Has anyone successfully objected to proposed development on grounds on limited parking?

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And if so how did you do it?

We have a brownfield site in our road which the owners have applied for planning permission. Overall the redevelopment is a very positive change and will make the building much more attractive etc.

However, parking in our road is at a premium. It is narrow with lots of driveways. There is also a community centre/playgroup which generates huge amounts of parked cars. The proposal is that the buildings will be office/res mix will have approx 21 people living/working there but provision for only 6 parking spaces.

Any thoughts gratefully rec'd.

YES !!! That huge development across from (that I'm complaining about noise about on another thread) had to have more car parking spaces added.

We had a residents group and all wrote letters to the council and councillors - it was no problem getting them to add more spaces and most importantly stop them getting resident permits for our roads and roads adjacent.

Good luck

That's good news.

Do you know how many people complained? Was it unanimous? I think ours would be...

Actually it's a legal requirement now that you provide adequate parking for all new developments (and that tends to be interpreted as two cars per property).

But yes make your complaint, just to remind them of that fact.

Killedpotter - do you know where I might find that particular piece of legistlation?

The development to form the end of our (old) cul de sac had to be revised in the light of parking issues to include more provision . Got passed with minimal extra though and am dubious as to whether they would still actually build enough.

Not always. They are building a new town near us and they are only planning one space per dwelling. Because of supposed good public transport links

And some flats (aimed at young professionals) were given PP with half a spece per dwelling

wkhp, thought it was 1 1/2 per unit. Have a look at the Planning Portal, it may state requirements there.

Thank you all sooo much

I don't sorry. Best thing to do though, is to phone your local planning office and ask them what their policy is, they will tell you without question.

Yes we did too..they wanted to double the size of an insurance firm without adding any parking
We wrote a letter of objection (as did about 8 others ) and then we had a meeting with a planning officer.

Access is a big issue IME. Will there be a problem with access, increased traffic. That sounds as if it might be a good route for you to go down.

Parking will become an issue - maybe not so much the increased traffic - site used to be a warehouse with lorries delivering but the road really cannot take anymore parking.