Newmarket Parking Issues Timeline PDF

NEWMARKET
PARKING ISSUES
Timeline and Links to Source Material
Newmarket Parking Working Group

Newmarket Parking Issues
Table of Contents
PRE 1997 ................................................................................................................................................... 6
1997 .......................................................................................................................................................... 6
2002 .......................................................................................................................................................... 6
2003 .......................................................................................................................................................... 7
2004 .......................................................................................................................................................... 7
2006 .......................................................................................................................................................... 7
2007 .......................................................................................................................................................... 8
2008 .......................................................................................................................................................... 8
2009 ........................................................................................................................................................ 10
2010 ........................................................................................................................................................ 12
2011 ........................................................................................................................................................ 13
2012 ........................................................................................................................................................ 14
2013 ........................................................................................................................................................ 14
2014 ........................................................................................................................................................ 15
2015 ........................................................................................................................................................ 17
2016 ........................................................................................................................................................ 20
2017 ........................................................................................................................................................ 21
2018 ........................................................................................................................................................ 23
2019 ........................................................................................................................................................ 26
2020 ........................................................................................................................................................ 29
FEBRUARY ............................................................................................................................................................ 29
MARCH ............................................................................................................................................................... 31
APRIL .................................................................................................................................................................. 31
MAY ................................................................................................................................................................... 32
JUNE ................................................................................................................................................................... 32
JULY .................................................................................................................................................................... 34
AUGUST .............................................................................................................................................................. 36
SEPTEMBER .......................................................................................................................................................... 37
SOURCE WEBSITES ................................................................................................................................... 38
ABBREVIATIONS....................................................................................................................................... 39
GLOSSARY ............................................................................................................................................... 40
APPENDIX 1 ............................................................................................................................................. 42
NEWMARKET JOURNAL, 28 OCTOBER 2004. ............................................................................................................. 42
APPENDIX 2 ............................................................................................................................................. 43
NEWMARKET JOURNAL, 23 FEBRUARY 2006. ............................................................................................................ 43
APPENDIX 3 ............................................................................................................................................. 44
MINUTES OF FHDC OAS COMMITTEE MEETING ON 19 OCTOBER 2009. ....................................................................... 44
APPENDIX 4 ............................................................................................................................................. 47
September 21, 2020 1

NEWMARKET JOURNAL, 20 NOVEMBER 2014. .......................................................................................................... 47

APPENDIX 5 ............................................................................................................................................. 48
EMAIL EXCHANGE BETWEEN NTC COUNCILLORS ON CAR PARKING CHARGES IMPOSED BY WSC. ......................................... 48
APPENDIX 6 ............................................................................................................................................. 51
JUDICIAL REVIEW APPLICATION FILED BY ANDREW APPLEBY WITH THE HIGH COURT FOR A REVIEW OF THE PARKING DECISION
MADE BY WSC OAS COMMITTEE............................................................................................................................. 51
Judicial Review – AJA 1.pdf .......................................................................................................................... 51
APPENDIX 7 ............................................................................................................................................. 65
APPENDIX 8 ............................................................................................................................................. 66
EMAILS TO WSC REGARDING PARKING PERMITS FOR CORONAVIRUS VOLUNTEERS ............................................................. 66
APPENDIX 9 ............................................................................................................................................. 67
EMAIL FROM RESIDENT TO COUNCILLORS REGARDING PARKING ISSUES ........................................................................... 67
APPENDIX 10 ........................................................................................................................................... 70
EMAIL REGARDING PARKING PERMITS FOR CORONAVIRUS VOLUNTEERS. .......................................................................... 70
APPENDIX 11 ........................................................................................................................................... 72
EMAIL FROM RESIDENT TO TOWN AND DISTRICT COUNCILLORS ..................................................................................... 72
APPENDIX 12 ........................................................................................................................................... 75
EMAIL EXCHANGE FROM 16 – 18 JUNE BETWEEN NTC COUNCILLORS, NTC TCM AND WSC EMPLOYEES AND COUNCILLORS .... 75
APPENDIX 13 ........................................................................................................................................... 82
EMAIL EXCHANGE ON 17-18 JUNE BETWEEN NTC COUNCILLORS, NTC TCM AND WSC COUNCILLOR REGARDING PARKING. .... 82
APPENDIX 14 ........................................................................................................................................... 85
EMAIL EXCHANGE FROM 12 – 18 JUNE BETWEEN WSC EMPLOYEES AND RESIDENT JOHN HARVEY ....................................... 85
APPENDIX 15 ........................................................................................................................................... 89
EMAIL EXCHANGE ON 19 JUNE BETWEEN WSC COUNCILLOR AND NTC COUNCILLORS AND TCM REGARDING PARKING. .......... 89
BRIEFING NOTE FROM MARK WALSH AT WSC. ........................................................................................................... 90
APPENDIX 16 ........................................................................................................................................... 92
APPENDIX 17 ........................................................................................................................................... 93
COMMENTS FROM RESIDENT JOHN HARVEY ON THE BRIEFING NOTE PROVIDED IN THE AGENDA PACK SENT OUT FOR THE TOWN
COUNCIL MEETING ON 31 JUNE 2020. ..................................................................................................................... 93
APPENDIX 18 ........................................................................................................................................... 97
EMAIL FROM RESIDENT TO HIS WARD COUNCILLORS REGARDING PARKING IN ADVANCE OF TOWN COUNCIL MEETING ON 31 JUNE
2020. ................................................................................................................................................................. 97
APPENDIX 19 ........................................................................................................................................... 98
EMAIL EXCHANGE BETWEEN TOWN COUNCILLORS, EMPLOYEES, AND WSC EMPLOYEES...................................................... 98

APPENDIX 20 ......................................................................................................................................... 101

EMAIL EXCHANGE BETWEEN DISTRICT COUNCILLORS AND RESIDENT DOUGLAS HALL ......................................................... 101
APPENDIX 21 ......................................................................................................................................... 107
STATEMENT TO NEWMARKET TOWN COUNCIL 29 JUNE 2020 FROM RESIDENT JOHN HARVEY .......................................... 107
APPENDIX 22 ......................................................................................................................................... 109
SUFFOLK COUNTY COUNCIL RESPONSE TO FOI REQUEST 19366 .................................................................................. 109
APPENDIX 23 ......................................................................................................................................... 110
EMAIL FROM MARK WALSH AT WSC TO NEWMARKET TOWN COUNCIL, INCLUDING OFFER OF £150 SEASON TICKET FOR ALL
SAINTS CAR PARK ................................................................................................................................................ 110
APPENDIX 24 ......................................................................................................................................... 112
RPZ PROPOSALS INFO 2020 ................................................................................................................................. 112
APPENDIX 25 ......................................................................................................................................... 116
APPENDIX 26 ......................................................................................................................................... 117
EMAIL FROM MARK WALSH AT WSC TO NEWMARKET TOWN COUNCIL REGARDING RESUMPTION OF 1 HOUR PARKING BAY
ENFORCEMENT IN NEWMARKET. ............................................................................................................................ 117
APPENDIX 27 ......................................................................................................................................... 120

ALL SAINTS CAR PARKING GROUP – AUGUST 2020 REPORT TO FULL COUNCIL ............................................................... 120
APPENDIX 28 ......................................................................................................................................... 121
APPENDIX 29 ......................................................................................................................................... 124
WEST SUFFOLK COUNCIL RESPONSE TO FOI REQUEST 363667 ................................................................................... 124
APPENDIX 30 ......................................................................................................................................... 130
SUFFOLK POLICE RESPONSE TO FOI REQUEST 002932-20 ......................................................................................... 130
APPENDIX A ........................................................................................................................................... 131
HORSE RACING MUSEUM VISITOR NUMBERS. .......................................................................................................... 131
APPENDIX B ........................................................................................................................................... 132
WEST SUFFOLK COUNCILLORS FOR NEWMARKET – NEWMARKET EAST.......................................................................... 132
WEST SUFFOLK COUNCILLORS FOR NEWMARKET – NEWMARKET NORTH ...................................................................... 132
WEST SUFFOLK COUNCILLORS FOR NEWMARKET – NEWMARKET WEST ........................................................................ 132
APPENDIX C ........................................................................................................................................... 134
FOREST HEATH COUNCILLORS FOR NEWMARKET – ALL SAINTS WARD .......................................................................... 134
FOREST HEATH COUNCILLORS FOR NEWMARKET – ST MARY’S WARD........................................................................... 135
FOREST HEATH COUNCILLORS FOR NEWMARKET – SEVERALS WARD............................................................................. 137

Version History
11 September 2020 – Initial draft of timeline up to June 2020.
14 September 2020 – References added.
16 September 2020 – Added information from NTC and Newmarket Vision meetings.
18 September 2020 – Added timeline events to September 2020.
20 September 2020 – Added additional timeline items.
21 September 2020 – Minor updates.

Acknowledgements
The authors are incredibly grateful to everyone who has contributed information to this
report, but especially to the staff at the Newmarket Journal who let us use their archives for
research.
Preface
This report was created after a member of the working group suggested it might be helpful
to have a timeline of the issues around residents parking. We had no idea when embarking
on this project just how complicated and, in the words of one member, vexing, the issue of
parking is in Newmarket. What become abundantly clear from putting together this
document is that there have been many years of failings from Forest Heath and latterly
West Suffolk Council to tackle the parking issues commuters, residents, and visitors face.

Pre 1997
A Traffic Regulation Order (TRO) was enacted in 1968 that brought in some parking
restrictions on Rous Road, All Saints Road and Park Lane for the first time.1
[The Local Authorities’ Traffic Orders (Procedure) (England and Wales) Regulations 1996
came into force on 01 December 1996 which removed the requirement to publish parking
restrictions in the London Gazette) and no other relevant Traffic Regulation Orders were
published in the London Gazette before 01 December 1996 which leads me to believe that
further restrictions around All Saints and Rous Road car park occurred after that date.
Review of Newmarket Journal archives or Freedom of Information Request (FOI) to Suffolk
County Council (SCC) would be required to investigate further].
1997
Suffolk County Council (SCC) enacted an amendment to a previous TRO2 that restricted
waiting in part of Lode Street, Brandon to 30 minutes between 8am and 8pm, that would
allow “permanent residents in Lode Street without garage facilities [to apply] for a permit to
wait at any time in the restricted waiting areas”.3
[See also timeline entry for 31 August 2020. We also note that it whilst this required a
specific TRO to be enacted, the current Suffolk County Council (District of Forest Heath)
(Stopping, Waiting and Loading Prohibitions and Restrictions and On-Street Parking Places)
(Map-Based) Order 2019 specifically has a section for Exemption Permits].4
2002
Faber Maunsell was commissioned by Forest Heath District Council (FHDC) to undertake a
two-stage study of Newmarket Town Centre Car Parking.5
The Stage 1 Study was completed in April 2002 and involved the assessment of the impact
of a proposed new Waitrose food store on FHDC’s existing Fordham Road car park and
adjoining land. Neither the Stage 1 nor Stage 2 studies are publicly available. [although a
request was made to West Suffolk Council (WSC) for these studies under reference number
WSE249410200, WSC responded to say they are no longer available].
1 The Gazette, Official Public Record (19 April 1968), available from https://www.thegazette.co.uk/
2 The Gazette, Official Public Record (02 May 1996), available from https://www.thegazette.co.uk/
3 The Gazette, Official Public Record (20 February 1997), available from https://www.thegazette.co.uk/
4 Suffolk County Council (District of Forest Heath) (Stopping, Waiting and Loading Prohibitions and Restrictions and On-
Street Parking Places) (Map-Based) Order 2019 (30 April 2019), available from https://www.suffolktraffweb.uk/
5 FHDC OAS Committee, Car Parking Progress, Report OAS08/272 Appendix A (24 June 2008), available from
https://democracy.westsuffolk.gov.uk/

2003
A brief for the Stage 2 Newmarket Town Centre Car Parking Study was issued by FHDC in
December 2003, and required the consultant to undertake a major review of the demand
for and supply of car parking in and around Newmarket town centre, building on responses
to consultation on the Stage 1 Study and looking forward over the next 10 years to 2014.
Faber Maunsell’s response to this brief was set out in a study proposal submitted in January
2004. This proposal set out the methodology and scope for the second stage based on these
amended requirements and was agreed by FHDC in March 2004.5
2004
On the 26 October FHDC voted to impose car parking charges in Newmarket.6
At the same meeting the Newmarket Parking Strategy Working Group (NPSWG) was
established to implement the strategy report. Strategy included: Controlled Parking Zone
(CPZ) to protect residents from town centre parking (and to provide local business parking),
and to increase (overall) medium/long stay demand.5
2006
Car Park Charges were introduced in Newmarket on 13 February 2006. The Newmarket
Journal revealed that Forest Heath had spent nearly £900,000 on introducing car parking
charges in Newmarket, including tens of thousands of pounds on a new car park in Willie
Snaith Road, a shuttle bus service, pay and display machines, consultancy fee and parking
attendants, and thousands more would be spent in the next three years.7
In March 2006, a Park and Ride was introduced between Willie Snaith Road and the town
centre. [It is unclear when this service stopped but the land has since been built on by
Wickes].
In May 2006, the first RPZ study was carried out. In June 2006, a response was received
from Suffolk County Council rejecting an RPZ due to the lack of response from Newmarket
residents. A response of 20% was required to progress to the next phase.8
6 iliffe Media Publishing Ltd (2004), linked in Appendix 1 Newmarket Journal

7 iliffe Media Publishing Ltd (2006), linked in Appendix 2 Newmarket Journal
8 FHDC OAS Committee, Newmarket Car Parking Strategy, Report OAS08/287. (27 November 2008), available from

In October, the NPSWG stated that the future car parking requirements of Newmarket still
needed to be determined, and resolved that officers prepare a report for consideration by
the NPSWG, on the long-term projections for the future car parking requirements in
Newmarket.8
2007
The NPSWG was disbanded on 23 May, shortly after the local elections, by Full Council “in
view of areas of work still outstanding and yet to be progressed”.8
At the FHDC OAS Committee meeting on 06 September 2007, it was resolved to include
within its Work plan for 2007/2008 the production of a strategic policy of car parking within
Newmarket to cover the specific areas of residential parking and the future car parking
provision within the Town.9
A petition was received by FHDC on 27 September 2007 expressing the concerns of the
residents in Rous Road and All Saints Road.8
At the FHDC Community Services Committee meeting held on 6th November 2007, report
COM07/029 was presented that considered the possibility of revisiting an RPZ in
Newmarket.8,9 [COM07/029 is not available online, and has been requested from WSC under
reference number WSE249404890].
The report recommended:- That, in conjunction with SCC, a second survey proceed
concerning the implementation of a Residents Parking Zone in Newmarket and budgetary
provision of £5,440 be made available from existing reserves.
It was resolved to include a work-plan item on the strategic policy of car parking within
Newmarket. This was to consider the residential and future provision of car parking.
Following the report to committee on the 6th November 2007, an officers meeting was held
to progress the resident’s consultation. SCC advised that unless a high feedback was
returned, they were unlikely to support an RPZ.5
2008
On the 29 April, the FHDC Community Services Committee discussed the issue of a
Newmarket Residents Parking Zone following on from the presentation of report
9FHDC OAS Committee, Car Parking Strategy – Newmarket, Report OAS08/270. (05 June 2008), available from

COM08/106. [Not available online, but all Community Services Committee minutes have
been requested from WSC]. It was resolved that the project be prioritised as urgent and a
budgetary provision of £66,600 for a dedicated Project Manager, be approved.9
The report from the 29 April meeting was considered at the FHDC OAS Committee meeting
held on 05 June 2008, where it was resolved to request a report on progress to date, and a
report be submitted to the Community Services Committee on 10 June detailing the
progress to date for further referral to the OAS Committee on 24 June.9,10
At the FHDC OAS Committee meeting on 24 June 2008, Report OAS08/27211 (Development
of Parking Strategy) was presented along with Appendix A to the report5, which detailed Car
Parking Progress to date. It was resolved, amongst other things, to undertake work on the
implementation of an RPZ in Newmarket.12
At the 16 July FHDC meeting, it was noted in the Annual Delivery Plan, Report COU08/372
that there was funding for investigating the introduction of residents parking zones in
Newmarket.13
At the 27 November FHDC OAS Committee meeting, report OAS08/2878 was presented on
Newmarket Car Parking Strategy. This report updated the Overview and Scrutiny
Committee about the current situation regarding the development of a Car Parking Strategy
for Newmarket. It was recommended that Council be asked to make an estimated
budgetary provision of £30,000 to enable the OAS Committee to commission the necessary
external expertise to produce a Car Parking Strategy for Newmarket, addressing future
expectations and demand for car parking and how that can be met.14
The report further states that FHDC was about to enter into public consultation over the
introduction of an RPZ within the centre of Newmarket. A meeting was held on 14
November 2008 with officers and Ward Members from Suffolk County Council, the Deputy
Leader, Strategic Director (Resources), the Overview and Scrutiny Manager and officers
from Forest Heath District Council.
The outcome of the meeting regarding an RPZ in Newmarket was positive, and agreement
10 FHDC OAS Committee, minutes (05 June 2008), available from https://democracy.westsuffolk.gov.uk/
11 FHDC OAS Committee, Development of Parking Strategy, Report OAS08/272 (24 June 2008), available from
12 FHDC OAS Committee minutes (24 June 2008), available from https://democracy.westsuffolk.gov.uk/
13 FHDC Full Council, Annual Delivery Plan 2008/2009, Report COU08/372 (16 July 2008), available from
14 FHDC OAS Committee, minutes (27 November 2008), available from https://democracy.westsuffolk.gov.uk/

