Action Plan
Consultation Draft – Lancaster City Centre Parking Strategy
Action Categories
Parking provision
- Short to medium term temporary “supply side” provision to ensure maintenance of good peak capacity against planned space loss.
- Short to medium term ad-hoc provision and transport (e.g. in support of festivals and events).
- Long term provision and plan for better located MSCP based “transport hubs”.
Pricing and Tariffs
- Influencing user decisions, managing resource use/turnover, meet priority user needs.
- Physical/on-line for under-utilised space/capacity, and efficient management of circulation.
- Promoting active travel alternatives/communication
- For increased use of P&R, taxi, motorcycling, bus use, walking, and cycling (electric/traditional).
- Major employer demand base reduction (includes city council).
Enforcement
- Maximising supply and efficient use of resource/turnover.
Cross-cutting technology
- Enabling/assisting the above actions (can be expensive but major dividends across all objectives).
Short Term
Action | Who | Outcome / When | Priority |
|---|---|---|---|
1. Work with the Castle car park owners to repair and reopen as soon as possible | Landlords | By late 2024/early 2025 | High |
2. Research ANPR occupancy systems | Parking Services | Detailed specification and tendered price within 2024 | High |
3. Develop and implement off-set temporary additional car and coach parking options for projected loss of Nelson Street and St. Leonardsgate | City council officers | By early 2025 deliver circa 70 to 150 spaces on council land | Medium |
4. Work with County on P&R improvements/ strategy (linked to wider strategy for bus priority) | City & County officers | By 2027 | Medium |
5. Ongoing tariff reviews reflect wider strategy | City council officers | Annually | Medium |
6. Kingsway Long stay expansion | City council officers | Net gain: between 20 and 70 long stay spaces | Medium |
7. Car club expansion/vehicle share | City council officers | By late 2024/early 2025 | Medium |
8. City council parking permits review | City council officers | By late 2024/early 2025 | Medium |
Medium Term
Action | Who | Outcome / When | Priority |
|---|---|---|---|
1. Develop a joint City & County Electric Vehicle charging strategy | Joint officer group & County Council | Within 3 years | High |
2. Introduce ANPR enforcement when allowed by DfT | DfT | As legislation approves the use of ANPR to undertake penalty ticket enforcement. | Medium |
3. Coordinate with city and county officers over the cycling & walking strategy | Joint officer group | Within 3 years | Medium |
4. Information improvements including revamped wayfinding | Joint officer group & County Council | Within 3 years | Medium |
5. Loss of space mitigation plan, i.e. convert three permit only car parks to short-stay | Joint officer group | Within 3 years | Medium |
6. Managed and phased release of Edward Street to ensure limited “net loss” | Parking Services | Net gain: 42 (with a turnover parameter applied – 126). Balanced over 10-year project phasing | Medium |
Long Term
Action | Who | Outcome / When | Priority |
|---|---|---|---|
1. Plan for delivering two new transport hubs – North & South of the City | Lancaster City Council | To replace the covered car parks and feasibility completed within 7 years | High |
2. Implement strategic approach to car parking agreed in partnership with County and emerging transport improvements | Parking Services & County Council | On-going | High |
3. Review Castle & St Nicholas MSCPs condition and future utility. | Parking Services | Within 10 years | High |
4. Close all small surface car parks | Parking Services | To cut down on circulation/space-cruising. Within 15 years | Medium |
5. Real time information on occupancy and strategic signage | Parking Services & County Council | Within 10 years | Medium |
6. Integration with sustainable transport messaging | Parking Services & County Council | Within 10 years | Medium |
Responding to the consultation
If you would like to respond to this consultation head back to our city centre parking strategy webpage
The closing date for reponses: 12 noon Monday 13 May 2024.