Whitelands to get consulted on parking in November

I've just been informed by the council that the Traffic Order implementing the Sutherland Grove controlled parking zone will be published in November - and that Whitelands residents who were excluded from the original consultation will therefore have a chance to comment formally at long last.

The decision gives the residents of Whitelands three weeks to make their case to the council from November.

While I'm delighted we've won even this small concession from the council, I remain concerned that the QC's view was that the results of the consultation may not be binding upon it. I am worried about how committed the Conservatives are to genuinely listening - and responding practically - to the needs of Whitelands residents.

There are any number of ways the council could assist the residents of Whitelands Park who have no parking spaces on-site, and are now faced with losing their parking spaces off-site too. The question is simply whether they are prepared to.