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WQ.180/2021
WRITTEN QUESTION TO THE MINISTER FOR INFRASTRUCTURE
BY DEPUTY R.J. WARD OF ST. HELIER
QUESTION SUBMITTED ON MONDAY 26th APRIL 2021 ANSWER TO BE TABLED ON TUESDAY 4th MAY 2021
Question
"Will the Minister advise whether any record is maintained by his department of the privately-rented parking spaces that exist in the Island and of the annual income that is generated by such spaces to their providers; and, if so, will he provide this information to members?"
Answer
The office of the Minister for Infrastructure is responsible for the regulation and administration of public parking through the Road Traffic Law (Jersey) 1956 and its various Public Parking Places Orders. The Minister for infrastructure does not have any vires with regards to "privately-rented parking spaces" and so holds no records.
However, as part of the contextual information provided within the 2010 Sustainable Transport Policy, the following estimate was prepared and provided for town:
"TTS provide approximately 4,000 off street parking spaces in the town area, but there are about 7,000 private non residential parking spaces. Planning policy presumes against the provision of private surface car parks in order to encourage better use of the sites..."
While the estimate is likely to be out of date, the general order of scale might be considered informative.
Furthermore the 2020 Sustainable Transport Policy (STP) commits to undertake a study of car parking provision and charging, as part of a suit of transport studies, the scope of this is being developed. An update on progress with this work was presented to the States by the Minister 7th December 2020 STP status report, which explained the impact of the pandemic on this work. The report advised, "The Plans will be completed by the end of 2021, rather than the Spring 2021 deadline envisaged by the STP."