was made on both sides to move the project forward. About the project management of an
RPZ in Newmarket, this was the responsibility of the Community Services Committee to
progress. [We note that all minutes of the FHDC Community Services Committee have been
removed from WSC website and a request has been made to WSC for these minutes under
reference WSE249404890].
2009
The FHDC OAS Committee meeting on 23 April discussed the Newmarket Car Parking
Strategy. 15 Report OAS09/300 Newmarket Car Parking Strategy Update16 was presented at
this meeting along with a supplementary appendix17, setting out progress with the
Newmarket Parking Strategy.
Also in the minutes – “It was resolved that officers explore and report back to the Committee
on the options of undertaking a community commissioning exercise for the development of a
parking strategy for Newmarket”.
The Strategic Director (Resources) reported back to the FHDC OAS Committee meeting held
on 07 May 2009.18, and it was resolved officers would report back to the next meeting.
At the FHDC OAS committee meeting on 09 July 2009 it was resolved to approve the tender
document for a “Long Term Car Parking Strategy for Newmarket”.19
In September Colin Buchanan and Partners Ltd were commissioned by FHDC to develop a
long-term parking strategy for the town of Newmarket.
At the FHDC OAS meeting on the 29 October 2009 a verbal report from the strategic
director (resources) was received:
“An area of concern had arisen following project meetings was that there were to be two
separate consultation exercises taking place at the same time (Residents Parking Zone and
the Long-Term Car Parking Strategy). A meeting had been held to try to co-ordinate these
two consultations and it had now been decided that the consultation on the car parking
15 FHDC OAS Committee, minutes (23 April 2009), available from https://democracy.westsuffolk.gov.uk/
16 FHDC OAS Committee, Newmarket Car Parking Strategy Update, Report OAS09/300 (23 April 2009), available from
17 FHDC OAS Committee, Research Group Protocol (23 April 2009), available from https://democracy.westsuffolk.gov.uk/
18 FHDC OAS Committee, minutes (07 May 2009), available from https://democracy.westsuffolk.gov.uk/
19 FHDC OAS Committee, minutes (09 July 2009), available from https://democracy.westsuffolk.gov.uk/

strategy would take place first, with the consultation on the Residents Parking Zone coming
after that. It had also been agreed for both projects to now be administered by the
Community Services Committee. The Strategic Director (Resources) stated that the
consultation on the long term car parking strategy would commence at the end of November
2009 and that the design of the consultation would be brought to the Overview & Scrutiny
Committee at its meeting on 19 November 2009, before responsibility for this project was
then passed to the Community Services Committee”.20
A verbal update was given on the Long-term Car Parking Strategy for Newmarket at FHDC
OAS committee meeting on 19 November 200921.
The minutes contained, amongst other things relating to parking, the following:22
“The Strategic Director (Resources) presented this item and gave an update to Members on
the consultation exercise due to be undertaken on the long term car parking strategy for
Newmarket.
The Strategic Director (Resources) explained that the first two stages of the consultation
would each involve a round of consultation with local community groups, in the form of
stakeholder workshops. The first event would be geared towards understanding local views
on the key parking issues that Newmarket faced, including the collation of proposed
solutions for dealing with these issues. The aim of the second round of consultation would
be to seek community views on the preferred approach to a parking strategy for the Town,
based on the options highlighted during the first round of consultation.
Additional documentation was also circulated to the meeting which consisted of a letter for
distribution to the stakeholder groups (drawn from the Council’s consultation register),
inviting them to attend a workshop to discuss parking issues in the Town. This first event was
due to be held on Monday 14 December 2009 from 6.00 pm to 9.00 pm. It was the intention
for these letters to be despatched from 20 November 2009. A draft press release was also
circulated to the meeting which outlined the process for this consultation exercise, which
was due to be concluded by Spring 2010”.
At an FHDC extraordinary meeting held on 16 November 200923, report COU09/436

”Car Parking in Newmarket - Charging Regime” was presented24 and voted upon.
This report did not extend to considering arrangements for residential parking.
20 FHDC OAS Committee, minutes (29 October 2009), available from https://democracy.westsuffolk.gov.uk/
21 FHDC OAS Committee, Agenda (19 November 2009), available from https://democracy.westsuffolk.gov.uk/
22 FHDC OAS Committee, Minutes (19 November 2009), available from Appendix 3
23 FHDC Extraordinary Council, minutes (16 November 2009), available from https://democracy.westsuffolk.gov.uk/
24 FHDC Extraordinary Council, Car Parking in Newmarket – Charging Regime, Report COU09/436 (16 November 2009),
available from https://democracy.westsuffolk.gov.uk/

Following on from this meeting, further proposals for the car parking charges in Newmarket
were presented at the 16 December FHDC meeting. The report details the proposed
arrangements for 2010/11, including consideration of alternative adjustments to reflect the
matters raised by All Saints Primary School.25
It was resolved to increase parking charges and to approve the operation of a Parents
Permit System for All Saints Primary School.26
2010
At the Newmarket Town Council meeting on 25 January Councillor Bovill reported that he
and Councillor Burch had attended the workshop at Palace House on 14th December, when
representatives from a number of local businesses and groups had looked at current parking
issues around the town and the impact on local residents, retailers, the horse racing
industry, tourists and people coming into Newmarket to work. Feedback from the day
would be collated by FHDC’s consultants and distributed to participants.27
FHDC published their Council Plan for 2010/11. 28 Appendix A detailed that
“In 2009/2010 we promised to Commission a long-term parking strategy for Newmarket and
consult residents on resident parking zones. We appointed a leading UK transportation
consultant and consulted community groups to understand local views and the preferred
approach to a parking strategy in the town. A specific consultation on resident parking
zones was postponed pending the approval of the parking strategy in June 2010”.
Elsewhere in the report it was promised that “In 2010/11 we expect to work to implement
our car parking strategy for Newmarket, including a consultation with residents on parking
zones”.
25 FHDC Full Council, Car Parking Charges in Newmarket 2010/2011 – Further Information and Proposals, Report
COU09/440 (16 December 2009), available from https://democracy.westsuffolk.gov.uk/
26 FHDC Full Council, minutes (16 December 2009), available from https://democracy.westsuffolk.gov.uk/
27 NTC Full Council, minutes, item 10/01/19 (25 January 2009).
28 FHDC Full Council, Forest Heath Council 2010/2011, Report COU10/468 Appendix A (30 June 2010), available from

At the FHDC Special Council meeting on 17 November, a report was received relating to the
Newmarket Long Term Parking Strategy and Action Plan, COU10/48129. The report included
the COM10/286 report from the FHDC Community Services Committee30 and the Colin
Buchanan and Partners Newmarket long-term parking strategy31 commissioned in
September 2009.
It was resolved that the Long Term Parking Strategy for Newmarket and the associated
Action Plan be approved as set out in paragraph 14 of Report No COM10/286 (Community
Services Committee – 28 September 2010) and the inclusion of an extension to All Saints
Pocket Car Park be approved.32
Some of the recommendations in the report included an RPZ consultation (subject to

clarification of SCC funding position), overnight residents permit trial in Rous Road / All
Saints in 2010/2011, and an RPZ implementation in 2011/2012.
2011
In the summer SCC published their Suffolk Local Transport Plan 2011 – 2031. Part 1 is a 20
year strategy that highlights the council’s long-term ambitions for the transport network. 33
Part 2 was a four year implementation plan indicating how the council were proposing to
address the issues identified within the longer-term transport plan.34 [We note although
both documents have sections Newmarket, neither make any reference to parking].
Following on from a report presented to the Community Services Committee on 18 October

2011, Car Parking Charges in Newmarket were discussed at the FHDC meeting on 14
December 2011. The main report was COU11/545 – Car Parking Charges35, and appendices
were titled:
29 FHDC Special Council, Newmarket Long Term Parking Strategy and Action Plan, Report COU10/481 (17 November 2010),
30 FHDC Special Council, Newmarket Long Term Parking Strategy and Action Plan, Report COM10/286 Appendix 1, (28
September 2010), available from https://democracy.westsuffolk.gov.uk/

31 Colin Buchanan and Partners, Newmarket long-term parking strategy (April 2010), available from
32 FHDC Special Council, minutes (17 November 2010), available from https://democracy.westsuffolk.gov.uk/
33 SCC, Suffolk’s Local Transport Plan – Part 1 (06 July 2011), available from https://www.suffolk.gov.uk/
34 SCC, Suffolk’s Local Transport Plan – Part 2 (06 July 2011), available from https://www.suffolk.gov.uk/
35 FHDC Full Council, Car Parking Charges, Report COU11/545 (14 December 2011), available from

Appendix 1 – COM11/345 Car Parking in Newmarket Charging Regime36
Appendix 2 – OAS11/390 Call in – Pocket Car Parks and Car Parking in Newmarket Charging
Regime – Community Services Committee 18 October 201137
Appendix 3 – COM11/351 Car Parking in Newmarket Charging Regime.38

The minutes of the meeting are not available online.
2012
In March, a planning application for the development of Palace House as the future home of
the National Horse Racing Museum included plans for pedestrian access via Rous Road car
park, and a comprehensive Travel Plan. The travel plan suggest that visitor numbers will
increase by 166% from 12,000 to 32,000 visitors per year.39
The Car Parking review in December 2015 (CAB/FH/15/063) stated that the last review of
car parks in Forest Heath was undertaken in 2012. [We have not yet been able to find any
evidence that such a review took place in 2012].
2013
The FHDC OAS committee meeting on 31 January 2013 had an agenda item for “On Street
Parking Investigation, Area South of the High Street, Newmarket”. The report referenced
was OAS13/425.40 This report lead to the parking survey later in the year and the drop in
session at Newmarket Memorial Hall in 2014.
The minutes note that it was recommended to widen the proposed area of the investigation
for residents parking to include the whole of the High Street, Newmarket and to report back
36 FHDC Full Council, Car Parking in Newmarket – Charging Regime, Report COM11/345 Appendix 1 (14 December 2011),
37 FHDC Full Council, Items for call-in – Pocket Car Parks and Car Parking in Newmarket – Charging Regime, Report
OAS11/390 Appendix 2 (10 November 2011), available from https://democracy.westsuffolk.gov.uk/

38 FHDC Full Council, Car Parking in Newmarket – Charging Regime, Report COM11/351 Appendix 3, (22 November 2011),

39 Forest Heath Planning Application, Travel Plan Reference F/2012/0069/FU3 (15 March 2012), available from
https://planning.westsuffolk.gov.uk/
40 FHDC OAS Committee, On Street Parking Investigation, Area South of the High Street, Newmarket, Report OAS13/425
(31 January 2013), available from https://democracy.westsuffolk.gov.uk/

to the OAS Committee on 21 March on the timescales for the commencement of the On-
Street Parking Investigation.41
A verbal report was given on the commencement of the on-street parking investigation at
the FHDC OAS committee meeting on 21 March and after some discussion including the
effect Palace House would have on Newmarket it was noted the on-street parking
consultation would commence immediately after 02 May 2013.42
At the Newmarket Town Council Community Services meeting on 02 September, members

acknowledged receipt of the SCC proposed resident parking zone survey.43
At the Newmarket Town Council Community Services meeting on 04 November, members

received an update in respect of the resident parking zone proposals. They were advised
that a meeting would be held at FHDC the following Wednesday and a presentation be
given on the permit scheme.44
According to the Car Parking Review presented to Cabinet on 22 December 2015, FHDC
appointed Suffolk County Council to investigate the feasibility of Residents Parking Zones in
Newmarket in October 2013, although we can find no specific reference to this other than
the Car Parking Review document from December 2015.
2014
At the Newmarket Town Council Community Services meeting on 07 January, members
were advised by the Chairman that a consultation questionnaire would be issued towards
the end of January by SCC. Members would receive a copy of the questionnaire from SCC
and residents would be advised of the consultation questionnaire through both local
papers. Following the consultation SCC would issue a report to the Town Council on its
findings. Members acknowledged receipt of the correspondence received from a resident
objecting to the proposed Parking Zone proposals.45
41 FHDC OAS Committee, minutes (31 January 2013), available from https://democracy.westsuffolk.gov.uk/
42 FHDC OAS Committee, minutes (21 March 2013), available from https://democracy.westsuffolk.gov.uk/
43 NTC Community Services Committee, minutes, item C/13/09/8 (02 September 2013), available from
http://www.newmarket.gov.uk/
44 NTC Community Services Committee, minutes, item C/13/11/13 (04 November 2013)
45 NTC Community Services Committee, minutes, item C/14/01/10 (07 January 2014), available from

As part of the on-street parking investigation, in January SCC hand delivered 1650 letters
and questionnaires to all residents within the two targets areas adjacent to the high street,
All Saints Road area to the south, and Rowley Drive area to the north-west. The report on
this survey would not be published publicly until 22 December 2015. 46
At the Newmarket Town Council Community Services meeting on 03 February it was noted
that the questionnaire for the consultation on the parking zone proposal had not yet been
received but a copy was expected prior to it being issued to residents.47
At the Newmarket Town Council Community Services meeting on 03 March it was reported
that nobody had received a copy of the questionnaire and the Town Clerk was asked to
request a copy from SCC.48
It was noted in item 6 on the minutes of the Newmarket Vision Transport Delivery Group
meeting held on 23 April that
“the consultation on residents parking was complete and the results were being reviewed by
KMG and due to be completed by the end of the month. If it was decided to go ahead with a
scheme, residents would be consulted on the proposed solutions as part of the TRO
process”.49
At the NVTDG meeting on 03 June it was noted under Agenda Item 8(2) that
“A meeting has been arranged to discuss the outcomes of the Resident Parking survey.
Meeting to include representatives from SCC, FHDC and NTC”.50
At the Newmarket Vision Steering Group meeting on 30 June, it was noted under Agenda
item 2a that there was no update available on the parking strategy for Newmarket. The
need for a Parking Strategy to be in place by the opening of the Home of Horseracing had
been discussed.
At the NVTDG meeting on 02 July, on the agenda item for residents parking it was confirmed
that “initial consultation results had now been reviewed. Response rates were, 20% Rowley
Drive area and 30% All Saints area”.
46 FHDC Cabinet, appendix 4 – Newmarket On Street Parking Investigation Report (22 December 2015), available from
47 NTC Community Services Committee, minutes, item C/14/02/04 (03 February 2014).
48 NTC Community Services Committee, minutes, item C/14/02/04 (03 March 2014).
49 Newmarket Vision Transport Delivery Group, minutes (23 April 2014), available from https://www.westsuffolk.gov.uk/
50 Newmarket Vision Transport Delivery Group, minutes (03 June 2014), available from https://www.westsuffolk.gov.uk/

It was noted that there had been a meeting with a group representing the district, town and
county to discuss issues, most of these related to the All Saints area. [There is no evidence
from Town Council Meeting minutes that they were ever involved]
Another comment from the same meeting was

“The next phase of consultation will enable residents to drop in to discuss issues and views,
this is likely to take place over the summer. The outcomes of this consultation will be
reported back to FHDC”.
And another comment that

“In October Guy Smith (SCC) will start to look at specific schemes. If a residents parking
scheme is introduced, if there are objections these will need to be considered by SCC ROW
Committee. Councillor Chris Barker (FHDC) suggested that changing the current charging
times in the local car parks to start at 9am rather than 8am would address some of the
resident parking issues”.51
There was a further discussion on parking at the NVTDG meeting on 15 October, where it
was noted that “Guy Smith (SCC) was looking into the issues surrounding and implementing
a residents parking zone. The next stage of consultation is due before Christmas”.52
As a follow-up to the survey carried out at the start of the year, a drop-in session was held
at the Memorial Hall on 25 November 2014. Attended by residents from 75 separate
residential addresses.53
2015
The draft findings of the on-street parking investigation were presented to the Newmarket
Vision Transport Delivery Group meeting on 05 August 2015.54 [not July as incorrectly stated
in report CAB/FH/15/063 - Car Parking Review].
The meeting discussed the review and the view that residents parking zones were to be held
back until the impact of other measures have been evaluated. These measures include off
street parking review, impact of HoHR, 17 new directional signs for car parks, junction
yellow lining and request for Police enforcement of these. The minutes also made reference
to considering long term permits for residents.
51 Newmarket Vision Transport Delivery Group, minutes (02 July 2014), available from https://www.westsuffolk.gov.uk/
52 Newmarket Vision Transport Delivery Group, minutes (02 July 2014), available from https://www.westsuffolk.gov.uk/
53 Newmarket Journal Page 3, 28 October 2004, available from Appendix 4
54 Newmarket Vision Transport Delivery Group, minutes (05 August 2015), available from https://www.westsuffolk.gov.uk/

The Newmarket Vision E-Newsletter dated September 2015 states that

“the residents parking scheme has been shelved for now (parked!!), because residents did
not support the implementation of residents parking zones.”55
[We have written to Newmarket Vision to request an explanation for this statement].
At the Newmarket Vision Transport Delivery Group meeting on 16 September 2015, there
was a discussion under the Agenda item for Newmarket Car Parking Update. It related to
the impact of the Horse Racing Museum visitor numbers on parking in town.56
At the FHDC OAS committee meeting on 12 November 2015 members were advised that a
new Car Parking Strategy was progressing and would be presented to Cabinet in due course.
The Strategy would include capacity; how to manage existing car parks and a number of
options for Newmarket, such as signage; free overnight parking and utilising space capacity
in pocket car parks.57
At the FHDC Cabinet meeting on 22 December 2015, there was an agenda item for the Car
Parking Review. This consisted of:
The Car Parking Review, Report No CAB/FH/15/06358

Appendix 1 – Car Parking Tariffs59
Appendix 2 – Car Parking Income 2014-201560
55 Newmarket Vision, E-Newsletter September 2015 (16 October 2015), available from https://www.westsuffolk.gov.uk/
56 Newmarket Vision Transport Delivery Group, minutes (16 September 2015), available from
https://www.westsuffolk.gov.uk/
57 FHDC OAS Committee, minutes (12 November 2015), https://democracy.westsuffolk.gov.uk/
58 FHDC Cabinet, Car Parking Review, Report CAB/FH/15/063 (22 December 2015), available from
59 FHDC Cabinet, appendix 1 – Existing Car Parking Tariffs (22 December 2015), available from
60 FHDC Cabinet, appendix 2 – Car Parking Income 2014-2015 (22 December 2015), available from

