Developers behind an Isle of Wight housing scheme — which has so far been halted over a dispute about yellow lines — are looking to make changes.
Nearly 20 months after it was approved, Tallulah Estates is looking to push through the 44-home Birch Close development in Freshwater. They are arguing they don’t need double yellow lines installed on Birch Close but Island Roads says they do in order to ensure road safety and unimpeded access to the development.
It comes after the Isle of Wight Council’s cabinet introduced a new policy last year and threw out the parking orders, which meant the double yellow lines could not be installed. The conditional planning permission granted for the development required double yellow lines to be agreed before building work could start and stopped people living in the new properties if they were not installed.
To allow the development to progress, Tallulah Estates is asking the Council to remove the necessity for the parking restrictions. In planning documents submitted to the authority, the developers say there was never any need for parking restrictions on Birch Close.
They carried out a survey and found the “demand for on-street parking in the area was low” and other highway proposals like installing a raised tabletop (speed restriction) and narrowing the entrance road would reinforce the low-speed environment.
Island Roads has objected to the application saying the highway measures are still essential and without them, the development would not have safe and suitable access.
You can view the application, 23/00624/RVC, on the council’s planning portal. Comments can be submitted until 16th May.
If demand is low then… what’s the problem with installing those yellow lines?
On-street parking in UK is so ridiculous. Developers instead of providing parking spaces within their development try to save money and move burden to tax payers who pay for the roads.
Make it a fully private freehold including the streets, maintain them yourself and you won’t have to worry about Island Roads, simples.
Why are the contractors island road’s deciding on yellow lines? They are contractors mnot the elected council. Or are the council to damn lazy to man up and make a decision
You need an expert in road safety to make those decisions, not a politician.
Plus separation of duties is important: makes sure road safety is not compromised by politicians pandering to voters.
No to more housing, we’re humans, not bloody sardines thankyou iow cc.
After looking at the layout ,,,,
Wel well never thought I’d say this but I totally agree with Island roads the yellow lines as a must for emergency services dust carts etc must have good access , also agree that all properties should have off road parking too
Many families own too many vehicles.
I am fed up after a hards days work driving around trying to find a space to
Park.
It’s not fair.
Parking permits would be the fairest way, that would encourage many
families who are clogging up Streets and Roads with excess vehicles to
downsize their collection of vehicles.
One poorly parked car in Birch Close would block the access to and from the proposed estate. There is insufficient parking on the new development despite what the developers say and inevitably visitors cars etc will overspill and park in the Close.
As for saying there is little demand for on street parking come and take a look on a Sunday when the Baptist churchgoers park dozens of cars in Birch Close and along both sides of Colwell Road. That in itself is reason enough to install no parking restrictions.
Then, of course will be the numerous builders vans looking to park if the development goes ahead…
Double Yellow lines are required down many of the Island Roads and Streets
due to imbociles parking on pavements.
Great Preston Road in Ryde is a great example of selfish families parking on
Pavements.
I
Unknown why these building firms do not make room for off street parking for each property. Who wants to buy a house when there is no place to park ? Should make all new housing estates with NO ON ROAD PARKING.
And a big BOO to the council that allows a property owner to alter built in garage to be an extra room in the house. This should never happen. That garage is built purposefully for or as a garage and should always be so. Once they convert garage, then they get an extension, next they are parking on the street..
Car drivers do not care, I have cars park across my driveway practically every day… police do nothing, they say contact the council.. but what will they do, often the car would be gone by time anyone from council come along, you know 14 days later… if at all..
Do any of the NIMBY brigade ever think of the 16 affordable rental properties for locals that will now be delayed, no they dont and that’s because they all have their homes.
True Islanders need someone to stand up to the Councillors who have moved over here to just pedal their anti development agenda and even worse they just spend much needed Council tax payers money coming up with more and more weird and wonderful ideas to stop new homes and gain popularity to get voted in again. Do any of you actually ever think of those on the housing register in need a roof over their head.Sell up your multi million pound home Jarman and crawl back to the hole you came from on the mainland, hopefully takings some of your blinkered flock with you
I think it’s terrible.