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Do not spend any public money on providing further car parking spaces at County Hall, but on projects benefiting the front-line public services which the County Council has severely cut back.

We, the undersigned, petition Norfolk County Council not to spend any public money on providing further car parking spaces at County Hall, but to spend that money instead on projects benefiting the front-line public services which the County Council has severely cut back.

 

Background to the Petition:

The County Council is proposing to spend £1.9m on a scheme to provide more car parking for staff at County Hall. This cannot be justified. The County Council has already made substantial cuts to services, including cuts to children's and adult social services. It has also incurred considerable additional costs resulting from the Covid crisis. The County Council is on record as having a £19m funding gap in the current year and anticipates a similar shortfall next year. In July approval was given for the County Council to be taken to the High Court over cuts to support for people with learning difficulties. Against this background no public money should be spent on providing more car parking as proposed. Instead the money should be used on projects to benefit the front line services which have suffered cuts. Alternatively, funding should be devoted to projects assisting more County Council staff to work from home or to travel to work by bus, cycle or on foot. Spending £1.9 m to build more car parking spaces during this climate emergency would also conflict with the County Council's stated commitment to achieve zero carbon emissions from its operations.

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Friday, 28 August 2020
Sunday, 29 November 2020
Bracondale Residents Association
This petition currently has 356 signatures in total.
Petition Signatories
356 electronic signatures
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This petition has been reviewed and the following response has been offered:

The scheme in question was discussed fully and agreed at the Planning (Regulatory) Committee meeting of 20 August 2020. Revisions to the project were discussed and agreed at a subsequent meeting of the Committee on 5th March 2021.

 

These meetings can be viewed on YouTube here:

 

Planning (Regulatory) Committee 21 August 2020:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jD2WkoqPDY8

 

Planning (Regulatory) Committee 5 March 2021:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HgHhyqmK84A

 

These recordings will be removed at the end of the 2021/22 Committee Year in May 2022, along with all the other live streams from the 2020/2021 Committee Year.

Subsequent enquiry can be made by referring to the published minutes of each meeting, available here:

 

Planning (Regulatory) Committee 21 August 2020:

https://norfolkcc.cmis.uk.com/norfolkcc/Meetings/tabid/128/ctl/ViewMeetingPublic/mid/496/Meeting/1759/Committee/33/Default.aspx

 

 

Planning (Regulatory) Committee 5 March 2021:

https://norfolkcc.cmis.uk.com/norfolkcc/Meetings/tabid/128/ctl/ViewMeetingPublic/mid/496/Meeting/1687/Committee/33/Default.aspx

 

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02/06/2021 09:24(System Event) - Data Removed - Response Published
02/06/2021 09:21(System Event) - Data Removed - Response Awaiting Approval
30/11/2020 05:14(System Event) - Data Removed - Response Pending
30/11/2020 05:14(System Event) - Data Removed - Response Pending
20/11/2020 16:24(System Event) - Data Removed - Petition Active
20/11/2020 11:44(System Event) - Data Removed - Petition Active
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12/11/2020 22:56(System Event) - Data Removed - Petition Active
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08/11/2020 20:45(System Event) - Data Removed - Petition Active

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