Appendix 3 – Home of Horseracing Visitor Profile61

Appendix 4 – Newmarket On Street Parking Investigation Report62
Appendix 4 – Appendix A – Targeted Areas – Original63
Appendix 4 – Appendix B – Questionnaire Delivered to Affected Residents64
Appendix 4 – Appendix C – All Saints Road Area – Summary of Questionnaire Responses65
Appendix 4 – Appendix D – Rowley Drive Area – Summary of Questionnaire Responses66
Appendix 4 – Appendix E – Refined Target Area67
Appendix 4 – Appendix F – Drop-in Session – Summary of Issues Raised68
The Car Parking Review noted, amongst other things, that the future impact of parking
services changes will need to be reviewed prior to any actions to alleviate the on-street
parking issues and that potential issues to on-street parking from visitors to Newmarket
cannot be accurately gauged until the new NHRM opens in spring 2016. Due to the number
of unknowns regarding visitor numbers to NHRM, action will be needed to monitor usage
over 2016/17 to understand changes to car parking demand.
The decisions from the meeting involved:

• Officers considering the operational implications of a Permit Scheme for religious
worshippers within the Traffic Road Order.
• The recommendations set out in paragraph 2.4 of Report No CAB/FH/15/063 be
approved and officers be instructed to issue a revised traffic road order for public
consultation.
61 FHDC Cabinet, appendix 3 – Home of Horseracing Visitor Profile (22 December 2015), available from
62 FHDC Cabinet, appendix 4 – Newmarket On Street Parking Investigation Report (22 December 2015), available from
63 FHDC Cabinet, appendix 4 – Appendix A – Targeted Areas – Original (22 December 2015), available from
64 FHDC Cabinet, appendix 4 – Appendix B – Questionnaire Delivered to Affected Residents Car Parking Tariffs (22
December 2015), https://democracy.westsuffolk.gov.uk/

65 FHDC Cabinet, appendix 4 – Appendix C – All Saints Road Area – Summary of Questionnaire Responses (22 December
2015, https://democracy.westsuffolk.gov.uk/
66 FHDC Cabinet, appendix 4 – Appendix D – Rowley Drive Area – Summary of Questionnaire Responses (22 December
2015, https://democracy.westsuffolk.gov.uk/
67 FHDC Cabinet, appendix 4 – Appendix E – Refined Target Area (22 December 2015), Available from
68 FHDC Cabinet, appendix 4 – Appendix F – Drop-in Session – Summary of Issues Raised (22 December 2015), available
from https://democracy.westsuffolk.gov.uk/

• The investigation by Suffolk County Council into on-street parking be noted and the
next steps be agreed.69
The minutes for the meeting are also available.70
2016
The NVTDG met on 12 January 71 and noted that:
• As previously discussed in the group, no further changes will be made to off-street or
a potential residents parking scheme until the impact of the horse racing museum is
understood.
• Review to be undertaken in September 2016.
At the NTC full council meeting on 25 January it was resolved that:
“That having listened to residents, Newmarket Town Council write to Forest Heath District
Council to express the strong view that the proposed changes to the Parking Regulations for
Newmarket should not be brought into effect.”72
At the Newmarket Town Council Development and Planning meeting on 20 June73:

A member of the public spoke to item 9 and requested that she be appointed as a member
of the Car Parking Working Group.
It was resolved that

“The membership of the Car Parking Working Group was agreed as follows: That Cllrs Hood,
Hulbert, Hudson, Morrey and O’Neill be appointed as members of the Car Parking Working
Group. Sara Beckett was also appointed as a member of the Working Group”.
At the Newmarket Town Council Development and Planning meeting on 05 September74

there was an update from the Car Parking Working Group:
“That a letter be sent to Inspector Shipton to thank him for his presentation to the Working
69 FHDC Cabinet, decisions, (22 December 2015), available from https://democracy.westsuffolk.gov.uk/

70 FHDC Cabinet, minutes, (22 December 2015), available from https://democracy.westsuffolk.gov.uk/
71 Newmarket Vision Transport Delivery Group, minutes (12 January 2016), available from
72 NTC Full Council, minutes, item 16/01/18.01 (25 January 2016).
73 NTC Development and Planning Committee, minutes, items D16/06/25 & 29 (20 June 2016).
74 NTC Development and Planning Committee, minutes, items D16/06/25 & 29 (05 September 2016).

Group and that their recent efforts in issuing tickets were appreciated. The Group would
further appreciate if all areas of the Town could continue to be monitored”.
At the Newmarket Vision Steering Group meeting on 12 September an update was given on
parking provision in Newmarket:
• A couple of ‘Residents Parking area’ consultations was due to take place this month,
however has been deferred until next year, as SCC felt that the survey would not
reflect the thoughts of the residents until the HoH visitor numbers and parking habits
were known.
• The areas to be consulted are adjacent ends of the High Street from the Clock Tower
– Lisburn Road/ All Saints Road - basically TK Maxx store and immediately behind
HoH area and the North is from Grosvenor Yard car park area and St Mary’s Church
going towards the racecourse.
The National Horseracing Museum opens at the Palace House site on 19 September 2016,
with 33,000 visitors in the first 12 months.
At the FHDC OAS Committee meeting on 10 November, a car parking update report was
presented, Report OAS/FH/16/03175. The report noted that SCC had resolved to review
proposals for Newmarket Resident Parking Schemes in light of the impact of off-street
parking recommendations agreed at Cabinet in December 2015, and the opening of NHRM.
Given that the NHRM only recently opened, the scheme will now be reviewed in the spring
of 2017 when the impact of additional visitor traffic can be fully assessed.
The minutes note the recommendation that the head of operations, under his delegated
authority, and in consultation with the Portfolio Holder for Operations incorporates the
Snooker Hall Pocket Car Park spaces into All Saints Car Park for use by pay and display
customers.76
2017
On February 14 the FHDC Cabinet meeting reviewed a report on Civil Parking Enforcement,
Report No: CAB/FH/17/01477.
75 FHDC OAS Committee, Car Parking Update, Report OAS/FH/16/031 (10 November 2016), available from
76 FHDC OAS Committee, minutes (10 November 2016), available from https://democracy.westsuffolk.gov.uk/
77 FHDC Cabinet, Civil Parking Enforcement, Report CAB/FH/17/014 (14 February 2017), available from

Amongst other things, it was resolved that “Subject to resident consultation, approve the
introduction of an on-street resident permit scheme in Newmarket”. (Line 295,
Recommendation 7) 78
At the Council meeting the following week, there was a discussion on Civil Parking
Enforcement, and amongst the items resolved was “7. Subject to resident consultation, the
introduction of an on-street resident permit scheme in Newmarket be approved”79
At the FHDC Cabinet meeting on 20 June, the Leisure Opportunities in Newmarket Report
CAB/FH/17/031 was presented:80
“A parking study has been commissioned to better understand the impact of increased
parking demand in Newmarket; this report will assess the impact on car parking of growth in
the town centre and will consider the potential impact of new developments. The report will
make recommendations in relation to the additional spaces needed to accommodate various
scenarios.
The Newmarket parking study commenced in April 2017 and is expected to conclude by the
end of July 2017”.
At the NVTDG meeting on 22 June 2017 it was noted that Guy Smith (SCC Highways) had
been asked to look back into on-street parking, consider what funding is still available from
the initial work and then engage Suffolk Highways to follower this up.81
In October NTC’s Site Allocations Local Plan Submission noted under paragraph 2.882 “that
in recent years a major hotel in the town argued at planning stage that no car parking
provision was required, and planning approval was subsequently granted by FHDC.
However, since construction it has been given approval to use a significant proportion of an
existing car park and hence reduced the parking provision within the town”.
At the NVTDG meeting on 12 October Darren Dixon (FHDC) reported that

“Newmarket is already 13,000 car park events up on last year’s data, and that there are 150
spaces at any time on average across all car parks. He also updated to say that there is a
report into CPE that is due to commence in 2019 being produced and he will bring a copy to
78 FHDC Cabinet, minutes (14 February 2017), available from https://democracy.westsuffolk.gov.uk/

79 FHDC Full Council, minutes (22 February 2017), available from https://democracy.westsuffolk.gov.uk/
80 FHDC Cabinet, Leisure Opportunities in Newmarket, Report CAB/FH/17/031 (20 June 2017), available from
82 FHDC, Site Allocations Local Plan NTC Submission (09 October 2017), available from https://www.westsuffolk.gov.uk/

a meeting in early 2018. This will include a review into disabled parking in the town and
residents permits”.83
2018
In March SCC published a consultation on Suffolk’s Parking Management Strategy, to run
from 14 March to 23 April.84 The consultation document linked from the same page, was
presented verbatim at the SCC Cabinet meeting on 06 November 2018 as appendix A under
Agenda Item 9, as a draft document. [We note that several District and Parish councils
produced their own Parking Plans, some of which are referenced later in this document,
because of this Parking Management Strategy, but not NTC or FHDC].
Newmarket Town Council had an item on the SCC Car Parking Consultation at their meeting
on 26 March:
“TCM advised that her report had been well received and that the frustrations of NTC were
shared. A request was made for residents to be consulted on any new parking schemes.
TCM advised that she had inspected all of the car parks and that the TK Max and St Mary’s
car parks were in a better condition. However she had taken photos of the Grosvenor Yard
car park and had sent them to SCC Highways”. 85
At the Newmarket Town Council Development and Planning committee on 09 April the
Chairman requested that Cllrs who were interested in responding to the SCC Car Parking
Consultation to read the documentation. Cllrs would meet at 5:00pm on Monday 16 April
to formulate a response to the consultation.86
There was an extraordinary meeting of the FHDC OAS Committee on 16 April at Palace
House. The minutes noted several requests and suggestions relating to signage and making
Palace Street pedestrianised or closed to traffic when the museum was open. Jill Korwin
from FHDC advised that:
“Suffolk County Council was doing a road study in the area and the Centre would be a key
consideration in the work on the town centre as part of the Newmarket Vision”.87
The FHDC OAS Committee meeting on 19 April had an agenda item for Car Parking Annual
Update. The report was OAS/FH/18/011. No specific reference to RPZs in the minutes or
84 SCC, Suffolk’s Parking Management Strategy Consultation (2018), available from https://www.suffolk.gov.uk/
85 NTC Full Council, minutes, item 18/04/17 (26 March 2018), available from http://www.newmarket.gov.uk/
86 NTC Development and Planning Committee, minutes, item D18/04/10 (09 April 2018), available from
87 FHDC OAS Committee, minutes, (16 April 2018), available from https://democracy.westsuffolk.gov.uk/

the report and no resolutions passed. However, in section 2.2 the report includes:
“As a pilot for the County and working with SCC, the development of Newmarket Parking
Plan that will consider on and off-street parking across the town, with a view to identifying
further capacity and reviewing parking restrictions”. 88
In June East Suffolk District Council published a comprehensive East Suffolk Area Parking
Plan to provide greater detail on how the Suffolk Parking Management Strategy will be
implemented in East Suffolk. 89
At the Newmarket Town Council meeting on 29 May 2018, the TCM advised that she had
noted the following item from the Annual Meeting of the Town “The Town Council’s
support of resident parking zones”.90 [The minutes of the Annual Meeting are not available
to confirm what was actually discussed].
Newmarket Bid published a “Newmarket parking provision” update on their website in June
2018.91 It notes that
“SCC has begun liaison with relevant stakeholders about what they think needs to be
achieved from a county wide parking management strategy. This strategy is intended to set
out, at a high level, how parking should be managed across the county. One proposal is for
area parking strategies and if adopted, Newmarket would be a test area. Feedback will be
incorporated into a DRAFT Newmarket Parking Strategy that will be consulted on with
stakeholders”.
and
“There are currently no resident parking zones (RPZs) in Newmarket. It is anticipated that
the SCC pilot parking strategy will identify whether there is a demand for resident parking
areas”
At the NVTDG meeting on 27 June the Newmarket Car Parking Strategy was discussed92:
88 FHDC OAS Committee, Car Parking Update, Report OAS/FH/18/011 (19 April 2018), available from
89 East Suffolk Council, East Suffolk Area Parking Plan (May 2018), available from https://www.eastsuffolk.gov.uk/
90 NTC Full Council, minutes, item 18/05/10 (29 May 2018), available from http://www.newmarket.gov.uk/
91 Newmarket Bid, Love Newmarket Website – Newmarket parking provision update (June 2018), available from
https://lovenewmarket.co.uk/forest-heath-district-council-car-parking/

• SCC are working with West Suffolk to develop a car parking strategy for Newmarket.
It is a new initiative and Newmarket has been chosen as the first urban area.
• Nick Patten (Jockey Club) – Deliveries a major issue, nowhere to park so block the
road. Deliveries to be timed. Parking on High Street banned?
• Darren Dixon – Currently people park on single yellow and double yellow lines and
there is little enforcement. When CPE comes in where will these people be
displaced too? What are people’s views on Resident Parking Zones?
• On street parking charges – West Suffolk Officers supported the idea of introducing
charges. Are there opportunities for Pay & Display on roads? The Avenue
mentioned as was Park Lane.
Framlingham Town Council published their Parking Strategy Proposal for Framlingham in
August in response to the Suffolk Parking Management Strategy 93
At the NVTDG meeting on 27 September there was another update on Newmarket Car
Parking Strategy94:
• SCC announced that survey information is imminent which will inform the strategy.
Cllr Hood is concerned about slow progress and reinforced that the strategy is
required urgently.
• Group agreed that a draft strategy would be circulated by SCC a week before next
meeting and debated at the next meeting in December
In November SCC Cabinet met to discuss the Suffolk Parking Management Strategy (Agenda
Item 9)95 and a report was presented on the Suffolk Parking Management Strategy (Agenda
Item 9a).96
This report describes the proposed Suffolk Parking Management Strategy  Mentions
residents parking. Paragraphs 27, 28, 29, 52, 53 and 54. “A pilot area parking plan is being
developed for Newmarket. This may lead to residents’ parking schemes in parts of the
town”. It was also noted that a number of requests had been made for residents’ parking
schemes in Newmarket.
93 Framlingham Town Council, Parking Strategy Report (22 August 2018), available from https://framlingham.com/
94 Newmarket Vision Transport Delivery Group, minutes (27 September 2018), available from
95 SCC Cabinet, Agenda item 9, Suffolk Parking Management Strategy (06 November 2018), available from
https://committeeminutes.suffolk.gov.uk/Default.aspx
96 SCC Cabinet, Agenda item 9a, Suffolk Parking Management Strategy – Appendix A (06 November 2018), available from
https://committeeminutes.suffolk.gov.uk/Default.aspx

2019
The FHDC OAS Committee meeting on 10 January had an agenda item for Car Parking
Update. The report was OAS/FH/19/003.97 No specific reference to RPZs in the minutes or
the report and no resolutions passed. Similar to 2018, the report states that
“As a pilot we are supporting Suffolk County Council on the development of a Newmarket
Parking Plan that will consider on street parking across the town with a view to identifying
further capacity and reviewing parking restrictions. This will be completed in time for
strategic review of off-Street parking across the district due to commence in June 2019”.
There was a discussion on the state of car parks referenced in the minutes.98
At the NVTDG meeting on 21 February there was yet another update on the Newmarket Car
Parking Strategy99:
There is an issue as to which authority takes ownership of the strategy. Sara Noonan (WSC)
to speak to Darren Dixon (FHDC) to clarify the stance of West Suffolk Council
Cllr Louis Busuttil (SCC) suggested that Cllr Bowman has indicated that WSC would be willing
to adopt the strategy and CA will contact Cllr Bowman to discuss issues of ownership and
agree a timetable for adoption by WSC.
At the Full Town Council meeting on 25 February, there was an update on Newmarket
Vision.
“TCM advised that a meeting had been held by the Transport Group and they had looked at
the car parking strategy. In order for the strategy to be taken forward it would need to be
adopted by an appropriate body and the TCM would refer it to West Suffolk to take
forward”.100
On 01 April, FHDC and St Edmundsbury merged to become WSC.
97 FHDC OAS Committee, Car Parking Update, Report OAS/FH/19/003 (10 January 2019), available from
98 FHDC OAS Committee, minutes (10 January 2019), available from https://democracy.westsuffolk.gov.uk/
99 Newmarket Vision Transport Delivery Group, minutes (21 February 2019), available from
100 NTC Full Council, minutes, item 19/09/12 (25 September 2019), available from http://www.newmarket.gov.uk/

In May, SCC published the third edition of its Suffolk Guidance for Parking – Technical
Guidance document for parking in new developments and changes to parking in existing
developments.101
On 11 July, the WSC OAS Committee received Report No: OAS/WS/19/005102. As per the
minutes the Service Manager (Operations) on behalf of the Cabinet Member for Operations
asked the Overview and Scrutiny Committee to commission a review of parking in West
Suffolk; and sought the establishment of a West Suffolk Parking Review Group and adoption
of the proposed Terms of Reference.
Amongst other things the review would:

• Consider on-street parking capacity. This was required given our imminent
responsibility for Civil Parking Enforcement and our commitment to delivering local
integrated parking plans.
• Develop strategic aims and objectives for parking in West Suffolk with local parking
plans aligned with on-street provision.
• Consider the imminent service changes arising from the implementation of Civil
Parking Enforcement and the impact on parking behaviour.
In response to a question raised regarding double-yellow lines, members were informed

that a survey would be carried out over the summer, including on-street parking, which
would then be considered by the Review Group.103
On 15 August, NVTDG met and once more discussed the Newmarket Car Parking Plan104:
• WSC is drawing up a plan which will draw on elements from SCC’s draft parking plan
and WSC’s work on off- street parking provision to produce a comprehensive parking
strategy, accommodating on-street and off-street parking provision.
• Occupancy testing of off-street parking is ongoing, a stakeholder group has been set
up, consultation will begin imminently, and a draft will be ready for review in early
October. It is planned that the report will go before WSC’s scrutiny committee in
early December and on to Cabinet in January.
• Cllr Hood stressed the need to incentivise the town and parish councils to recruit
PCSOs to enforce on-street parking.
101 SCC, Suffolk Guidance Parking Technical Guidance 3rd Edition (May 2019), available from https://www.suffolk.gov.uk/
102 WSC OAS Committee, West Suffolk Parking Review, Report OAS/WS/19/005 (11 July 2019), available from
103 WSC OAS Committee, minutes (11 July 2019), available from https://democracy.westsuffolk.gov.uk/
104 Newmarket Vision Transport Delivery Group, minutes (15 August 2019), available from

