Question marks are hanging over a Nettlestone housing development after double yellow lines on the access road were refused.
30 objections to plans for the restrictions on Seaview Lane were received by the Isle of Wight Council, from residents worried they would lose their on-street parking.
Nettlestone and Seaview Parish Council argued having cars parked there helps slow down traffic.
With parking a problem in the village, it said the removal of the 19 spaces would be heavily felt.
The proposed yellow lines were for an already approved housing development on Gibb Well Field and were a condition of its planning permission. Developer, SGJ Bloombridge, was required to have the parking restrictions in place before any building work for the 17 properties could take place.
The condition was imposed despite the provision of 20 spaces within the development, promised for the use of Nettlestone Primary School.
Rules have only just changed, which means the development’s future is not certain. Only last week, a new policy was approved that said if on-street parking is lost, it must be replaced nearby.
Both the principle that means lost parking must be replaced and the development’s yellow lines proposal were discussed, back to back, at the same meeting.
The double yellow lines were rejected after Councillor Phil Jordan, cabinet member for highways and infrastructure, told the cabinet meeting the Council could not replace the lost parking spaces if the double yellow lines were introduced on Seaview Lane. Cllr Jordan argued another proposed development could bring a new crossing and 5 fewer spaces.
Cabinet members agreed and went against officers’ recommendations, rejecting the proposals.
I give it 2 weeks before its approved
A backhander will do the trick
Good. Hope that it means that his development cannot go ahead.
Of course it doesn’t mean that. It is just a ploy to make it look as though the planning department are really‘doing their job’ before full permission is granted to their very grateful developer chums imo.
Others with vested interests will no doubt pretend to see it differently
Although parked cars on that stretch of road from st Helens church to Nettletone school can be a pain it actually slows traffic down. The yellow line proposal includes some of Eddington rd, where will all residents cars be parked ? It would become like a racetrack, its bad enough now , there’s drug drivers speeding down there now even at school times ,they have been reported several times but are still doing it ,maybe hidden cameras would get rid of a few , just get told to keep reporting it but why what we waiting for ,till some kids are wiped out by these vermin then suppose lessons will be learnt . Not !
It would violate my human rights to take away my free on street car storage just so someone can live across the road.
You have no rights to park on the Queens highway, end of !
If you want to own your own car, then you should store it on your own land.
But I pay my road tax!
Double yellow lines need placing along Great Preston Road in Ryde, so
Morons who live in the Council Houses STOP parking on pavements.
Parking on the Island is an issue.
IW Council are clueless when it comes to enforcing rules.
If you take photographs and send them to the I.W council then they are likely to act against any repeat perpetrator of this dangerous and selfish behaviour.
Small children and parents from the social housing flats and houses, most with buggies and prams and the poorly disabled motor vehicles have to go into a busy road to avoid VW vans and cars on that road, and with the Fire engines leaving the fire station I am shocked that yellow lines have not been installed there already.
The person is not a moron just needs to have the dangers pointed out to him..