Long Hanborough: Parking permits introduced in village

Parking permits will be provided to Long Hanborough residents

A new permit parking scheme has been approved for a village where railway commuters have been parking their cars.

Oxfordshire County Council highways chief Andrew Gant gave the green light for changes on the main road of Long Hanborough, Oxfordshire.

The plans will result in permits limited to one per resident, with a maximum of two per property.

Permits will also be available for contractors, registered carers, and healthcare workers.

The decision came after some residents said they had been impacted by the existing no waiting restrictions between 11:00 and 12:00, Monday to Friday.

These had been put in place to discourage long-term commuter parking for the nearby Long Hanborough rail station.

'Parking stress'

Speaking at the transport management meeting, Mr Gant, who is the Wolvercote and Summertown division county councillor, and part of the Liberal Democrat Green Alliance, said: "This looks to me to be a fairly simple sort of common sense decision.

"It is an issue that has caused inconvenience to residents."

A council report said the proposals "would help facilitate the safe movement of traffic and alleviate parking stress in the area, and also help encourage the use of sustainable transport modes".

The meeting heard permits would not be enforced on Sundays for "flexibility", but there could be a review in six months time.

Conservative councillor Liam Walker, of the Hanborough and Minster Lovell division, said after the meeting: "I'm pleased this has finally progressed and as with all these sorts of schemes enforcement is key.

"I know residents along this section of road have been long calling for a change in the parking conditions so I was happy to support them with this new scheme and hopefully it's successful."

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