At the Full Town Council meeting on 28 October, the Mayor advised that she was part of the
task force for the West Suffolk parking review. A report would be submitted to the
overview and scrutiny panel in the near future and residents were encouraged to send
comments and views to the TCM.105 [It’s worth noting that the “task force” had been formed
15 weeks prior to this meeting, and planned to submit its report at a meeting of the FHDC
Overview and Scrutiny Committee to be held on 12 December 2019].
In November SCC Cabinet received a report on the Update on the Implementation of Civil
Parking Enforcement Across Suffolk.106 Reference made to hierarchy of parking
enforcement. Limited Waiting being the lowest priority.
On 06 November, the WSC Development Control Committee received Report

DEV/WS/19/038107 on and approved the planning application for the Rutland Arms Hotel
redevelopment. This will result in a loss of 10 public parking bays on Rous Road Car Park,
and a reduction in hotel parking from 32 spaces to 14 spaces whilst increasing room
capacity from 47 to 72 rooms.
On 21 November the NVTDG met for the last time prior to the creation of this document,
and although the Newmarket Car Parking Plan was on the agenda once more, it related only
to car parking price increases and the introduction of CPE.108 [We have been unable to find
reference to any Newmarket Car Parking Plan other than the 1 page Appendix 109 published
in the February 2020 WSC Cabinet meeting].
At the Newmarket Town Council Community Services meeting on 09 December, members

were advised that traffic in the narrow streets in the All Saints Ward needed to be looked at
and the following was agreed:
That a working group be set up to address the traffic issues in the All Saints Ward to look at
105 NTC Full Council, minutes (28 October 2019), available from http://www.newmarket.gov.uk/
106 SCC Cabinet, Agenda item 11, An Update on the Implementation of Civil Parking Enforcement Across Suffolk (05
November 2019), available from https://committeeminutes.suffolk.gov.uk/Default.aspx
107 WSC Development Control Committee, Planning Application DC/19/0079/FUL, Report DEV/WS/19/038 (06 November
2019, available from https://democracy.westsuffolk.gov.uk/

108 Newmarket Vision Transport Delivery Group, minutes (15 August 2019), available from
109 WSC Cabinet, Draft Newmarket Parking Plan and Recommendations, Appendix 1 (11 February 2020), available from

proposals to be put to SCC Highways, comprising Cllrs De’Ath, Drummond, Jefferys, Kirby,
Lay and O’Neill. (C/19/12/14.01).110
2020
January
The WSC OAS Committee held an extraordinary meeting on 23 January to produce the
report and recommendations from the West Suffolk Parking Review Group with a view to
presenting them at the next WSC Cabinet meeting. Report No: OAS/WS/20/003.111
With no explanation given, the WSPRG stated that it “has decided not to provide a view on
parking options in respect of Newmarket. If this is accepted by the OAS Committee, the
Cabinet will need to determine its own proposals for the town”.
The committee approved the proposals from the WSPRG.112
The Newmarket Neighbourhood Plan 113, which had been in progress for since 2011,
including Policy NKT28: Enhancement and Continued Provision of Car Parks and Community
Action E10: Car Parking (pp 70-72) went to a referendum on 30 January and was formally
adopted on 25 February.114
February
The Newmarket Journal published a story about residents needing to lobby councillors for
on-street parking:115
“Residents who are affected by the new civil parking enforcement may want to
consider a residents’ parking scheme. In the first instance it is recommended that
they contact their town council to ensure that there is strong support from
residents and businesses”, a county spokesman said.
110 NTC Community Services Committee, minutes, item C/19/12/14 (09 December 2019), available from
111 WSC OAS Committee, Report and Recommendations from the West Suffolk Parking Review Group, Report
OAS/WS/20/003 (23 January 2020), available from https://democracy.westsuffolk.gov.uk/

112 WSC OAS Committee, minutes (23 January 2020), available from https://democracy.westsuffolk.gov.uk/
113 WSC, Newmarket Neighbourhood Plan (February 2020), available from
https://www.westsuffolk.gov.uk/planning/Planning_Policies/neighbourhood-planning/upload/NNP-final.pdf
114 WSC, Neighbourhood Planning in Newmarket, (undated) available from https://www.westsuffolk.gov.uk/, accessed 19
September 2020.
115 Newmarket Journal, Lobby councillors about on-street parking, Newmarket residents told, (05 February 2020), available
from https://www.suffolknews.co.uk/

At the Newmarket Town Council Community Services meeting on 10 February, the All Saints
Ward Traffic Issues Working Group reported back with their findings. A resident also spoke
to item 16 and urged NTC to object to the West Suffolk proposal to increase parking charges
and to extend the end of chargeable time from 4:00 to 6:00pm. This would impact on
residents attending activities in the evening. The Committee were disappointed that West
Suffolk had not consulted NTC on the proposal. 116
The WSC Cabinet met on 11 February and were presented with the WSPRG
recommendations 117 from the WSC OAS Meeting on 23 January, subject to several
amendments, as documented in the minutes.118
The Cabinet then reviewed report CAB/WS/20/021119 and agreed the recommendations in
Section 4 in respect of Newmarket and, in particular, the Parking Plan as attached at
Appendix 1 of Report CAB/WS/20/021, which primarily increased parking charges in
Newmarket120 A petition was also presented to the meeting.121
It was noted that “The portfolio holder for operations be delegated to approve any changes
needed to the Traffic Regulation Order, to accommodate any reasonable requirements from
third party car park landlords. Following the conclusion of the discussions, Councillor Sara
Mildmay-White, Deputy Leader of the Council, announced that a Town Centre Summit would
be held in Spring 2020, to bring together both local and external experts to look at the many
challenges being faced in high streets and town centres and how we could all work together
to best address these”.
A WSC Press release on the parking charge increases was published the same day.122
116 NTC Community Services Committee, minutes (10 February 2020), available from http://www.newmarket.gov.uk/
117 WSC Cabinet, Recommendations of the Extraordinary Overview and Scrutiny Committee – 23 January 2020: West
Suffolk Parking Review Group, Report CAB/WS/20/020 (11 February 2020), available from
118 WSC Cabinet, minutes (11 February 2020), available from https://democracy.westsuffolk.gov.uk/
119 WSC Cabinet, West Suffolk Parking Review, Report CAB/WS/20/021 (11 February 2020), available from
120 WSC Cabinet, Draft Newmarket Parking Plan and Recommendations, Appendix 1 (11 February 2020), available from
121 WSC Cabinet, Text of the West Suffolk Parking Petition, Appendix 2 (11 February 2020), available from
122 Cabinet decides on investment and car parking changes, (11 February 2020), available from
https://www.westsuffolk.gov.uk/news/pr200211ws01.cfm

At the Full Town Council meeting on February 24 Town Councillors discussed their
dissatisfaction of the WSC Cabinet meeting.123 [We note that one Town Councillor who is
also a WSC Cabinet member seconded the proposals at the WSC Cabinet meeting].
There was an email exchange between NTC Councillors on 28 February discussing their
dissatisfaction that no district councillor from Newmarket called-in the cabinet decision
relating to the parking plan.124
March
At the WSC OAS Committee meeting on 12 March, Andrew Appleby addressed the meeting
on the topic of the parking review and expressed his dissatisfaction with several aspects of
the review.125
At the NTC DAP committee meeting held on 16 March, a resident spoke about car parking,
suggesting that the new charges should be postponed now that many people are now being
forced to work from home and face losing their jobs in these extraordinary times. He asked
that the Town Council support a proposal to lobby the District Council to defer the
introduction of the charges.126
WSC temporarily suspended parking charges in all WSC car parks and on street from 27
March and stated that the Council will stop parking enforcement for all but dangerous
parking with immediate effect.127
April
Following on from The Civil Enforcement of Parking Contraventions Designation Order 2020
laid before Parliament on 09 January 2020, CPE comes into force in Suffolk on 06 April
2020.128
123 NTC Full Council, minutes (24 February 2020), available from http://www.newmarket.gov.uk/
124 Kerby et al, untitled emails (2020), available from Appendix 5
125 WSC OAS Committee, minutes (12 March 2020), available from https://democracy.westsuffolk.gov.uk/
126 NTC Development and Planning Committee, minutes (16 March 2020), available from http://www.newmarket.gov.uk/
127 West Suffolk suspends parking charges, (27 March 2020), available from
128 Legislation.gov.uk, The Civil Enforcement of Parking Contraventions Designation Order 2020 (09 January 2020), available
from https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/14/introduction/made

WSC responded on 16 April to Andrew Appleby’s letter before action regarding a Judicial of
the Decision of WSC Cabinet in February to increase parking charges and charging
periods.129
May
Following on from his letter before action to WSC in April, Andrew Appleby made an
application to the High Court for a Judicial Review of the Decision of WSC Cabinet in
February to increase parking charges and charging periods.130,131
June
On 10 June, WSC produced a press release stating that car parking charges are to be
reintroduced from Monday 15 June, with tariffs remaining at the old levels.132
On the same day, The Newmarket Coronavirus Volunteer Network (NCVN) wrote to West
Suffolk to request parking permits.133
On 11 June resident John Harvey wrote to his Town, District and County Council
representatives to urgently raise the issue that CPE will cause for local residents, after Civil
Enforcement Officers (CEOs) started ticketing vehicles in the All Saints Area on 10 June for
the first time.134
On 15 June, WSC responded to the NTC TCM to provide details of volunteer permit that
Covid-19 volunteers could use, allowing them to park in Car Parks, in restricted parking bays
and on single yellow lines.135
129 WSC, Response to letter before action on Judicial Review (16 April 2020), available from
https://www.scribd.com/document/476762630/16-04-20-Response-to-Letter-Before-Claim
130 Appleby, Application to High Court for Judicial Review(11 May 2020), available from
https://www.scribd.com/document/476763050/Judicial-Review-Claim-Form-Decision-of-West-Suffolk-Council-Cabinet-to-
increase-parking-charges-and-charging-periods
131 Appleby, Supporting Evidence for Judicial Review (11 May 2020), available from Appendix 6a
132 Parking controls reinstated as high streets open up more to visitors (10 June 2020), available from
133 Hall, Email to WSC about parking permits for Covid-19 volunteers (10 June 2020), available from Appendix 8
134 Harvey, Newmarket - All Saints Ward - Parking for Residents (2020), available from Appendix 9
135 Email from WSC about parking permits for Covid-19 volunteers, (15 June 2020), available from Appendix 10

At the NTC Full Council meeting on the same date a resident spoke about parking issues and
the timing of parking enforcement and the reintroduction of parking charges. The Council
discussed this under Agenda Item 19. It was resolved for the TCM to inform WSC that NTC
does not support the reintroduction of parking charges at this time. A request was made to
add an agenda item on car parking at the next meeting on 29 June. 136
On 16 June 2020 resident Douglas Hall wrote to Town Councillors following up his speech in
the public participation section of the NTC meeting on 15 June.137
Resident John Harvey had an email exchange with various WSC officials between 12 and 18
June, including acknowledgement of his request for an RPZ.138
Several emails were sent between NTC Councillors, TCM and WSC Councillors and
employees between 16 and 19 June relating to a response to WSC following on from the
NTC meeting on 15 June. 139,140
On 19 June, Cllr Drummond sent an email to councillors141 circulated a briefing note from
Mark Walsh at WSC relating to CPE and RPZs.142
On 22 June Resident Craig Warren set up a Petition to call for Resident Parking Zone in
residential roads adjacent to The High Street on 38 Degrees website.143
The High Court refused the judicial review of the WSC Parking Review on 23 June. 144
136 NTC Full Council, minutes (15 June 2020), available online at http://www.newmarket.gov.uk/
137 Hall et al, Email to District Councillors (16 June 2020), available from Appendix 11
138 Harvey et al, Emails to WSC employees (18 June 2020), available from Appendix 14
139 NTC, Email exchange from 16-18 June between NTC and WSC (June 2020), available from Appendix 12.
140 NTC, Email exchange on 19 June between NTC and WSC (19 June 2020), available from Appendix 13.
141 Drummond, Email and Report on CPE/RPZ from Mark Walsh (19 June 2020), available from Appendix 15
142 WSC, Briefing note on CPE/RPZ (19 June 2020), available from https://www.scribd.com/.
143 38degrees.org.uk, Petition to WSC to call for Resident Parking Zone (undated), available online from
https://you.38degrees.org.uk/ (Accessed 19 September 2020).

144 High Court, Refusal of Judicial Review (23 June 2020), available from
https://www.scribd.com/document/476764260/Appleby-CO-1850-2020-Order-23-6-20-Approved-1

An FOI request was made on 24 June to NTC for all email correspondence relating to the
reintroduction of parking enforcement since 10 June. The individual emails are documented
and referenced by date elsewhere in this document.
Also, on 24 June, an email from resident John Harvey to NTC with his comments on the
briefing note written by Mark Walsh.145
A resident wrote to NTC on 25 June to raise parking issues around residents parking.146
Email circulated to NTC Councillors on 26 June to confirm suspension of parking charge

increase and related matters.147
Resident Douglas Hall emailed District Councillors to request information about the West
Suffolk Parking Review Group that ran from August to December 2019. 148
At the Full Town Council meeting on 29 June, several residents (including 149 spoke
regarding resident parking zones, parking charges and parking enforcement. It was noted
that this had been a long-standing issue in Newmarket and representations should be made
to WSC to implement a fair and sustainable parking system.
Members were advised that West Suffolk had been requested to investigate the issues with
a consultation to establish parking zones. However, this could take up to 2 years to
complete. It was suggested that NTC could send a questionnaire to all streets where there
are parking issues with the questions being set by a Working group made up of Cllrs and
residents. A working group, including local residents, was set up to develop a
comprehensive response to the parking issues.150
At the same meeting, a resolution to create a new Neighbourhood Plan Committee to work
towards delivering the objectives of the Newmarket Neighbourhood Plan was passed.
July
The first meeting of the Newmarket Parking Working Group (NPWG) took place on 02 July
2020. Additional meetings were held on 09, 16 and 23 July. The group determined to do a
145 Harvey, Response to WSC Briefing Note on CPE and RPZs (24 June 2020), available from Appendix 17.
146 Anon, Email from resident to councillors (25 June 2020), available from Appendix 18.
147 NTC Councillors, Emails about parking (26 June 2020), available from Appendix 19.
148 Hall et al, Email to District Councillors (28 June 2020), available from Appendix 20.
149 Harvey, Public Statement at NTC Meeting (29 June 2020), available from Appendix 21
150 NTC Full Council, minutes (29 June 2020), available online at http://www.newmarket.gov.uk/

parking survey of Rous Road in time to report back to NTC in time for their meeting at the
end of the month.
SCC responded to an FOI request regarding a number of queries to do with Parking,

including a link to the online map resource for looking up TROs in Suffolk,151
https://www.suffolktraffweb.uk/.
Mark Walsh (Assistant Director – Operations) at WSC emailed NTC Town Clerk on 10 July152,
offering a reduced-price season ticket at All Saints Car Park (reduced to £150 from £250),
and including many of the documents presented at the 22 Dec 2015 FHDC Cabinet meeting.
He also included an RPZ Proposals Document for WSC.153 [We note that the proposal
document is lifted almost word for word from a residents Parking Permits scheme on
Somerset County Council’s website154, which originates from a document considered at the
Somerset County Council Cabinet meeting on August 2017]. 155
The NPWG gave a report156 to the Full Town Council on 27 July 2020. In addition, a resident
spoke on parking issues and the following was resolved relating to car parking (Agenda Item
20/07/26):157
• Discuss the findings supporting an essential review of current parking restrictions,
pocket spaces and car park charges and usage, a possible one-way system, and the
feasibility of well-designed Residents’ Parking Zones (RPZ).
• Establish from West Suffolk what else is required to move this forward at pace (such
as consultation with non-residential properties in the area).
• Establish from West Suffolk what measures they can implement in the short-term to
mitigate the impact of the current parking issues.
151 SCC, FOI Response to Request 19366 (07 July 2020), available from Appendix 22
152 Email from WSC about Newmarket Parking Issues (10 July 2020), available from Appendix 23
153 WSC, RPZ Proposals (10 July 2020), available from Appendix 24
154 Somerset County Council, Parking Permits (Not dated), available online at https://www.somerset.gov.uk/roads-and-
transport/parking-permits/ (Accessed 19 September 2020).

