Parking Survey September 2024
Cotswold District Council’s 2010 Car Parking Strategy was updated in 2016 to recognise the need for increased parking across the district. However, since the creation of the strategy, many factors have influenced transport and parking behaviours, such as the climate agenda, the Coronavirus pandemic, the cost of living crisis and the wider economy. Yet the demand for parking remains.
We are now in the process of reviewing our current strategy, to ensure it is making best use of Council assets and meeting the needs of you, our customers, now and in the future.
The first consultation ran in January 2024 and helped establish baseline data for how the public uses and perceives our parking provision. This second consultation will take into account the changes in parking behaviour in the summer into autumn months, when tourism and summer holidays are at their peak.
This consultation builds on the current parking strategy which was updated in 2016. Since 2016 several factors have influenced transport and parking behaviours, such as the climate agenda, the Coronavirus pandemic, the cost-of-living crisis and the wider economy.
Cllr Paul Hodgkinson, Cabinet Member for the Economy and Council Transformation said, “We are delivering a second consultation so that we can get an holistic view of parking across the year. We appreciate parking demand fluctuates with the seasons, and a second consultation will provide us with a robust set of data to work with. Your views will enable us to develop a parking strategy that is fit for our car park users.
We want to know where you park, the purpose of your visit and what could be improved about specific car parks, among other things. It’s important we hear from those who know the car parks best and we’d appreciate any further feedback you have, particularly if you took part the first time.
The first consultation received a brilliant response and I hope you can find a few minutes to help us again, so we can make sure our parking provision is right for you.”
We are asking for feedback on specific car parks, however we understand you may just want to make a general comment about car parking and you can do that by scrolling down to the end of the survey.
