Tenby Town Council are to rescind their resolution regarding residents parking within the walled town, to allow the debate to be re-opened.
In January, the council gave their backing to plans to introduce residents only parking into designated areas of the walled town, following a suggestion from the Walled Town Residents Association (TWTRA) who feel that it could control the amount of traffic entering the area by reducing the amount of perceived parking available.
They also proposed that the only exception be Tudor Square, where they suggest there could be limited waiting based on a voucher or other payment system, and that any on-street parking should be made available to any resident within the walled town who buys a permit. This would be irrespective of whether the address of the resident was different from the street where the parking was available.
The TWTRA also felt that the permit parking scheme already proposed for the area around Tenby Harbour be opened up to allow anyone with a permit for parking in the walled town to increase the pool of spaces available, while they also suggested making space available in the multi-storey car park as an overflow.
At the time, councillors resolved to support the ideas of the TWTRA, with the exception of their ideas for Tudor Square.
However, at Tuesday night's meeting, Mr. Barrie Davies, the county council's head of infrastructure management, pointed out that the harbour permit scheme was already scheduled to start on March 1 and property holders within this area had already been asked to apply for permits.
He did, however, seek clarification as to the town council's views on TWTRA's suggestion that all roadside spaces in the town be converted to residents only spaces - leaving none for those residents who do not purchase a permit or other motorists - and that any resident of any street within the area be eligible to park with a permit, irrespective of whether they were a resident of the street where the spaces were designated.
Clr. Mickey Folland expressed his concerns over the implications of this, feeling that resident parking should only be for residents of the particular street designated.
However, he realised that, as the council had already passed a resolution, it would require six months or a notice of motion to allow the matter to be re-opened for debate.
"It may be the case that we will come to the same conclusion, but I feel the better option is for us to table a notice of motion rescinding our previous resolution to enable us to fully discuss the implications of this proposal," he commented.