155 Somerset County Council Cabinet, Updated Policy on the Introduction of Residents Parking Schemes (23 October 2017),
available online at https://democracy.somerset.gov.uk/documents/s4901/Notification of Updated Policy on the

Introduction of Residents Parking Schemes.pdf
156 NTC NPWG, Parking Working Group – Initial Findings from surveys (All Saints Ward) (27 July 2020), available from
https://www.scribd.com/document/476761084/Parking-Working-Group-Initial-findings-from-surveys-All-Saints-Ward
157 NTC Full Council, minutes (27 July 2020), available online at http://www.newmarket.gov.uk/

August
Following on from discussion with NTC in July, West Suffolk issued a press release offering a
40% discount on the annual car park season ticket for All Saints car park only.158
Representatives of the Newmarket Parking Working Group met with Mark Walsh from WSC
on Friday 07 August.
Mark Walsh from WSC emailed NTC Town Clerk on 10 August explaining that WSC wished to
resume enforcement of the 1 hour parking bays in All Saints Road and Lisbon(sic) Road. 159
[We suspect he means Rous Road as there are no 1 hour parking bays on Lisburn Road].
On August 20 and 21 a further email exchange between Mark Walsh and NTC took place on
the resumption of the 1-hour parking bay enforcement and the views of WSC on various
other aspects of CPE.160
An update from the NPWG was presented at the NTC Town Council meeting on 24
August.161
An FOI request was made to WSC on 28 August to get comprehensive details of Penalty
Charge Notices issued since parking enforcement was transferred to WSC earlier in 2020.
[Currently pending a response].
On 29 August, the NPWG discovered that East Suffolk Council (ESC) had recently put in place
Resident Exemptions for restricted waiting parking zones as a result of CPE, as
“some residents have been parking illegally for a long time because there are few alternative
parking opportunities for them and some have requested permit parking bays”. 162,163
158 WSC, Parking season ticket offer for Newmarket (05 August 2020), available from
159 Walsh, Email from WSC about resumption of 1hr parking bay enforcement (10 August 2020), available from Appendix
26
160 Walsh, further emails from WSC about resumption of 1hr parking (21 August 2020), available from Appendix 28.
161 NTC, Report from Car Parking Working Group (24 August), available from Appendix 27.
162 ESC, Simplified parking tariffs to be rolled out (21 August 2020), available from https://www.eastsuffolk.gov.uk/
163 ESC, Resident Exemptions (undated), available from https://www.eastsuffolk.gov.uk/visitors/parking-services/permits-
exemptions-and-dispensations/ (accessed 18 September 2020)

On 31 August, the NPWG unearthed information that in West Suffolk there are already
exemptions in place in some locations for parking in otherwise restricted zones. WSC
maintain a list of locations on their website, along with instructions on the evidence
required to apply for an exemption waiver permit.164
September
An FOI response was received from WSC refusing to give details of the WSC Parking Review
Group.165 A complaint has since been lodged with the Information Commissioner’s Office.
Suffolk Police also responded to an FOI request regarding parking tickets issued in the 1-
hour parking bays on Rous Road and All Saints Road. Despite issuing 430 tickets on All
Saints and Rous Roads since November 2013, only 4 tickets were issued in the 1-hour
parking bays and those were all issued on 17 June 2017. 166
Freedom of Information requests were made on 14 September to both WSC and SCC to get
information on the Newmarket Parking Plan that both councils were supposed to have been
working on in recent years. [Currently pending a response].
On 17 September, John Harvey circulated the results of the Rous Road Survey to NPWG
members, consisting of:
a) Rous Road Car Park Capacity Survey Chart for 2 weeks commencing 24 August. 167
b) Rous Road – Appendix A Parking Survey (V3 FINAL).168
c) Rous Road – Appendix B Survey Summaries 17 Sept 2020. 169
d) Rous Road – Appendix C: Summary of findings and feedback highlights.170
164 WSC, West Suffolk/Suffolk County Council/ Mid Suffolk Council Residential/Business Waiver Permit Terms & Conditions
(14 August 2020), available from https://www.westsuffolk.gov.uk/
165 WSC, FOI request 363667 (14 September 2020), available from Appendix 29
166 Suffolk Police, FOI request 002932 (15 September 2020), available from Appendix 30
167 NTC NPWG, Rous Road Car Park Capacity Report (17 September 2020), available from https://www.scribd.com/
168 NTC NPWG, Rous Road – Appendix A Parking Survey (17 September 2020), available from https://www.scribd.com/
169 NTC NPWG, Rous Road – Appendix B Survey Summaries (17 September 2020), available from https://www.scribd.com/
170 NTC NPWG, Rous Road – Summary of findings (Rous Road) (17 September 2020), available from Appendix 25

Source Websites
Information for this report was retrieved from several websites.
Companies House Register – https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk
Discover Newmarket – https://www.discovernewmarket.co.uk
East Suffolk District Council – https://www.eastsuffolk.gov.uk
The Gazette – Official Public Record – https://www.thegazette.co.uk
Local Elections Archive Project – https://andrewteale.me.uk/leap
Map Based Traffic Orders for Suffolk County Council – https://suffolktraffweb.uk
National Horse Racing Museum – https://www.palacehousenewmarket.gov.uk
Newmarket Bid – https://www.lovenewmarket.co.uk
Newmarket Journal – https://www.newmarketjournal.co.uk
Newmarket Town Council – https://www.newmarket.gov.uk
Somerset County Council – https://www.somerset.gov.uk
Somerset County Council – Meetings, agendas, decisions and minutes –

https://democracy.somerset.gov.uk
Suffolk County Council – https://www.suffolk.gov.uk
Suffolk County Council – Committee Agendas, Reports and Minutes –

https://committeeminutes.suffolk.gov.uk
West Suffolk Council – https://www.westsuffolk.gov.uk
West Suffolk Council Meetings, agendas and minutes (including archives for Forest Heath
District council to 2008) – https://democracy.westsuffolk.gov.uk
West Suffolk Council Planning Portal – https://planning.westsuffolk.gov.uk
Wikipedia – https://en.wikipedia.org

Abbreviations
CPE – Civil Parking Enforcement.
FHDC – Forest Heath District Council.
FHDC OAS – Forest Heath District Council Overview and Scrutiny Committee.
FOI – Freedom of Information (Request).
HOH(R) – An abbreviation used by Newmarket Vision to refer to The National Horse Racing
Museum. Stands for Home of Horse Racing Museum.
NCVN – Newmarket Coronavirus Volunteer Network.
SCC – Suffolk County Council.
CEO – Civil Parking Enforcement Officer.
CPE – Civil Parking Enforcement.
NPSWG – Newmarket Parking Strategy Working Group. A former working group of FHDC.
NPWG – Newmarket Parking Working Group. Setup by NTC in July 2020.
NTC – Newmarket Town Council.
RPZ – Residents Parking Zone.
TCM – Until July 2020, the senior officer at NTC was known as the Town Council Manager,
after that date the title reverted to Town Clerk.
WSPRG – West Suffolk Parking Review Group.

Glossary
Civil Parking Enforcement – Legislation that enables local authorities to be responsible for
enforcing parking restrictions instead of the police. It is covered by section 6 of the Traffic
Management Act 2004.
Discover Newmarket – A Community Interest Company setup to promote the Newmarket

horse racing industry and promote Newmarket as a tourist destination.
East Suffolk Council – East Suffolk is a local government district in Suffolk, which was
established on 1 April 2019, following the merger of the existing Suffolk Costal and Waveney
districts.
Forest Heath District Council – The local government district encompassing Newmarket
from 01 April 1974 to 31 March 2019.
Forest Heath Cabinet – Most Forest Heath District Council functions were the responsibility
of the Cabinet, which was made up of the Leader of the Council and up to nine other
members chosen by the Leader. All were elected councillors from the political group with
overall political control.
Forest Heath District Council Community Services Committee – There are no references to
the Community Services Committee terms of reference online.
Forest Heath District Council Overview & Scrutiny Committee – This aimed to promote open
and transparent decision-making, democratic accountability and to hold the Cabinet to
account for its actions. It was responsible for ensuring that the overview and scrutiny
process operated effectively and made a difference for local people.
Freedom of Information Request – The Freedom of Information Act 2000 gives the public
the right to request written or recorded information held by public bodies.
Love Newmarket Business Improvement District – The Business Improvement District setup
to promote businesses in Newmarket.
Newmarket Coronavirus Volunteer Network – A volunteer group setup in March 2020 by

Lucy Bennett to help support those affected by Covid-19 by doing shopping, prescription
collection and other tasks for people who were shielding.
Newmarket Journal – The local newspaper in Newmarket, published weekly since the 19th
Century.
Newmarket Urban District – An urban district in Cambridgeshire and Suffolk, based on the
town of Newmarket, from 1894 to 1974.

National Horse Racing Museum – Founded in 1981, formerly at 99 High Street Newmarket
and moved to Palace House in Spring 2016.
Newmarket Parking Strategy Working Group – Forest Heath District Council set up a
Newmarket Parking Strategy Working Group, setup on 26 October 2004 and disbanded on
23 May 2007, shortly after that year’s local elections.
Residents Parking Zone – The area where a residents parking schemes is in force. They are
used where parking by shoppers, commuters, leisure users or visitors prevents residents
parking close to their homes.
Suffolk County Council. Established in 1974 and formed from the amalgamation of East
Suffolk County Council and West Suffolk County Council.
Traffic Regulation Order. See House of Commons Library Briefing Paper CBP 6013 (11 June
2020) for more information.
http://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/SN06013/SN06013.pdf
West Suffolk County Council – The county council of the non-metropolitan county of West
Suffolk. It came into its powers on 01 April 1889 until it was amalgamated with East Suffolk
County Council to form Suffolk County Council in 1974.
West Suffolk Council. West Suffolk is a local government district in Suffolk, which was
established on 1 April 2019, following the merger of the existing Forest Heath district with
the borough of St Edmundsbury.
West Suffolk Parking Review Group. A working group set up by the West Suffolk Council
Overview and Scrutiny Committee in August 2019 to look at Parking issues in West Suffolk.
It ran until December 2019 when it reported back to WSC OAS Committee.

Appendix 1
Newmarket Journal, 28 October 2004.

Appendix 2
Newmarket Journal, 23 February 2006.

Appendix 3
Minutes of FHDC OAS Committee Meeting on 19 October 2009.
Forest Heath District Council
MINUTES of the OVERVIEW & SCRUTINY COMMITTEE held at the District Offices,
College Heath Road, Mildenhall on Thursday 19 November 2009 at 6.00 pm.
PRESENT :
Councillors:
S J Vincent (Chairman) T J Huggan

A Drummond J W McGhee
Mrs S J Honeyford T Simmons
Also in attendance:
Andrew Claydon, Strategic Director (Resources)

Christine Brain, Overview & Scrutiny Manager
Sharon Turner, Committee Administrator (Team Leader)
APOLOGIES
Apologies for absence were received from Councillors Mrs R E Burt, B A Keane and R J Millar.
SUBSTITUTES
There were no substitutes at the meeting.
229. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION
There were no questions/statements from members of the public.
230. CONFIRMATION OF MINUTES
The minutes of the meeting held on 29 October 2009 were unanimously accepted by the
Committee as an accurate record and signed by the Chairman.
231. ITEMS FOR CALL-IN
There were no items the subject of call-in.

232. COUNCILLOR CALL FOR ACTION – REQUESTS RECEIVED
No Councillor Call for Action requests had been received.
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233. LONG TERM CAR PARKING STRATEGY, NEWMARKET – CONSULTATION DESIGN (VERBAL)
The Strategic Director (Resources) presented this item and gave an update to Members on
the consultation exercise due to be undertaken on the long term car parking strategy for
Newmarket.
The Strategic Director (Resources) explained that the first two stages of the consultation
would each involve a round of consultation with local community groups, in the form of
stakeholder workshops. The first event would be geared towards understanding local views
on the key parking issues that Newmarket faced, including the collation of proposed
solutions for dealing with these issues. The aim of the second round of consultation would
be to seek community views on the preferred approach to a parking strategy for the Town,
based on the options highlighted during the first round of consultation.
Additional documentation was also circulated to the meeting which consisted of a letter for
distribution to the stakeholder groups (drawn from the Council’s consultation register),
inviting them to attend a workshop to discuss parking issues in the Town. This first event
was due to be held on Monday 14 December 2009 from 6.00 pm to 9.00 pm. It was the
intention for these letters to be despatched from 20 November 2009. A draft press release
was also circulated to the meeting which outlined the process for this consultation exercise,
which was due to be concluded by Spring 2010.
Members felt that the publicity around this consultation exercise was very important,
therefore, it was asked whether there was an integrated press strategy in place to deal with
this particular consultation exercise. The Strategic Director (Resources) explained that a
draft strategy had been produced by Colin Buchanan, in conjunction with the Council’s
Communications Manager. He agreed to send the Members of the Committee a copy of this
strategy.
Members also wanted to ensure that the language used in the consultation exercise was
user friendly and easy to understand. The Strategic Director (Resources) was confident that
this would be the case, but would relay this particular concern back to Colin Buchanan. It
was also explained that there was to be an article in the next edition of Forest Heath News
which should also help to further explain how the consultation exercise was to be
undertaken.
The Strategic Director (Resources) also explained that Colin Buchanan had been made aware
of the previous consultation exercises undertaken in relation to car parking in Newmarket.
However, unlike the previous consultations, this particular consultation was to be very
community focused.
Members asked how the workshop being held on 14 December 2009 would be conducted.
The Strategic Director (Resources) explained that he was not currently aware of the precise
details, but would confirm this. If it was felt that there was a need for a chairman to run this
workshop, then Councillor Mrs S J Honeyford stated that she would be happy to undertake
this role, if was felt to be appropriate.
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Members were concerned to ensure that it was as wide a public consultation as possible
could be achieved. The Strategic Director (Resources) explained that the responses received
would be monitored to ensure that representation was achieved across all areas. Members
suggested that to ensure that all the streets within Newmarket had the opportunity to be
represented, to ask residents whether they wanted to be the representative for their
particular street. The Strategic Director (Resources) explained that he would raise this
suggestion with Colin Buchanan, emphasising that there was strong Member support for the
involvement on a street- by-street basis and that this would add value to the consultation
exercise.
With the vote being unanimous, it was
RECOMMENDED:
That:-
1. The update report be noted.
2. The Strategic Director (Resources) reports back to Colin Buchanan on the

following issues:
(a) For the Members of the Overview & Scrutiny Committee be

circulated with a copy of the draft press strategy.
(b) The language used in the consultation exercise to be user

friendly, clear and easy to understand.
(c) The format of the workshop session on 14 December 2009 to

be confirmed. If a Chairman was required to run the session,
then Councillor Mrs S J Honeyford be nominated to chair the
session.
(d) There was strong Member support for the involvement in the
consultation exercise on a street-by-basis basis and that one
representative per street to be in attendance (as far as was
possible).

Appendix 4
Newmarket Journal, 20 November 2014.

Appendix 5
Email exchange between NTC Councillors on Car Parking Charges imposed by WSC.
From: Councillor Appleby <CouncillorAppleby@newmarket.gov.uk>

Subject: Re: Re:
Date: 28 Feb 2020 12:33
To: Councillor Kerby <CouncillorKerby@newmarket.gov.uk>; Councillor Kirk
<CouncillorKirk@newmarket.gov.uk>; Councillor Jefferys <CouncillorJefferys@newmarket.gov.uk>;
Councillor Caesar <CouncillorCaesar@newmarket.gov.uk>; Councillor De'ath
<CouncillorDe'ath@newmarket.gov.uk>; Councillor Hulbert <CouncillorHulbert@newmarket.gov.uk>;
Councillor Fitzgerald <CouncillorFitzgerald@newmarket.gov.uk>; Councillor Borda
<CouncillorBorda@newmarket.gov.uk>; Councillor Hirst <CouncillorHirst@newmarket.gov.uk>;
Councillor O'neill <councilloro'neill@newmarket.gov.uk>; Councillor Bowen
<CouncillorBowen@newmarket.gov.uk>; Councillor Yarrow <CouncillorYarrow@newmarket.gov.uk>;
Councillor Ali <CouncillorAli@newmarket.gov.uk>
Hi, Tom / All
I note your points.
I am awaiting a response from WSC re my statement to Council on 25/03.
I will advise when that is to hand.
Cheers – Andrew
From: Councillor Kerby <CouncillorKerby@newmarket.gov.uk>

Subject: Re:
Date: 28 February 2020 23:57
To: Councillor Kirk <CouncillorKirk@newmarket.gov.uk>; Councillor Jefferys
<CouncillorJefferys@newmarket.gov.uk>; Councillor Appleby <CouncillorAppleby@newmarket.gov.uk>;
Dear All
Following on from the previous email, it’s clear that at our full council, the District Councillors should
have or been aware of the Call In process regarding the car parking cabinet decision.
They sat there and said nothing knowing full well nothing will change and what a pointless vote we had
taken.
We must start to hold all DC’s and including those that sit on NTC to account as what other decisions are
being made without NTC being consulted.
Regards

Tom Kerby
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Subject: Fwd:
Date: Thursday, February 27, 2020 3:32:23 PM
To: Councillor Kirk <CouncillorKirk@newmarket.gov.uk>; Councillor Jefferys
<CouncillorJefferys@newmarket.gov.uk>; Councillor Appleby <CouncillorAppleby@newmarket.gov.uk>;
Dear All
Attached is an email I received from Cllr Peter Stevens of West Suffolk, disappointing that not one of our
District Councillors called this in, especially after out decision at full council on Monday, are they really
representing Newmarket.
Tom Kerby
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From: Stevens, Peter <peter.stevens@westsuffolk.gov.uk>

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Date: Thursday, February 27, 2020 3:05:54 PM
To: Councillor Kerby <CouncillorKerby@newmarket.gov.uk>
Afternoon Tom,
The decision on car parking was an executive function by Cabinet in line with our constitution after the
considerations by the Car Park Review Group and Over View and Scrutiny Committee.
The decision was published and was subject to call I for one week. No call in was received, so the decision
stands and was not subject to any vote by Council.
Trust this is helpful.
Yours,
Peter
Councillor Peter Stevens

Councillor for Withersfield Ward
Portfolio Holder for Operations
West Suffolk Council


Subject:
Date: 27 February 2020 10:00
To: Stevens, Peter <peter.stevens@westsuffolk.gov.uk>
Dear Peter
Hope this email finds you well and following on from the West Suffolk Council cabinet meeting, when is
the car parking decision taken at that meeting to be put before the full council for either approval or
refusal?
Kind Regards
Tom Kerby
Newmarket Town Council
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Appendix 6
Judicial Review application filed by Andrew Appleby with the High Court for a review
of the parking decision made by WSC OAS Committee.
Judicial Review – AJA 1.pdf
-----Original Message-----
From: Griffiths, John <john.griffiths@westsuffolk.gov.uk>
To: Andrew Appleby <applebysid@aol.com>
CC: Stevens, Peter <peter.stevens@westsuffolk.gov.uk> Sent: Sun, 19 Jan 2020 14:36
Subject: Re: WSC O&S - 23/01/2020 and Cabinet 11/02/2020
Dear Andrew,
Thanks for your email below and thoughts, noted, and have also taken the liberty of copying Peter
Stevens, the relevant portfolio holder to ensure your concerns are taken into account.
No final decisions will be take until Cabinet in Feb of course.
Best wishes, thanks again and Happy New Year to you and yours,
John
Cllr John Griffiths
Leader of West Suffolk Council,

Councillor for Ixworth Ward
On 18 Jan 2020, at 12:40, Andrew Appleby <applebysid@aol.com> wrote:
[THIS IS AN EXTERNAL EMAIL]
Dear John
HAPPY NEW YEAR !
A few thoughts on ..
Report and Recommendations from the West Suffolk Parking Review Group
Actually it's a pretty comprehensive study .. I might even say it's quite good .. BUT .. Will people see
it as WSC milking a cash cow and not understand the benefits of it subsidising (or contributing) to
other services ? Might introduction of CPE AND parking charge changes at same time be too much
too soon ? Hence I would prefer to see the effect of CPE assessed first ..
The A/C's on Page 67 of the Parking Review are interesting ..
The car parks in WS made nearly £2M profit in 18-19 (Bury £1.7M ; Haverhill $115K ; NKT £175K ;
B&M cost £21K)
The B&M 'loss' of £21K has been no more than that for over 10 years ..
There is an item "Contributions to Reserves (included in Premises and Supplies & Services above)
£180,550.00" ..

