trquested longer lengths of double yellow lines

We introduced the restrictions as per our proposal with a promise to review their effectiveness in six months 

We proposed to introduce parking restrictions at the junction to improve access and visibility

The majority of residents agreed and supported the proposal. some had concerns about a reductrion in parkin capacity. We reassued them that we would only introduce the minimum lengths of double yellow lines necessary to achive our aim.

We introduced restrictions at the junction as proposed. 

We propsoed to introduce parking restriction in the turning head as larger vehicles such as refuse collection vehicles were having issues turning. 

We had no objections.

We introduced the restrictions as proposed

We proposed to extend the bus stop and introduce parking restrictions on the junction. 

Most responders were in favour of our proposal.

We installed the parking restrictions and extended the bus stop cage as proposed.