St Marks Parking Scheme

Overview

Located in the heart of Birmingham, the St Marks estate is in close proximity to Broad Street, Barclaycard Arena and City Centre. There is therefore a high demand for parking which has had an impact on residents and other visitors to the area. We would like to propose a scheme which could help manage on-street parking for a wide variety of users including residents, visitors, workers and shoppers.

A consultation was first held in 2013, where 73% of respondents in Central Ladywood and 82% of respondents in St Marks were in favour of parking controls across the area. We have reviewed the issues raised and now have the opportunity to carry out further informal consultation to understand what people who live, work and visit the area think about the current parking situation and what proposals they would like to see.

The map below shows the area covered by the parking scheme. Detailed plans for each of the numbered areas are included in the documents attached below.

There are two broad types of parking provision proposed:

• A. Permit holders only parking: On these roads, parking bays for residents and workers permits would be provided. Visitor permits can be purchased by residents to allow parking in the permit only bays.
• B. Limited waiting parking: On King Edwards Road and St Marks Crescent are proposed limited waiting bays with a 1 hour maximum stay limit free of charge. This could provide parking for shoppers and drop-off during school times.

Off-street car parks and private parking areas would not be affected by this scheme and those parking in these areas would not need to display a permit to continue to do so. Permits would only be required for any residents, employees or visitors who want to park on the public highway. Residents are asked to consider the potential impact of displaced parking when responding to the consultation.

Blue Badge holders would also need to display a valid permit to park within a permit area, although their first resident permit would be provided free of charge. Please note that no advisory disabled bays can be marked out within a permit zone and existing road markings would need to be removed.