I would surmise, therefore, that the items re Premises (£1,299,113.27) and Supplies & Services
(£174,055.56) are referable to repairs, renewals and maintenance ..
Equally, the Depreciation item (£1,019,927.69) (basically an accounting 'fiction') can be considered
referable to future replacements of parking facilities ..
Employees (£254,454.61), Vehicles (£7,585.14), Third Party Payments (£249,293.36) and Support
Services (£235,805.59) total some three quarters of a million ..
Support Services, I believe, are an estimate of WSC staff time costs referable to parking ..
I assume that the ECN item (£-233,825.77) is an acronym for income from fines ..
I would suggest that any private enterprise would regard these accounts as a healthy trading
position ..
I appreciate that an object of the parking strategy is to control and make best usage of limited
parking facilities ..
Currently, however, many, in all areas of WS, seek to avoid parking charges and park (often illegally)
elsewhere (which leads to traffic flow problems) ..
Civil Parking Enforcement should control illegal parking, increase fine income AND increase parking
fee income ..
I would suggest, therefore, that there should be no changes in parking charge levels for at least two
years until the effectiveness of CPE can be assessed ..
Best Wishes - Andrew

From: Andrew Appleby <applebysid@aol.com>
To: peter.stevens <peter.stevens@westsuffolk.gov.uk>
CC: sara.mildmay-white <sara.mildmay-white@westsuffolk.gov.uk>; andy.drummond
<andy.drummond@westsuffolk.gov.uk>; john.griffiths <john.griffiths@westsuffolk.gov.uk>
Sent: Mon, 10 Feb 2020 10:04
Subject: WSC - Cabinet - tuesday - Parking
Dear Peter
I have registered to speak at Cabinet on tuesday. Please find below my draft statement.
I understand that Sara Mildmay-White is due to chair the meeting ; accordingly I am cc'ing to Sara.
I am also cc'ing to Andy Drummond, as town, district and county councillor for Newmarket, as well
as being a member of Cabinet.
I am further cc'ing to John Griffiths.
Regards, Andrew
PS - the Addendum is not part of the statement, merely further opinion ..
I am Andrew Appleby, a resident of Newmarket and, coincidentally, a Town Councillor.

I must emphasise that I speak purely as a resident of Newmarket, not as a representative of the
Town Council.
An intention of these parking proposals must be to facilitate business and especially retail growth
in the towns of West Suffolk ; equally to improve the retail experience for both residents and
visitors AND respect the interests of residents, especially those living close to the town centres
who experience problems parking in the vicinity of their homes.
One can only compare like with like. Bury St Edmunds is the big brother of West Suffolk. Measures
which might be appropriate here are not necessarily suitable for the smaller towns. I would,
therefore, question the imposition of any blanket charging period over the whole of the district.
I would here say that Newmarket was the big brother of Forest Heath. Car park charges were
introduced in Newmarket primarily to control and optimise use of limited parking capacity.
Brandon and Mildenhall did not and do not charge BUT the costs are no more today than they
were 10 years ago and Newmarket councillors were reasonably content with that situation.
I would not presume to comment further on any other town than Newmarket.
The proposed charge increases for Newmarket might not seem excessive but I would prefer
retaining the status quo while the effect of Civil Parking Enforcement is assessed.

CPE should produce increased parking income and fines income AND improve the parking
situation and traffic flow in the town.
Increasing the charging period in Newmarket would, I believe, be detrimental to the footfall which
Newmarket needs ; changing it to 9am to 3pm would, I believe, increase the late afternoon
footfall ; not starting the charging period until 9am allows local residents who utilise the car parks
overnight - due to lack of space near their homes - to leave for work without undue haste.
Personally I would ban parking in the High Street, excepting disabled, taxis and delivery vehicles.
Drivers seeking parking spaces disrupt traffic flow. Newmarket is essentially a linear development
and the High Street its main artery.
I appreciate the financial aspirations and implications of the proposed measures but suggest one
must beware that any changes made are not counter productive.
ADDENDUM
Parking charges were introduced in Newmarket primarily (or not least) because commuter and long
stay parking was blocking the use of car parks to the detriment of short stay parking by shoppers and
visitors.
However, the introduction of charging saw many seek side street parking which has produced
conflict between residents and commuters.
The increase in vehicles per household and general increase in vehicle usage was not foreseen when
much of Newmarket, especially houses near the town centre, were built.
Any increase in charges at the present time would not assist the current situation.
I would prefer, therefore. no increase in current charges so that the effect of CPE can be assessed.
It is possible that RPZ's will need to be introduced, though various consultations through the years
have found this idea not to be favoured by residents.
It is unlikely that ALL residents' vehicles could be parked at or near their homes so there is a need for
car park access to accommodate the overflow, especially overnight and especially if, as likely,
permits would be limited to one per household.
It is likely that permit holders would be restricted to parking in the street in which they live ; limited
street space and vehicle excess would require local parking facilities, mainly overnight, which, in
most cases, current parking capacity can provide. Any notion of charging for such parking would, I
suggest, be unfavourably received.
Householders might, in time, realise that a RPZ permit increases their house values.

From: applebysid <applebysid@aol.com>
To: peter.stevens <peter.stevens@westsuffolk.gov.uk>
CC: john.griffiths <john.griffiths@westsuffolk.gov.uk>; sara.mildmay-white <sara.mildmay-
white@westsuffolk.gov.uk>; sarah.broughton <sarah.broughton@westsuffolk.gov.uk>; ian.gallin
<ian.gallin@westsuffolk.gov.uk>; David.Nettleton <David.Nettleton@westsuffolk.gov.uk>;
CouncillorKerby <CouncillorKerby@newmarket.gov.uk>; diane.hind
<diane.hind@westsuffolk.gov.uk>; ian.shipp <ian.shipp@westsuffolk.gov.uk>; john.burns
<john.burns@westsuffolk.gov.uk>; TCM <TCM@newmarket.gov.uk>; simon.cole
<simon.cole@westsuffolk.gov.uk>
Sent: Sun, 1 Mar 2020 21:34
Subject: Reply re Response to my statement at WSC on 25/02
Dear Peter,
In reply to your verbal response (and in anticipation of your written response) to my statement to
WSC on 25/02, may I comment as follows ..
May I preface that I am not averse to the institution or constitution of WSC.
I would, however, point out that when StEds Con members make disparaging remarks about FHDC
they are actually denigrating their Con colleagues who, until the last election, were the majority
party of FH / FHDC for a long time.
FHDC Cons prided themselves on minimal or nil council tax rises.

The council tax disparity between FH and StEds suggests that FHDC residents were being short
changed.
It would seem equitable that the extra element of council tax to bring about parity between the two
previous districts should be specifically allocated to FH, over and above the general allocation of
revenue.
This would make it possible to phase parity over a longer period.
You have suggested in a mail to NKT Cllr. Tom Kerby that the Cabinet decision could have been
called in.
Unfortunately, NKT and other DC's seemed unaware of this - or unwilling to do so.
Mind, who would consider the Call In ?
It could hardly be O&S who made an even more stringent recommendation to Cabinet.
O&S could hardly consider a Call In of a Cabinet decision based on its own recommendation, under
the legal principle nemo iudex in causa sua potest (none can be judge in his own court (or cause)).
Of course, the Chair of O&S was also the Chair of the Parking Review Group, which must be a conflict
of interest.

Further, having "crossed the floor", Cllr Nettleton, I believe, should have resigned as Chair of O&S.
While his continuing in post might not be technically contrary to the Constitution, the Leader in his
comments regarding the appointment of the O&S Vice Chair (in May) established, I suggest, a
convention that the Chair of O&S cannot be a majority party member.
"Appointment of Vice Chair of Overview and Scrutiny Committee Councillor David Nettleton
nominated Councillor Simon Cole and this was seconded by the Leader who highlighted the fact that
the Conservative Group had intentionally not made a nomination from the Group for the Chair of the
Committee as the aim was to work across the Political Groups on scrutiny."
It rather seems, however, that Cabinet presumes that its decisions are final.
Effectively WSC is being run by a minority of the majority party.
A number of WSC Cons have suggested to me that Cabinet treats them like mushrooms.
Of course, minority Groups are used to such treatment.
All of which rather flies in the face of Cllr Griffith's comment on the EADT web page on 22/05/2019,
that ..
“Hopefully we can all work together, irrespective of politics …..... in the interests of the people
that we serve.”
Regarding the substantive issues ..
As in my statements to Cabinet and Council, I do not consider that the Parking Review Group
adequately consulted stakeholders.
It is insufficient, I suggest, that the PRG did not consult the various town and parish councils.
Parking charges are relatively insignificant, though I consider my suggestion (for NKT) of 50p per
hour for the charging period and £10 for a weekly ticket is worth exploring.
It is the increase in charging period which I believe would be detrimental for NKT.
I cannot speak for other towns and villages as I do not have appropriate (local) knowledge.
As in my statements to Cabinet and Council, I believe that a 9 to 4 or 9 to 3 charging period would be

best for NKT, for the reasons already given.
In any event, I still consider that these changes should be suspended until CPE is assessed and RPZ's
are considered.
Best Regards, Andrew

To: Claire.Skoyles <Claire.Skoyles@westsuffolk.gov.uk>
CC: peter.stevens <peter.stevens@westsuffolk.gov.uk>; john.griffiths
<john.griffiths@westsuffolk.gov.uk>; sara.mildmay-white <sara.mildmay-
white@westsuffolk.gov.uk>; sarah.broughton <sarah.broughton@westsuffolk.gov.uk>;
David.Nettleton <David.Nettleton@westsuffolk.gov.uk>; ian.gallin <ian.gallin@westsuffolk.gov.uk>
Sent: Wed, 4 Mar 2020 16:31
Subject: Re: Council: 25 February 2020 - Written Response to Statement/Question
Dear Claire,
Please forward the below as you consider appropriate.
Best Regards, Andrew
To whom it may concern .. re Response (below) to my Statement at WSC (below) on 25/02/ 2020
In second para it is refuted that the increase in parking charges was to raise extra income.
However, the EADT sees it differently .. "Parking charges are due for a shake up in West Suffolk
as councillors discuss plans to increase the cost of tickets in a bid to raise £300,000 extra
cash."
https://www.eadt.co.uk/news/west-suffolk-parking-charge-shake-up-1-6469942
.. and in the Bury Free Press I recall Cllr Nettleton proudly proclaiming that an extra £400K would be
generated.
You also refer in the second paragraph to consultation and survey work, which is more detailed in
the first bullet point, which refers to meetings with the Clerk to NTC on 25/09/2019, the NTC Mayor
on 11/10/2019 and NKT BID on 08/11/2019.
In the first bullet point you refer to consulting NTC but specify no date. What form of consultation
was this ? There is no record in the minutes of NTC meetings of any such "consultation".
In light of the views expressed by the BID manager at Cabinet on 11/02/2020 might one assume that
his views were the same at the meeting on 08/11/2019 ? (Actually this is impossible as it was not
until O&S on 23/01/2020 that there were any specific recommendations re NKT.)
I would suggest that these "consultations" were barely sufficient let alone adequate.
In the second bullet point you refer to review of parking capacity after 12 months of CPE.
Bearing in mind that following the introduction of parking charges in NKT many commuters forsook
the car parks for side street parking I cannot see that you will be comparing like for like. One can

reasonably anticipate that rising charges and increasing the parking period will lead to more side
street parking. Will you be able to calculate the increase in side street parking ?
In the third bullet point you refer to the RRM works of NKT car parks and the costs.
Bearing in mind comments by WSC / St Eds Cabinet members inferring that the poor condition of car
parks was the fault of FHDC, may I suggest that the extra element of council tax that FH residents
will be required to pay for a few years will cover these costs many times over.
In the fourth and final bullet point you refer to the Free from 3 Mondays.
SO .. NKT gains one free hours parking BUT loses 12 hours of free parking with the increase in the
charging period. Does that sound like a good deal ? If so, for whom ?
I am seeking legal advice re your first paragraph and will return to this in due course.
From: Skoyles, Claire <Claire.Skoyles@westsuffolk.gov.uk>
To: applebysid@aol.com <applebysid@aol.com>
Sent: Wed, 4 Mar 2020 8:44
Subject: Council: 25 February 2020 - Written Response to Statement/Question
Dear Andrew
Please find below the reply from Councillor Peter Stevens, Portfolio Holder for Operations, in
response to your statement made at Council last Tuesday:
Item 6: Public Participation: Statement/Question from Andrew Appleby to

Councillor Peter Stevens
The full statement of Mr Andrew Appleby is below, which was put to Councillor Peter Stevens,
Portfolio Holder for Operations. Councillor Stevens stated that Mr Appleby would be provided with a
written response to the issues Mr Appleby raised:
“I am Andrew Appleby, a resident of Newmarket and, coincidentally, a Town Councillor.

I must emphasise that I speak purely as a resident of Newmarket, not as a representative of the
Town Council.
NTC requested their district councillors to present NTC's views on the Review.
I would refer to the Leader's statement and the Cabinet decision re the Parking Review.
It seems to me somewhat undemocratic that this decision has not been referred to Council.
Paragraph 35 of the Leader's statement reads: "Our main priority always is for the continued
prosperity, environment and safety of our communities and businesses.." I suggest the Parking
Review does not concur with that intention.
I would suggest that the Parking Review was really a Parking Charges Review and that insufficient
attention was afforded the actual parking problems of Newmarket or other towns, which impact on
prosperity, environment and safety.

The Review failed to adequately consult local stakeholders - notably Newmarket Town Council - and
seemingly lacked appropriate local knowledge - of Newmarket, anyway.
The introduction of parking charges in Newmarket saw commuters seek side street parking, to the
consternation of residents. Civil Parking Enforcement will, hopefully, curtail illegal parking but
commuters will still have the option of parking in side streets which, with the increase in the charging
period, will hinder residents and reduce footfall.
The conclusions of the Parking Review, especially the increase in the chargeable parking period for
Newmarket, would create consequences which, unless swiftly remedied, will add to parking problems
and, ironically, affect parking income.
I must comment that the intention of the Review appears, almost exclusively, to be to generate extra
income to overcome budget shortfalls brought about by the shortcomings of central government,
rather than address parking problems, let alone suggest solutions. In short, milking a cash cow.
I note there is due to be a Town Centre Summit and hope this will properly consider Newmarket's
current plights, sooner rather than later, although this seems rather like seeking to correct problems
after creating them.
I also note that the Newmarket Neighbourhood Plan is on Agenda tonight.
The intent of Neighbourhood Plans is to foster greater local involvement in local governance.
I trust that these good intentions will be realised but the Parking Review process suggests it could
easily be otherwise.
I suggest that Council should review the Cabinet decision on the Parking Review.”
Response from Councillor Peter Stevens:
As was stated in the Council meeting, the decision on the car parking review was properly a Cabinet
decision to make, and they duly did so, on the recommendation of the Council’s Overview and
Scrutiny Committee.
The suggestion that the parking review was purely about extra income or failed to consult is strongly
refuted. To the contrary, the Cabinet report sets out the consultation and survey work undertaken,
and the associated parking plan focuses on how changes can be made to the car parking
arrangements to help manage capacity within the Town. Cabinet have made clear their intention to
progress works on the car park surfaces in the Town, and funding has been established for
this. Specifically:
• We can confirm consultation was undertaken with key stakeholders in Newmarket,

including Newmarket Town Council, Newmarket BID, the Guineas Shopping Centre, and 177
responses to a public questionnaire on parking in the town. Specific meetings were held
with the Clerk to Newmarket Town Council on 25 September 2019; the Newmarket Town
Mayor on 11 October 2019; and with the Newmarket BID on 8 November 2019.
• Surveys of parking on the highway and in the car parks were undertaken, and a
coordinated approach to parking has been taken in town. Car parking tariffs are a

mechanism for managing demand including the availability and turnover of spaces to
support the town centre economy. Car Parking capacity in the town centre will reviewed
after the first 12 months of Civil Parking Enforcement to understand the parking behaviour
of residents and visitors to the town arising from this enhanced level of service. This will
identify any interventions as required.
• Whilst noting that income generated from our car parks pays towards town centre services
including CCTV and street cleaning, as well as the maintenance and staffing of car parks, the
review has recommended investment to support environment and safety agenda within the
town centre and it. The Council is investing £70,000 on resurfacing three Newmarket car
parks – Grosvenor Yard, All Saints and Market Square while it will also spend a further
£25,000 on making more electric vehicle charging points available in the town.
• The Council is launching ‘Free from 3 Mondays’ – the initiative is designed to encourage
visitors into the town centre at one of the quieter periods of the week. The Council
consulted Love Newmarket Business Improvement District who asked for this to be
introduced for Mondays.
Kind regards
Claire

To: Claire.Skoyles <Claire.Skoyles@westsuffolk.gov.uk> Sent: Fri, 6 Mar 2020 7:48
Subject: consultations
Dear Claire
I would be grateful if the writer of the response to my statement could answer the query below ..
Cheers - Andrew
To whom it may concern
In the written response to my statement to Council on 25/02/2020 it states ..
We can confirm consultation was undertaken with key stakeholders in Newmarket, including
Please inform me the date, place and time of this "consultation" with NTC and who was in
attendance.

