Parking Strategy for Fareham Town Centre

Fareham Borough Council is preparing a Parking Strategy for Fareham Town Centre and is seeking the views of local residents and businesses to inform the development of the strategy.  A draft strategy (1,043 Kb) has been prepared for consultation purposes.

Parking in the town centre

Parking plays an important role in supporting the economic viability of the town centre for shopping and leisure activities.  In addition, town centre parking is used by workers and those visiting businesses.  Additionally, many residents within the town centre and the surrounding areas are reliant upon on-street, and in some instances, off-street parking opportunities.  These different parking needs are often in conflict with one another, and the strategy will seek to prioritise and reconcile these various parking needs.

Draft Parking Strategy

The strategy identifies considerable future growth in demand for parking in the town centre.  However, congestion is increasingly common within and on the approaches to Fareham town centre.  Current local transport strategies seek to reduce the demand for car travel and encourage the use of non-car modes where possible to reduce this congestion.  The strategy for development of the town centre seeks to make best use of land, including making better use of under-used car parks, and considers the level of parking to be provided with new town centre developments.

The draft parking strategy addresses a number of issues including: 

• An overall strategy for town centre parking
• The amount and location of off-street parking
• On-street parking management
• Residents’ parking
• Commuter parking
• Parking associated with new development

Who will the strategy be of interest to?

This strategy will be of interest to those who live and work in the town centre including:

• Shoppers
• Traders
• Community organisations
• Employers/commuters
• Residents

For your views to be taken into account in developing the strategy the draft document (1,043 Kb)  draft document is available to view with an on-line questionnaire available for you to submit your response. Alternatively please telephone 01329 824601 and we will arrange for a copy of the strategy to be sent to you.  The results of the completed questionnaires will be reported to councillors before the final strategy is published and adopted.

For further information please contact the Head of Engineering and Transportation, on tel: 01329 236100 or e-mail engineering.transportation@fareham.gov.uk.