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There stages of the review are listed above. We are currently at the authorisation stage.
Introduction
Starting in August 2025 we will be assessing on-street parking concerns across the borough by carrying out site visits. These concerns have been raised since the previous review and have been brought to our attention by a variety of people including:
- members of the public,
- the police,
- councillors,
- highway officers.
The requests are assessed based on a number of factors, including:
- road safety,
- accessibility,
- congestion,
- the possibility of just displacing a problem
- how many people supported the change.
After completing all the site visits, we will prepare a report of our findings and recommendations.
Authorisation
After all the site visits, we write a report with our findings and recommendations. We share this with the County Councillors for Tandridge so they can review it and agree which new parking restrictions to propose. We then advertise these proposals so the local community can give their views.
Advertisement and objections
The prepared parking proposals agreed with the county councillors will be formally advertised and consulted upon. This will be done via a 28-day public consultation. It will allow everybody the opportunity to give their views on what changes are being proposed. Street notices will be put up at all locations where changes are proposed. The most affected properties will be written to. Drawings of the proposed changes will be available to view in libraries around the borough and on this web page.
Approval
All feedback from the consultation will be sorted by proposal, compiled into a report, and shared with the relevant Tandridge county councillor and the Parking and Traffic Enforcement Manager. They will review the feedback and decide how to proceed at each location. Public feedback can result in a proposal being dropped completely or a reduced proposal being progressed. It is not possible to extend a scheme once it has been formally consulted upon. If no objections are received about a particular proposal, it will proceed as advertised through to implementation.
Once final verdicts have been agreed, a 'Decisions Report' will be written and published below on this web page. Everybody who participated in the consultation will be notified when the Decisions Report is available. The report will summarise the feedback received during the consultation and state the final councillor’s decision with an explanation.
Implementation
Each approved location will be visited, measured, and marked out for the new parking scheme. We will then arrange for contractors to install the lines and signs. This work depends on suitable weather, so there may be delays during winter or wet periods.
A final traffic regulation order (TRO) will then be made and published. This will make all the changes made in the parking review legally enforceable by civil enforcement officers.