To: Brian.Harvey@westsuffolk.gov.uk Sent: Thu, 5 Mar 2020 10:40
Subject: Fwd: letter
fyi .. in Newmarket Journal today
To: barry.peters <barry.peters@iliffepublishing.co.uk>; alison.hayes
<alison.hayes@iliffepublishing.co.uk>
Sent: Thu, 27 Feb 2020 7:24
Subject: letter
Cllr. Andrew Appleby
Writing as an individual and not for the town council, may I comment re the letter last week by Peter
Stevens, the Cabinet Member of Operations for WSC.
No one is blaming BSE members of WSC for the introduction of parking charges, which were brought
in by FHDC as a necessary (though unpopular) means of optimising use of Newmarket's limited
parking capacity. Parking charges, however, led to commuters seeking side street parking, to the
consternation of residents. This problem has not been addressed and the increased charging period
planned by WSC will make it worse.
Car Parks cost money and it is surely best that the users of them - visitors, commuters or residents -
contribute to covering these costs rather than the burden fall on local business rates and council tax
payers, some of whom may not use them.
In the (brief) mention of the WS Council meeting on 25/02, Cllr Diane Hind is quoted, saying "This
should have been a decision by full council". It is stated that the decision by Cabinet could have been
"called in" but this could hardly be heard by the O&S Committee, which recommended even more
stringent parking proposals. The legal dictum nemo iudex in causa sua (none can be judge in his own
court) must apply. The Council, not the Cabinet nor the O&S Committee must be the final arbiter.
May I also comment on Richard Fletcher's letter. Few, if any, dispute the value of racing to
Newmarket, though racehorses crossing roads are an inconvenience. What is of more concern,
however, is that horses and riders are put at risk and means of avoiding horse / vehicle conflict
should have been addressed long ago.

To: david.nettleton@stedsbc.gov.uk; simon.cole@westsuffolk.gov.uk;
john.griffiths@westsuffolk.gov.uk; sara.mildmay-white@westsuffolk.gov.uk;
sarah.broughton@westsuffolk.gov.uk; peter.stevens@westsuffolk.gov.uk CC:
christine.brain@westsuffolk.gov.uk; Claire.Skoyles@westsuffolk.gov.uk;
sharon.turner@westsuffolk.gov.uk
Sent: Thu, 12 Mar 2020 18:59
Subject: O&S - today 12/03/2020
For the avoidance of doubt, please find below my statement - pretty well verbatim ..
I am Andrew Appleby, a resident of Newmarket and coincidentally a Newmarket Town

Councillor.
I would emphasise that I speak purely as a resident of Newmarket and not on behalf of the Town
Council.
I comment reference Item 5.
In a written response to my statement at Council regarding the Parking Review decision by Cabinet it
states ..
We can confirm consultation was undertaken with key stakeholders in Newmarket, including
Newmarket Town Council.
That was news to me and other town councillors.
I have received no response to my query regarding the date, place and time of this alleged
consultation with NTC nor who was in attendance. The written response refers merely to meetings
with the Clerk and Mayor of NTC.
Newmarket Town Council is a corporate body of 18 members. The Clerk is a Council employee ; the
Mayor a titular head. Meetings with the Mayor and Clerk do not constitute a consultation with the
Council.
Changes re parking charges for NKT were first available in the Cabinet papers a week before the
meeting on 11/02 so it is clearly impossible for there to have been any consultation re these.
Would the Committee agree that the assertion of a consultation with NTC is a figment of
imagination, that the consultations of the Parking Review Group were inadequate and this
invalidates the decision of Cabinet .. that this decision cannot be reviewed by this Committee as it
was based on this Committee's own recommendation AND that this matter should properly be
reviewed by Council as it was a non-key decision when considered by Cabinet ?
I do not see how the Review Group can consult the BID and Guineas Centre - two private
limited companies - and not the elected representatives of NTC ..

Councillor O'neill
Thu 14/05/2020 19:21

To: Councillor Appleby
I can confirm that at no time was I made aware of any consultation into car parking or car parking
charges in Newmarket in my position as an Elected Councillor.
Regards
Councillor Chris O'Neill

www.newmarket.gov.uk
COVID-19 Newmarket Helpline: 01638 667227
Councillor Borda
Mon 11/05/2020 17:28

Andy,
I can confirm I was not informed or consulted prior to West Suffolk's decision to increase parking
charges and duration.
Regards,
John
Councillor John Borda

Councillor Yarrow
Fri 15/05/2020 14:20

‘At no time was Newmarket Town Council notified of the proposed increase in parking charges by
WSC nor. In fact we read of it as residents in the local press. At full council on 24/2, the NTC opposed
the increases. The two town councillors who are also on district & county councils chose not to
advise their town council colleagues.’Councillor Kevin Yarrow, Freshfields ward
Councillor Kevin Yarrow


Appendix 7
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Appendix 8
Emails to WSC regarding parking permits for Coronavirus Volunteers
From: Douglas Hall NICETRYBUTNOTTODAY

Subject: Parking Charges
Date: 10 June 2020 at 12:25
To: Mark Walsh <mark.walsh@westsuffolk.gov.uk>; TCM <tcm@newmarket.gov.uk>; Andrew
Appleby NICETRYBUTNOTTODAY
Good afternoon,
I write to you as one of the people behind the Newmarket Coronavirus Volunteer network. We have
volunteers who are driving in to town every day of the week to fulfil shopping and prescription
requests for vulnerable residents.
I am very concerned that the reintroduction of parking charges will dissuade our volunteers from
offering to do tasks. Many of them have been working for us for over 11 weeks, giving up their time
and resources to help us and the hassle and cost of paying for parking up to 7 days a week is
something that may make them decide they've had enough.
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-health-care-and-volunteer-workers-
parking-pass-and-concessions/covid-19-health-care-and-volunteer-workers-parking-pass-and-
concessions gives an indication that it is possible to get free parking for those who are providing
COVID-19 support.
Please advise.
Douglas Hall
--
NICETRYBUTNO

Subject: RE: Parking permits for volunteers
Date: 10 June 2020 at 10:50
To: Will Wright <will.wright@westsuffolk.gov.uk>
What can we do to ensure that volunteers in Newmarket can get parking permits for free parking in
town when on volunteering tasks. I fear that with the reintroduction of parking charges from
Monday we'll see a sharp tail off in people willing to assist.
regards,
Douglas
--
Douglas Hall
NICETRYBUTNOTTODAY

Appendix 9
Email from Resident to Councillors regarding Parking Issues
From: John Harvey NICETRYBUTNOTTODAY

Subject: Newmarket - All Saints Ward - Parking for Residents
Date: Thu, 11 Jun 2020 22:33
To: Rachel Hood <rachel.hood@westsuffolk.gov.uk>; Robert Nobbs
<robert.nobbs@westsuffolk.gov.uk>; Rachel Hood <rachel.hood@suffolk.gov.uk>; Councillor O’neill
<councilloro'neill@newmarket.gov.uk>; Councillor Kerby <councillorkerby@newmarket.gov.uk>
Dear Town, District and County Councillors,
I am sure that you have plenty on your plate but one long-festering issue that has come to the fore I
believe must now receive URGENT attention as the situation is now frankly becoming
unacceptable...
Parking provision for residents in the absence of long-overdue ameliorative measures which
should have been in place following the introduction of parking charges.
... and i hope that you feel able to move this forward as, given the issues involved and the strength
of feeling, to not address this would surely be a dereliction of responsibility to your tax-paying
electorate.
No doubt similar issues will be experienced in other wards that may require bespoke / similar
solutions so I will focus on All Saints Ward as this directly affects us and neighbouring households. I
am happy to discuss with any or all of you (in normal times it would have been good to have got
together with many of the other residents who have also voiced their discontent to me, on social
media, etc).
What area are we looking at? attached is a map showing (in bold) the main streets in the vicinity of
All Saints Car Park (All Saints Road, Palace street, Park Lane, Park Avenue, Granby Street, Queen
Street, Vicarage Road).
What was the situation before parking charges? most of these streets have a combination of
double/single yellow or time-limited restrictions so All Saints car park provided an area in which
residents could park (which, even though it was a bit of a walk, was a factor in us moving here 25
years ago) and therefore keep the streets clear during the day e.g. for emergency vehicles.
How have parking charges impacted on residents? the introduction of parking charges over 10
years ago (despite a referendum voting almost unanimously against) has undoubtedly displaced
residents, shoppers and workers from the car park which now adds to the pressure on parking on
residential streets. Note that parking at this car park since charges were introduced has
continually been well below capacity.
Where can residents park during the day? probably contrary to popular belief many of the residents
nearby (including us) do require day-time parking with many working from home, shifts or are
retired even before the pandemic and are likely to continue to do so.
What is the impact of parking enforcement on residents? I certainly welcome decriminalisation and
transfer to West Suffolk so good news that dangerous and illegal parking would at last be dealt with

and hopefully now a co-ordinated approach to parking on and off-street. However, despite the
West Suffolk press release that enforcement was focusing on dangerous parking, officers appeared
in our area yesterday (Wednesday 10 June 2020) - without notice - and tickets issued to therefore
unsuspecting residents. Interestingly on the same day as the notice through the door about the car
park closing for a week which will exacerbate the situation. Footnote: we did however appreciate
the advance notice, despite the ramifications.
Where does that leave residents? if you look on the map at the number of properties, many of
which require day-time parking - then if the options are passes for All Saints car park at £250
annually or a pocket car park pass at £170 (which used to be a more reasonable £60 before charges
were introduced and of course are limited) then you don't have to be a mathematician to see the
shortfall in provision but also that this is an exorbitant charge for the privilege of parking some
distance from your home - so for a 2 car household a mere £500 per annum ! Footnote: I used to
have a pocket space at £60 until the charge increased to £300 (before this was reduced) so now
begrudgingly pay £250 for an annual pass on our 1 car.
In addition: residents are of course even more likely to be at home on Saturday (competing with
shoppers and workers parking on-street to avoid parking charges) and of course also now Sunday
since day-time charges were also introduced.
So what now? ...
a) Relax enforcement on single yellow lines: at least until All Saints car Park resurfacing is complete.
b) Resident permits for car parks: it was great that car parks were free over the recent period for
essential workers and (per West Suffolk) "to provide places for residents working from home...", so...
could this policy not be continued for residents who need day-time parking via a resident car park
permit either free or at a more reasonable price? (this could also be used say for Lisburn Rd area in
TK Max and Doris Street area in Grosvenor Yard). Benefit to Council: secure source of car park
permit income.
c) Resident parking off / on-street: enforcement appears to have been introduced without any
review of existing parking restrictions which are historic and clearly there are areas where extra
parking could be provided (e.g. single yellow line currently on both sides from All Saints car park
towards Palace Street but could easily accommodate one side day-time parking, similarly along Park
Lane) which would make a residents' parking scheme proposal more attractive if residents are more
likely to get a space. Depending on numbers perhaps allocate some spaces / area in the car parks
too? With civil parking officers there would be marginal cost of enforcing a scheme so Benefit to
Council: secure source of permit income.
d) One way system to improve traffic movement: per minutes of Nkt Town Council Community
Services on 10 Feb minutes: "ALL SAINTS WARD TRAFFIC ISSUES - C/20/02/15.01 Recommendation:
That NTC accepts the Working Group recommendations to introduce several one-way systems to the
Streets in the All Saints Ward and submit them to Suffolk Highways.
I have not yet been able to get the detail of what was considered and what the proposals are from
the Working Group but I believe they include permanent closure of Palace Street which is an
essential access for residents in our area and likely to result in increased traffic (including lorries
delivering to shops that back on to Palace Street) travelling extra distances including past All
Saints School and along All Saints Road which is unsatisfactory. It may be that a one-way system

could improve traffic movement (I have suggested it myself in the past) but a) may not be necessary
if parking enforcement keeps the roads clear or b) there may be more optimum options / routes.
e) Parking charges and policy generally: on a more general issue I dream of seeing a cohesive
parking strategy for the town (I know there have been versions that have bitten the dust) including
a proper review of parking provision generally which balances needs (short-stay shoppers/visitors,
long-stay workers, residents, etc) and income rather than the "cash cow principle" of merely
maximising income via raising parking charges particularly given the potential impact on visitors to
the High Street already under pressure before the slow recovery from lockdown, so I therefore
welcome Cllr Appleby's application for judicial review and hope that this gives the authority an
opportunity to properly review the implications.
Hopefully you have got to the end here so I would appreciate if you could let me have your
thoughts on how this can be progressed. I can assure you that many people that I have spoken to
in this area are not happy bunnies and seek a swift resolution.
Thanks in anticipation. John Harvey. BSc.

Appendix 10
Email regarding parking permits for Coronavirus Volunteers.
From: tcm <tcm@newmarket.gov.uk>

Subject: RE: Parking permits for volunteers
Date: 15 June 2020 at 15:34
To: Lesley-Ann Keogh <lesley-ann.keogh@westsuffolk.gov.uk>
CC: Councillor Jefferys <CouncillorJefferys@newmarket.gov.uk>; Douglas Hall
NICETRYBUTNOTTODAY ; NICETRYBUTNOTTODAY ; Will Wright <will.wright@westsuffolk.gov.uk>
Dear Lesley-Ann,
This is excellent news, thank you! We will set up a system and provide you with the details as soon
as they’re available.
Kind regards,
Deborah Sarson
Acting Town Council Manager
From: Admin <admin@newmarket.gov.uk>

Subject: FW: Parking permits for volunteers
Date: 15 June 2020 15:14
To: tcm <tcm@newmarket.gov.uk>
Hello Deborah
Please see the email below. Kind regards,
Gemma Colby
Administrator
From: Lesley-Ann Keogh <lesley-ann.keogh@westsuffolk.gov.uk>

Subject: FW: Parking permits for volunteers Good Morning
Date: 15 June 2020 14:55
To: Admin <admin@newmarket.gov.uk>
Cc: Will Wright <will.wright@westsuffolk.gov.uk>
Following a request from yourselves for assistance with parking for your volunteers, West Suffolk
Council have a generic covid-19 volunteer permit (attached) that can be printed off and
administered by yourselves to your volunteers to help with parking charges and restrictions. The
permit document attached also has details of conditions that the permit does not cover and we ask
that you make your volunteers aware of this.
There is no end date (to reflect the MHCLG official permit which has no end date but users will be
advised when it is no longer applicable) and a simple field for inputting VRM. We do ask that you

keep a database of those you have issued the pass to, along with their registration number and if
you are able to share this with me so our parking enforcement team has a copy for their records
when they are out and about checking vehicles that would be appreciated.
We will obviously keep you updated in terms of timescales when the permits will no longer be
applicable to ensure this doesn’t impact the wonderful service you are providing at this time.
Kind regards Lesley-Ann
Lesley-Ann Keogh
Families & Communities Team Leader Families & Communities
Direct dial: XXXXX XXXXXX
Mobile: XXXXX XXXXXX
Email: lesley-ann.keogh@westsuffolk.gov.uk
www.westsuffolk.gov.uk
#TeamWestSuffolk

Appendix 11
Email from Resident to Town and District Councillors

Subject: Newmarket Parking Issues
Date: 16 June 2020 at 01:30
To: John Griffiths <john.griffiths@westsuffolk.gov.uk>; Rachel Hood
<rachel.hood@westsuffolk.gov.uk>; Robert Nobbs <robert.nobbs@westsuffolk.gov.uk>; Andy
Drummond <andy.drummond@westsuffolk.gov.uk>; James Lay <james.lay@westsuffolk.gov.uk>;
Michael Anderson <michael.anderson@westsuffolk.gov.uk>
Cc: councillors@newmarket.gov.uk; <TCM tcm@newmarket.gov.uk>
I was very grateful for the opportunity to speak on parking issues at tonight's Newmarket Full Town
Council meeting and pleased that the Town Council passed a resolution regarding their
dissatisfaction with the way parking enforcement and charges have been re-introduced.
It was extremely disappointing to see three Town and District councillors not only abstain from the
resolution but also not even take part in the debate on the agenda item for car parking or respond
to my statement during public participation.
May I again say how appreciative I am that West Suffolk District Council has, after lobbing from
myself and the acting Town Council Manager, provided our Covid-19 volunteers with free parking
permits for those undertaking volunteering tasks. I cannot over-emphasise the value of this gesture
as it would have been a great shame to lose volunteers over parking issues, especially for those
doing tasks in town on a daily basis.
There were a number of points I wanted to make in writing over parking.
1) I raised concerns about parking enforcement and parking charges with respect to the Covid-19
Pandemic at a Town Council meeting on the 16th March, its impact on local businesses and concerns
for those who would may be economically affected in the coming months. I was pleased to see 11
days later that West Suffolk, in line with many other councils, suspending parking charges over
Covid-19. This was outlined in a press release dated 27th March 2020 and published on the West
Suffolk Council website at https://www.westsuffolk.gov.uk/news/pr200327ws01.cfm
2) I note from the 27th March press release that "the Council will stop parking enforcement for all
but dangerous parking with immediate effect.". Now, it is possible that statement only referred to
parking in car parks but there is some ambiguity as elsewhere in the press release on street parking
is specified, and residents may take this to mean that all parking enforcement in town was to be
suspended. Certainly, until the 10th June that appeared to be the case.
3) On 10th June 2020, West Suffolk published a press release stating that parking charges are to be
reinstated from Monday 15th June.
4) This press release is linked from https://www.westsuffolk.gov.uk/parking/ but the link doesn't
work: http://devwestsuffolk/news/pr200610ws01.cfm. I find it incredible that over 5 days after
publication that hasn't been corrected. The correct link is

