To consider how Central Bedfordshire Council manage parking across the district, recognising the needs of shoppers businesses, residents and new developments.

1.      That the Parking Strategy be endorsed, as amended to include the recommendations from the Sustainable Communities Overview and Scrutiny Committee, with the exception of the Overview and Scrutiny Committee’s recommendation 2 that parking on grass verges not be permitted, as the published approach to parking in Central Bedfordshire.

2.      That the parking standards set out in the Parking Strategy be endorsed as interim technical guidance for development management purposes.