Builders are giving rise to concern in Sedley Taylor Road and last week residents requested my help in addressing issues around parking and anti-social noise.

Cars and larger vehicles are reported as parking on yellow lines and blocking driveways and pavements. I have taken this up with the local police and the County Council, the authority responsible for parking enforcement.

Our police sergeant, Sgt Chris Horton, has asked his PCSOs to include Sedley Taylor Road in their patrols. If you witness obstruction or dangerous parking, ring the police non-emergency number 101.

One of the County’s enforcement officers has already been to see the building firm and has made it clear that vehicles must be parked legally and safely, since this street gets a lot of pedestrians, including children.

At present some of the plates stating the parking restriction times for the single yellow lines are missing. It’s not certain when or why the plates disappeared but I’ve asked for them to be replaced, which will enable traffic wardens to issue offenders with FPNs. If you see illegal parking on yellow lines, ring the County on 727900.

People have said that builders and delivery vehicles are arriving very early, sometimes before 7am, and creating a lot of noise. I have asked the City Council what conditions on hours were attached to the planning consent, and what else might be done to restore tranquillity.

UPDATE:

The City Council responding saying:

You are quite right, there is no condition on this consent controlling working hours so the Local Planning Authority has no control in this regard. We wouldn’t normally put this type of condition on a householder application. I suggest that this is taken up with Environmental Health if the concerns cannot be resolved between neighbours.

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