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Local Plan Review: Preferred Approach 2016-2035

Representation ID: 904

Received: 03/02/2019

Respondent: Mr Mark Record

Representation Summary:

Faze out use of Little London and Baffin's Lane car parks so we can extend the pedestrian precinct. Similar ideas were explored in the Chichester Vision document. Similar changes implemented in cities like York have been very successful.

Full text:

Faze out use of Little London and Baffin's Lane car parks because of the disproportionate degree of congestion and inconvenience these small car parks cause within the city centres historic medieval streets. Although these car parks may have some justification if dedicated only to disabled car users their general use is unhelpful for the development of the city along the lines outlined in the Chichester Vision Document. In the first year of fazing out these car parks, they should be closed on the first Sunday of each month to allow car free days in Chichester where the pedestrian precinct can be extended to the Hornet Gyratory and Midhurst roundabout. This would roughly double the pedestrianised area available to community, shoppers and tourists. Subsequent years the fazing out of these car parks should be accelerated by closing them on an increasing number of days of the week each year.