I am writing to object to point 3 "No waiting from 10-3 Monday - Friday' restrictions in Tranby Avenue Murton and Osbaldwick on a) b) and c) due to the fact that this will only push the parking issue further into Cavendish Grove or neighbouring streets. The inconvenience of not been able to have visitors within this restricted times will also impact not only the residents of Tranby Avenue but all the surrounding streets.

The issue with parking is only a problem on the blind bend on Tranby Avenue and is only an issue during university term times.

The council should instruct the university to look at alternatives (i.e.allowing free parking in their car parks or on the streets around campus on Heslington East rather than penalising residents in neighbouring areas.

I am increasingly fed up with the lack of action by both the council and university to resolve this without impacting council tax paying residents in any way.

We are the residents of Tranby Avenue and we strongly object to the waiting restrictions,

single yellow line, proposed for Tranby Avenue for the following reasons;

It will massively inconvenience our elderly visitors who travel in daylight hours only and are unable to walk far.

It will prevent us from being able to have work carried out on our property as workmen will not be able to park outside. This will put them off working for us or increase their fees to cover the cost of moving vans about regularly and struggling to carry heavy objects to our property.

It will massively inconvenience us that we cannot park outside our own house when we need to.

It will put potential buyers off properties in this restriction zone or reduce the value of our Homes.

We are concerned for our elderly/infirm neighbours who need regular carer visits.

It will not solve the problem; cars will start parking just beyond this zone. There is plenty of evidence of this in York.  Look at Badger Hill and the area near Fulford golf club.

The university need to take responsibility for the parking issue and provide free parking on their site, there is ample space for it, This is the only solution that will work, otherwise you are just moving the problem about but not fixing it.

It does seem acceptable to mark the junctions with double yellow Lines, although drivers should be aware of the highway code and not park too close the junctions.

I agree with Councillor Waters. The traffic issues on Tranby Avenue are caused by the university exporting car parking from campus and imposing it on the Osbaldwick community. As such the university ought to solve the problems. In the absence of the any willingness of the university to date to solve the problem the formal parking restrictions have been proposed.

The proposed restrictions will cause great inconvenience to the residents. As such they should be as “light touch” as possible. The use of an order for temporary parking restrictions looks to be the method with the least imposition on local residents. As such I would suggest that it is worth exploring. I agree that the issue of notifying residents would need full consideration but with modern communication technology should not be insurmountable.

If this can allow a more dynamic response to car parking issues then the community will benefit. CYC will also benefit by developing a more responsive method of tackling parking issues which could be used across the city.

I note that university term is only just underway. There is still plenty of opportunity for the parking issues to recur.

This is an opportunity for CYC to act in the interest of the residents it there to serve. However, to reiterate my opening comment, the university should solve the problems it causes and CYC should primarily put pressure on the university to do so.

I am writing to object to the proposed waiting restrictions as described in the letter  dated 13th September 2024 my reasons are as follows :-

Firstly I have lived on Tranby Avenue since the late 70's and there has not been any problem with traffic flow until recent years and there is currently no problem outside of university term times. It is clear therefore that the expansion of the university and student cars are the cause of the traffic chaos. In addition from my own observations the majority of the cars are being parked by students who appear to actually live on campus as they leave the car walk upto the campus and do not return for several days.

I firmly believe that the problem should be solved by the University who have empty car parks and additional ample land to allocate to parking. However as they are clearly taking no action despite numerous requests to accommodate their students or staff with cars, and although I cannot comprehend why they cannot be made to do this, then we are left with the current proposals.

My view is that the current proposals although solving the parking problem at the Hull Road end of Tranby Avenue are far too restrictive and make no allowance for any resident with a yellow line outside their house to have any visitors, delivery persons or workmen to come to the house between 10 am and 3 pm without penalties being imposed. It should be possible to allow some waiting time within the time period stated perhaps 60-90 minutes with no return. I also consider that it should be possible to have no restrictions outside of term times. If this cannot be implemented then I do strongly object to any single yellow lining.

It should also be noted that it is my opinion that yellow lines at the top end of Tranby Avenue will only lead to problems further down the street and on any street elsewhere in in the vicinity.

I have no objection to the proposed double yellow lines and perhaps the double yellow lines at the junction of Hull Road and Tranby Avenue could be extended by a few feet as turning in from York it is a bit of a blind corner and there is little room to stop if a car is parked at the top of the road.

I am writing to object to the proposed waiting restrictions referenced above as described in the letter dated 13th September 2024.

I am broadly in support of waiting restrictions to manage the unacceptable car parking, due to university students and staff. The current proposals are, however, too restrictive to achieve the ends required.

The parking and traffic flow on Tranby Avenue present no problems outside of university terms. We have currently been enjoying a summer free of parking and traffic concerns. Therefore making the restrictions apply throughout the whole year would be over restrictive.

I would propose that the parking restrictions are effective during university term times only. The definite dates to cover these could be negotiated in detail, however, something like October 1st - December 10th, January 5th - March 31st, April 20th - May 31st would be an outline suggestion.

This proposal would have a number of benefits

1. It would reduce the inconvenience imposed on residents by the waiting restrictions. The restrictions will make it very difficult for residents to receive weekday daytime visitors who wish to park. It will also reduce the inconvenience for residents who sometimes need to park on the road for short periods (e.g. due to building works etc).

2. It would remove restrictions during the Christmas and Easter periods when residents are most likely to receive extra visitors.

3. It would free up York City Council parking enforcement resources at times of year when the city centre is most under pressure from tourist parking, I.e. Christmas, Easter and Summer.

4. It would make the restrictions commensurate with the problem to be solved. The present proposed restriction is beyond what is required. The residents of Tranby Avenue are well able to manage traffic issues when the university imposition is not present.

The waiting restrictions should also have a guaranteed proposal to continue to monitor parking and traffic on Tranby Avenue. I suspect that the overall effect will be to shift the problem further down the road. This will merely move all the difficulties and dangers of the parking problems to another section of road. It should be noted that Tranby Avenue is a route for students at Archbishops Holgate School and a number of young people live on Tranby Avenue. The university parking presents a potential danger to their safety in particular along with all the residents. Any injury caused by parking issues will clearly be the responsibility firstly of the university which is causing them and secondly of the council which is not acting to control the university imposition.

I am clear that the need for these restrictions arises due to the shameful failure of York City Council to act in the interests of residents who are the major stakeholders in the quality of life in Osbaldwick. The university should be required to solve the problem it is causing. At the moment the major stakeholders in the area are being burdened with inconvenient restrictions to solve a problem imposed on them by the University.

I also note that the council resource of Grimston Bar park and ride area is under used a lot of the year. It would also be possible for the council to allow student and staff parking in a designated area of the area during term times. As above this would free up the park and ride area to be most available during the busiest periods of the year. At the moment the Osbaldwick residents are paying council tax to fund an under used council resource which could be more fully utilised to solve the university caused parking problems. It would also optimise utilisation of a council resource. This would at least represent some attempt by the Council to act in the interest of residents rather than the interests of the university.