We asked, you said, we did

We asked

We asked your views on our draft School Streets Permit and Exemption Policy.

The aim of the policy is to make the exemptions and permits associated with School Streets schemes clear in order to help schools, residents and businesses understand how a School Streets scheme operates.

You said

We received 84 responses to our online questionnaire. 59.52% of people either strongly agreed or tended to agree, 35.72% strongly disagreed or tended to disagree and 4.76% neither agreed nor disagreed with the policy.

Comments made on the draft policy consultation included:

• information on whether permits are free / when school streets will operate
• displaying signage for school streets
• Taxi access
• school staff requiring access through restrictions due to their contracted hours of work
• causing further congestion on neighbouring roads.

We did

We have included further information regarding permits and highlighted the signage used in the final policy. Hackney Carriages (Black Cabs) will now be exempt from school street restrictions. Furthermore, we are approving the implementation of permits for permanent school streets on an initial 18-month trial basis.

The final School Streets Permit and Exemption Policy has been approved and adopted and is available to view here.