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Proposed Controlled Parking Zone for Old Aberdeen, Tillydrone and Seaton
20th January
Well, no updates so far, we are waiting to hear from the Roads dept.
12th December.
Well, we hope you have all sent in your comments on the CPZ. We will update you here on developments when we here of them.
This is the letter the Old Aberdeen Community Council submitted. CPZ LETTER.
28th November
Today’s meeting seemed to be a success and it was certainly helpful to hear the differing viewpoints.
Last chance this Tuesday evening! Whether you can come to the meeting or not -
12th November
Open meeting to review the CPZ plans and discuss the issues
The Community Council is going to hold two open meetings where you can look at the large scale plans in detail and talk to your community councillors and neighbours about the proposals. We hope to have a member of the City Roads Department at the evening meeting who will be there to help us understand the proposals and how to respond. The meetings will be:
- Saturday morning Nov 28th, 10am until 11.30am at Dunbar St Hall -
in the main hall - Tuesday evening Dec 1st, 7pm until 8.30pm at Dunbar St Hall -
in small hall - please use side door
12th November
Well, you have hopefully seen the notices on the lampposts and will know that the public consultation phase for the proposed Controlled Parking Zone is now upon us.
Here’s a quick summary of the issues:
The Controlled Parking Zone (CPZ) is being proposed because Aberdeen University is instigating a number of developments, including building a new library, that will result in the loss of a great many parking spaces (the final total we believe will be around 260).
The Council expect the displaced cars will then try to find space in the area around
the university -
Parking permits in Aberdeen currently cost £80 for the first one, £120 for a second permit.
Previously, areas in Aberdeen which became controlled parking zones, notably around RGU and the Foresterhill hospital, received subsidised parking for several years. That option has not been offered to us.
Details of the proposals and the detail street plans may be viewed at St Nicholas House during office hours or can be accessed from their web site: see the news item below this one. We will post here any updates as they occur and the ‘comments’ section on the right gives you an opportunity to post your thoughts on this issue.
If most people in an area say they do not want a CPZ, then it may be withdrawn in that area depending on the level of objections received and of course whether they are consistent in wanting to be withdrawn. However, if the parking then gets worse over the next few years, the Council is unlikely to do much about it as there will be no further obligation upon the university to fund such a change, and, as we know all too well, the City Council is broke.
We all have until Wednesday 9th December to send in our comments and objections. Remember that if there are no objections, the CPZ will probably be put in place as currently described. If there are clear objections from the community, then these will hopefully be listened to by the City Council, so it is very important to write.
Finally, do write or email individually -
6th November
Public consultation phase for the CPZ has started. Here is the notice stuck to the lampposts: Notice.
And you can find all the street plans that show the new proposed arrangements on the City Council website here (as PDF files): http://www.aberdeencity.gov.uk/Consultations/cst_co ntrolled_parking.asp Note that the scale of the plans is such that it is not much use printing them off on an A4 printer, however, provided your PDF reader has the capability, you can zoom in on the screen so that you can read the details.
There is also a bit of an introduction as to why the city is proposing this parking zone
3rd October 2009
A meeting was held 30 September between the City Council Roads department, represented by Doug Ritchie and Ross Scaife, and the OACC.
The purpose was for the City Council to provide the OACC with a preview of the proposed CPZ.
While the proposals seem technically reasonable, this does not answer the key issue of “why should we pay for the university’s expansion plans?”.
It seems very likely that the council will be seeking to impose the full parking charges on us immediately. Remember that these will be £80 for the first car and £120 for the second.
The public consultation is expected to start at the end of October -
The OACC will hold a public meeting about the CPZ once the process has started.
March 2009
Plans to introduce a Controlled Parking Zone (CPZ) in Old Aberdeen, parts of Seaton and Tillydrone and bordering areas of Sunnybank are well underway. So where are we now, what are the new charges and what can you do next to let councillors and officials know what you think?
You will all be aware that indiscriminate car parking in and around Old Aberdeen has been a key and increasingly contentious issue for the community for some time now. However, it was obvious, once Aberdeen University lodged its planning application to build its New Library with the loss of around 150 parking spaces, that something would have to be done.
Planning permission was granted by Aberdeen City Council in late 2007, conditional on an agreement being reached between the Council and the University on the implementation of a Controlled Parking Zone. And a key factor was finance – who was going to pay for what.
The introduction of a CPZ is a lengthy and complex process, and, as of now, we are
only mid-
The above text is taken out of the March 2009 issue of Auld Toon News. To read the full article, click HERE.
Update on the Controlled Parking Zone
December 9th, 2008
The Council voted on 19th November to move forward on the process of putting a controlled
parking zone in place in the Old Aberdeen area. They have currently asked ’stakeholders’
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A letter the OACC has received from the City Council indicates that they are thinking
of the CPZ being generally set to apply from 10AM to 4PM, Monday to Friday. We have
also heard that the resident permit is likely to cost more than the £50 that was
suggested earlier in the year, and could be significantly higher for a second car
at the same address. While this may well be fully paid for by the University for
a limited amount of time, this is unlikely to be a long term arrangement -
Now, none of this is a suggestion that the OACC is against the idea of a CPZ -
> Will customers be able to stop outside your shop?
> Can parents drop off children at their school or club?
> Is there sufficient parking at your bowling green?
> Or will there be suitable space outside your place of worship?
The only way such questions are going to get addressed is if YOU raise them. Drop an email to the OACC with your concerns as soon as possible, and certainly before the 16th December. Copy your comments to your local councillors too. When the notices go up on the lamp posts next year, do go and look at the plans, do visit any exhibit the council may have organised and tell everyone your concerns and needs again (and again, and again).
You can contact the OACC using mail@oacc.org.uk or log in and write a ‘post’ in response
to this item -
(If you’re not sure about how to log onto the web site -
A proposed Controlled Parking Zone
May 4th, 2008
The University’s planning application for building a new library, partly upon an existing university car park, was approved by Aberdeen City Council providing that an extended Controlled Parking Zone (they call it a CPZ) shall be put into place, not just in Old Aberdeen, but also extending to the surrounding area, even as far as Tillidrone.
The implication of this could be expensive, as the Council normally charges for all resident parking permits within a CPZ. I attach a document from the council which explain the different systems in place around the city. However, we understand that the permit costs are out of date. A new permit would now be expected to cost £50 each year.
This page is dedicated to the forthcoming Controlled Parking Zone for Old Aberdeen and the surrounding area.
Here we will provide you with updates and progress on this matter as we hear it.
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