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Residential Car Parking

Westbury Estate

3 September 2015

Phil Jones, PJA

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Numbers

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Research note published

2007

Census data on car ownership by

dwelling type,

tenure and

location

Residential Car Parking Research

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Land Classification Owned Houses 2001

0.0

0.5

1.0

1.5

2.0

2.5

3 4 5 6 7 8

Number of Habitable Rooms

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Car

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Village

Hamlet-Less Sparse

Town and Fringe-LessSparse

Town and Fringe-Sparse

Urban>10k-LessSparse

Dorset

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Lambeth Car Ownership Data, 2011 Census

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Lambeth Car Ownership Data, 2011 Census

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Lambeth Car Ownership Data, 2011 Census

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Lambeth Car Ownership Data, 2011 Census

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Lambeth Car Ownership Data, 2011 Census

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Lambeth Car Ownership Data, 2011 Census

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Layouts

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No single best solution to providing car parking.

A combination of solutions will often be appropriate

“Rediscover the street as a beautiful car park”

On-street parking is efficient, understandable and can increase vitality and safety

Rear courtyards need to support on-street parking, not replace it.

Car parking - key principles

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Efficiency of types of parking

Level of

efficiency/flexibility

Type of parking Comments

On-street (communal) Most efficient as

parking spaces are

shared and the street

provides the means of

accessing the spaces.

Off-street communal Requires additional

access and circulation

space.

Off-street allocated

spaces but grouped

Although more

inflexible, this

arrangement allows the

potential for future

changes in allocation.

Off-street allocated

garages but grouped

Inflexible, and largely

precludes shared use.

Also security concerns.

Off-street within

individual dwelling

curtilage

Inflexible in perpetuity

and more space

consuming due to need

for driveways. Garages within

individual dwelling

curtilage

High

Low

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The Hoplands, Sleaford

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Clay Lane

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In conclusion…

• The right number of parking spaces

• In the right place

• And allocated in the right way