Issue - decisions

Date of Decision:

10^th February 2023

Traffic Management Act 2004 Application for Moving Traffic Enforcement powers – Consultation update and approval to submit application to the Department for Transport

Decision Maker:

(Including Job Title)

Paul Woodcock

Strategic Director of Regeneration and Environment

Specific Delegation:

(If any)

Delegation granted in the Cabinet Report referred below of 19^th December 2022 - Application for Moving Traffic Enforcement Powers (Traffic Management Act part 6)

Brief Description of Decision:

Formal approval to submit an Application to the Department for Transport (DfT) for Moving Traffic Enforcement powers under Part 6 of the Traffic Management Act 2004. This will enable Designation of traffic management powers to the local authority for enforcement of moving traffic offences under the above Act.

Reasons for the Decision:

Submission of this application to DfT will enable Designation of traffic management powers to the local authority for enforcement of moving traffic offences under the above Act.

Details of alternative options considered and rejected:

Option 1: Do not apply to DfT for the powers to undertake the civil enforcement of moving traffic offences. This would leave enforcement of the stated traffic offences to the Police who have limited resources to deal with these issues and who cannot enforce the restriction 24/7.

Option 2: Apply to government for all sites initially considered even though there are a number of issues with regards on of the sites identified. If our application is rejected due to this site, the Council will have to wait for the next round of submissions to apply. There is currently no date specified for a further round of parliamentary decisions on these powers.

Conflicts of interest declared by any Executive Member consulted by the decision maker which relates to the decision:

Not applicable

Dispensations Granted:

(If any)

Not applicable

Reports or parts of reports considered

The following papers were considered in preparation of this report.

Cabinet  – 14 February 2022

Delegated Officer Decision – 10 November 2022

Cabinet  – 19 December 2022