5) The press release states that charges are being reintroduced now to manage demand on spaces,
yet the District Council's cabinet meeting in February was presented with evidence that "Regular
capacity audits of Newmarket car parks identified that even at peak times of occupancy ... around
200 bays remain available.". If the evidence suggests that occupancy is never an issue, why state you
are introducing parking charges now to manage demand on spaces?
6) On the same day West Suffolk announced that parking charges would be reintroduced, CPE
officers targeted residential areas of Newmarket. You have given people, many of whom are
furloughed, working from home, do shift work or are unemployed at the moment an extra cost at a
time when many can ill afford it. This seems particularly unfortunately timed after years of turning a
blind eye to residential parking issues in Newmarket. Perhaps a leaflet campaign to areas with
parking problems might have been a better way forward as a first step.
7) In addition to announcing the reintroduction of parking charges, and ticketing residential areas,
you further announced that All Saints car park would be closed this week for improvement work.
From last week's press release "Improvements to All Saints Car Park in Newmarket from Monday 22
June to Friday 26 June will go ahead. During this time that car park will be closed to the public." Per
facebook comments residents of nearby streets wondered where they would be able to park, others
wondered if they would be allowed to instead park at Rous Road instead given the 4-hour time limit
there.
8) It was unclear from the press release whether car parking charges would apply at the old hours
(9am to 4pm) or the new hours due to take effect from the 6th April. (8am to 6pm).
9) Reintroducing parking charges seems particularly ill judged at a time when this country has seen
the worst drop in GDP on record, the high street potentially decimated as a result of Covid-19
restrictions and people have gotten used doing all their shopping in large supermarkets on the edge
of Town such as Tesco or online. Coupling this with the closing of a car park, heavy handed CPE to
those least able to afford it and ambiguously worded press releases is probably the worst way to
have tackled the situation. Did our district councillors have any input into or forewarning of this
situation?
I understand the need to raise sufficient income to cover the costs and upkeep of car parks as well as
the need (and desire) to enforce penalties against those parking illegally. My issue is around the
timing and handling of the reintroduction of parking charges and enforcement, especially at this
crucial time to our local economy.
I'd also like to make a point about residents parking. I'm not sure what the criteria are for the 8am to
6pm parking on residential streets such as All Saints Road, but it seems to me it would be prudent to
both review the hours of the single yellow line restrictions and indeed whether they are all
necessary and change the on street parking to residential only through neighbourhood parking
schemes.
The issue of parking schemes was raised by the Newmarket Journal on 05 February -
https://www.newmarketjournal.co.uk/news/lobby- councillors-about-parking-residents-are-told-
9098683.
And I note, again from facebook, that a frustrated resident stated last week that "We've done 4
petitions asking for Resident's parking in the road that I live in. Nothing ever gets done. The Council
has spent over £50,000 on feasibility studies that we know of. Two of us have disabled badges and

can't have a space anywhere near our house. Last night I couldn't get anywhere near my house to
unload my wheelchair and a week's shopping."
Unless you have experienced first-hand the issues of not being able to park outside your own home
and need to walk a long way back from your car after returning from a shopping trip or similar
especially in winter or in bad weather, it's hard to realise how intolerable that is for those who
endure it on a regular basis, doubly so for those who are disabled or infirm.
I would like to think that our town and district councillors could champion residents parking zones
and actively be seen to be taking an interest publicly in the parking issues that plague residential
streets in Newmarket and helping resolve a very long-standing issue. Perhaps utilising the
Newmarket Journal to do so?
Sincerely,
Douglas Hall

Appendix 12
Email exchange from 16 – 18 June between NTC councillors, NTC TCM and WSC
employees and councillors

Subject: Re: Reintroduction of Car Park Charges in Newmarket
Date: 19 June 2020 at 11:51
To: Andy Drummond <andy.drummond@westsuffolk.gov.uk>; Mark Walsh
<mark.walsh@westsuffolk.gov.uk>
Cc: Rachel Hood <rachel.hood@westsuffolk.gov.uk>; Karen Soons
<karen.soons@westsuffolk.gov.uk>; Michael Anderson <michael.anderson@westsuffolk.gov.uk>;
Robert Nobbs <robert.nobbs@westsuffolk.gov.uk>; James Lay <james.lay@westsuffolk.gov.uk>;
Townclerk <townclerk@newmarket.gov.uk>; Peter Stevens <peter.stevens@westsuffolk.gov.uk>; Jill
Korwin <jill.korwin@westsuffolk.gov.uk>; councillors@newmarket.gov.uk; Jacqueline LaThangue
<Jacqueline.lathangue@westsuffolk.gov.uk>
Dear Andy,
I find your assertion that the content of my email to Mark Walsh was plagiarism astounding. Apart
from the fact that in this context it is completely irrelevant, your statement is libellous and a
defamation of character because it is completely untrue.
The words in my email are all my own but there just happens to be about three similar phrases 'long
awaited' (one hyphenated, one not), 'triple whammy' vs 'treble whammy' and 'car park charges
being reintroduced' vs 'car park charges have been reintroduced'. That does not constitute
plagiarism.
If this wasn't one in a long list of derogatory statements you have made against me in the time I
have been working for Newmarket Town Council, then I would not have bothered to respond but I
refuse to end my time at NTC with a false assertion such as this made against me to such a wide
audience.
Kind regards,
Deborah Sarson
From: Councillor Appleby

Date: 18 June 2020 at 19:57
To: Andy Drummond <andy.drummond@westsuffolk.gov.uk>; tcm <tcm@newmarket.gov.uk>;
Mark Walsh <mark.walsh@westsuffolk.gov.uk>

Andy
I am at a loss to understand the content or purpose of your mail.
I first corresponded with John Harvey via Facebook personal message on March 10th re car par
parking matters, following a post relating to same; my last FB pm is dated April 16th.
I received a first ever email from Mr Harvey on 13th June (last saturday), forwarding a mail he had
sent to his town, district and county councillors ie Cllrs O'Neill, Kerby, Nobbs and Hood.
I suggested Mr Harvey mailed the TCM and John Griffiths, sent a letter to the Journal and attended
monday's meeting, which he did.
Mr Harvey was born in Newmarket, has lived here at various times and has returned to live in his
home town, having retired.
I doubt Mr Harvey considers himself, or indeed wishes to be regarded as, a spokesperson for
parking; apparently his letter to the Journal was his first ever.
His position is merely that of a concerned resident, seeking assistance from his councillors and
councils.
I expect Mr Harvey would be flattered if the TCM has used some of his words or phrases in her mail.
The problems associated with the (early) reintroduction of parking charges and CPE prompted Mr
Harvey to take action.
I doubt he is seeking any kudos or recognition but is merely acting in the best interests of
Newmarket residents, which must surely be the intention of us all, especially councillors at all levels.
Andrew
Councillor Andrew Appleby
From: Andy Drummond <andy.drummond@westsuffolk.gov.uk>

Date: 18 June 2020 at 18:32
To: tcm <tcm@newmarket.gov.uk>; Mark Walsh <mark.walsh@westsuffolk.gov.uk>
This response is a plagiarised version of the attached letter from John Harvey who isn’t a town
councillor but now appears to be the official spokesperson on the matter. I don’t have a problem
with that but the convention is - credit where credit is due.

Letter to Newmarket Journal 14 June 2020 (updated)
It’s now time to address parking provision for residents
Parking in Newmarket town centre has always been a tricky balance between providing for shoppers
and visitors, workers and local residents in which the Council-run car parks play an important role.
The balance was swung heavily however, particularly in the All Saints Ward, when charges were
introduced nearly twentyyears ago and more recently extended to Sundays, all inevitably resulting in
more cars avoiding the car parks and seeking spaces on residential streets.
Despite repeated requests no measures have been brought in to help residents with the extra
pressure on the already limited parking. This pressure has further increased during the pandemic
with people being furloughed or working from home, so the decision to suspend parking charges for
key workers and so that residents had extra spaces to park in was a sensible and welcome decision.
Also welcome is the long-awaited Civil Parking Enforcement which usefully initially concentrated on
dangerous parking - however now residents are being hit with the treble whammy of enforcement on
streets where historic parking restrictions do not appear to have been reviewed (where clearly they
need to be), car park charges have been reintroduced and the All Saints Car Park is due to close for
resurfacing week commencing 22 June!
Since car parks and now parking enforcement both come under West Suffolk Council surely this is
time for them, in conjunction with the Town and County Councils, to devise and implement a
cohesive parking strategy that appropriatelyprovides for all users particularly long-suffering residents
by optimising on-street and car park capacity rather than simply “milking the cash cow” by raising
car park charges to generate extra income.
John Harvey.
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Cllr Andy Drummond

Newmarket West Ward
Portfolio Holder for Regulatory
Tel 07710 027 343

Subject: RE: Reintroduction of Car Park Charges in Newmarket
Date: 18 June 2020 at 17:11
To: Mark Walsh <mark.walsh@westsuffolk.gov.uk>
Cc: Rachel Hood <rachel.hood@westsuffolk.gov.uk>; Andy Drummond
<andy.drummond@westsuffolk.gov.uk>; Karen Soons <karen.soons@westsuffolk.gov.uk>; Michael
Anderson <michael.anderson@westsuffolk.gov.uk>; Robert Nobbs
<robert.nobbs@westsuffolk.gov.uk>; James Lay <james.lay@westsuffolk.gov.uk>; Townclerk
<townclerk@newmarket.gov.uk>; Peter Stevens <peter.stevens@westsuffolk.gov.uk>; Jill Korwin

<jill.korwin@westsuffolk.gov.uk>; councillors@newmarket.gov.uk; Jacqueline LaThangue

Dear Mark,
Thank you for your response.
Whilst it is appreciated that WSC have costs associated with providing car parks and other town
centre services which are relied on, NTC is concerned that the reintroduction of car park charges so
soon will be detrimental to the local retail economy as customers will be put off from returning to
the High Street such that there may not be a town centre left for WSC to support
Shopping trips are taking far longer than normal and a simple ‘pop to the chemist’ trip which would
normally take no longer than ten minutes, now requires customers to queue for an indefinite period
depending on how busy it is. The same applies for all shops people need to visit. It is therefore
difficult for them to assess how long they will need for parking and the worry about running out of
time will put shoppers off. Particularly when they can park for free at out of town centre locations
such as supermarkets.
Regarding CPE, NTC has long awaited the day when it would be introduced and welcomes it mainly
because of the issues of illegal parking in areas such as All Saints. It is however, very unfortunate
that it came into effect while we were in lockdown and from the information received from West
Suffolk Council, the impression was that CPE was being suspended along with the car parking
charges. I think we can all understand the trying circumstances that many residents found
themselves in, being either furloughed, laid off or working from home and needing somewhere to
park all day. The fact they could park at no cost in the local car parks would have been a huge relief
to them.
The concern raised with us and passed on to you is that the residents of All Saints (although we
acknowledge they were parked illegally and were therefore rightly subject to enforcement), were
faced with the triple whammy of car park charges being reintroduced in the same week that parking
enforcement was applied in their neighbourhood for the first time and the All Saints car park was
going to be closed for resurfacing so they couldn’t park there anyway.
NTC is grateful to WSC that the car parking charges have been reintroduced under the previous fee
structure and that the resurfacing work is now happening as it is long overdue. However we still
have concerns about the reintroduction of car parking charges before the town centre has had a
chance to start to recover from these extremely challenging times. We also have a duty to represent
the concerns of our residents and the way this has worked out for them in All Saints has been very
unfortunate. If CPE has been continuing throughout lockdown, then the targeting of the All Saints
area this week was most ill-timed and has had the biggest detrimental impact for those residents.
Kind regards,
Deborah Sarson
From: Mark Walsh <mark.walsh@westsuffolk.gov.uk>


Date: 17 June 2020 10:28

Cc: Rachel Hood <rachel.hood@westsuffolk.gov.uk>; Andy Drummond
<andy.drummond@westsuffolk.gov.uk>; Karen Soons <karen.soons@westsuffolk.gov.uk>; Michael
Anderson <michael.anderson@westsuffolk.gov.uk>; Robert Nobbs
<robert.nobbs@westsuffolk.gov.uk>; James Lay <james.lay@westsuffolk.gov.uk>; Townclerk
<townclerk@newmarket.gov.uk>; Peter Stevens <peter.stevens@westsuffolk.gov.uk>; Jill Korwin
<jill.korwin@westsuffolk.gov.uk>; councillors@newmarket.gov.uk; Jacqueline LaThangue
Dear Deborah,
Thank you for your recent email.
As you are aware, West Suffolk Council took the decision to suspend car parking charges across all of
its car parks, and on-street where charges are made, early in the lockdown period. This decision was
taken to help support critical care workers and those working from home during lockdown. We are
aware that whilst some councils took a similar approach, others have continued to charge motorists
using their parking facilities.
As lockdown now eases, in reinstating charges we have suspended the proposed increases to tariffs
and changes to charging periods but continued with the introduction of free parking from 3pm on
Mondays and improvements planned to car parks in the town. We will also maintain permits for free
parking for those working in critical roles in support of the COVID-19 pandemic.
It is not clear from your email what evidence you have to support the statement that “....the
reintroduction car park charges which will have a detrimental effect on the High Street and the
Town with social distancing measures resulting in longer shopping trips and an increase of time
required to park.” I would suggest that successful towns charge for their car parking in order to
invest in and manage these facilities as well as managing traffic flows and supporting our town
centres in terms of providing services like CCTV and street cleansing. Our costs for car parking,
including staffing and an annual business rates bill approaching £1 million, have continued as have
the costs for the other town centre services we provide.
In terms of the separate matter of Civil Parking Enforcement (CPE), communities and their
representatives, including Newmarket Town Council as I recall, have been lobbying and calling for its
introduction for several years in order to take back the control of illegal parking on our streets.
Those that you suggest are negatively impacted by CPE have presumably been parking illegally
outside their homes without penalty due the Police having insufficient resources to make
enforcement a priority. I would argue that there have been many column inches devoted to the
introduction of CPE and there has been publicity on our website and elsewhere. Surely it is not a
good use of public funds to be writing to residents across West Suffolk to warn them that they may
be subject to enforcement of their illegal parking? If you choose to park on a yellow line isn’t this
implicit? You will also understand that we cannot take a ‘pick and choose’ approach to enforcement
of the streets in our communities.
As you suggest, there is capacity in our car parks that provide an alternative option for parking with
discounted rates for season tickets. Whilst some spaces will be lost temporarily whilst resurfacing
takes place at All Saints car park, this work is scheduled to be completed within a week.

Kind regards,
Mark Walsh
From: Jill Korwin <jill.korwin@westsuffolk.gov.uk>

Date: 17 June 2020 10:15
To: tcm tcm@newmarket.gov.uk
Cc: Mark Walsh <mark.walsh@westsuffolk.gov.uk>; Rachel Hood
<rachel.hood@westsuffolk.gov.uk>; Andy Drummond <andy.drummond@westsuffolk.gov.uk>;
Karen Soons <karen.soons@westsuffolk.gov.uk>; Michael Anderson
<michael.anderson@westsuffolk.gov.uk>; Robert Nobbs <robert.nobbs@westsuffolk.gov.uk>; James
Lay <james.lay@westsuffolk.gov.uk>; Townclerk <townclerk@newmarket.gov.uk>; Peter Stevens
<peter.stevens@westsuffolk.gov.uk>
Dear Deborah
Thank you for your email; I am sure Mark or Cllr Stevens, Portfolio Holder for Operations, will
respond to the issues the Town Council has raised.
With Kind Regards
Jill
Jill Korwin
Director
Chief Executive's Office

Subject: Reintroduction of Car Park Charges in Newmarket
Date: 16 June 2020 17:52
To: Jill Korwin <jill.korwin@westsuffolk.gov.uk>
Cc: Mark Walsh <mark.walsh@westsuffolk.gov.uk>; Rachel Hood
<rachel.hood@westsuffolk.gov.uk>; Andy Drummond <andy.drummond@westsuffolk.gov.uk>;
Karen Soons <karen.soons@westsuffolk.gov.uk>; Michael Anderson
<michael.anderson@westsuffolk.gov.uk>; Robert Nobbs <robert.nobbs@westsuffolk.gov.uk>; James
Lay <james.lay@westsuffolk.gov.uk>; Townclerk <townclerk@newmarket.gov.uk>
Dear Jill,
Newmarket Town Council considered the adverse impact that the reintroduction of car park charges
in Newmarket is having and has resolved:
That NTC does not support the reintroduc8on of car park charges which will have a detrimental
effect on the High Street and the Town with social distancing measures resul8ng in longer
shopping trips and an increase of 8me required to park.
Further to this, it has been brought to our attention that residents in All Saints are particularly
detrimentally impacted by the harsh CPE enforcement in recent days, coupled with the

reintroduction of car parking charges and the closure of All Saints car park for resurfacing. Whilst the
much needed and long awaited resurfacing work is much welcomed, the timing could not have been
worse. The lack of publicity and notice for these residents has exacerbated an already difficult
situation for many of these people. A lot of local residents are still either working from home,
furloughed or at risk of or already have lost their jobs because of the pandemic. They are now faced
with paying for parking a long distance from home and/or fines for parking on the street when they
believed that parking enforcement was not currently underway.
It is understood that the car parks are not currently well utilised with less footfall than expected
when more shops opened this week which would suggest that the resumption of car parking charges
to manage parking demand is not justified at this time.
We respectfully request that the decision to reinstate car parking charges be reviewed as a matter of
urgency and that the Town Council be included in future discussions about an appropriate time to
do so.
Kind regards,
Deborah Sarson

Appendix 13
Email exchange on 17-18 June between NTC councillors, NTC TCM and WSC councillor
regarding parking.

Subject: FW: Reintroduction of Car Park Charges in Newmarket – Comments please
Date: 19 June 2020 at 12:38
To: Andy Drummond <andy.drummond@westsuffolk.gov.uk>
Cc: councillors@newmarket.gov.uk; Townclerk <townclerk@newmarket.gov.uk>
Andy,
In response to your email copied and pasted below, please find the email I sent to all councillors on
Wednesday afternoon with a draft response asking for councillors to comment. I waited over 24
hours for comments from councillors before submitting it. If you felt that I should not have been
responding again at this point then you had ample opportunity to say so. As always I was acting on
behalf of NTC in the same way I would have done if I was working for any other Council. If you
thought that my response misrepresented NTC in any way and you thought it would have been
worthwhile to include correspondence from a resident then why didn’t you say so.
Publicly accusing me of plagiarism because you don’t agree with my actions on behalf of the Council
when you give no feedback when requested, is completely unacceptable.

Date: 19 June 2020 12:04
Deborah
You were tasked by NTC to write to WS.
I would have expected that you would have shared the response and put it on the agenda for the full
council to respond back rather than you reply again.
You could have included a letter from a resident as an attachment about the feeling in the town.
I think you have taken matters into your own hands again.
Best regards
Andy
---
Cllr Andy Drummond
Newmarket West Ward
Tel 07710 027 343

Kind regards,
Deborah Sarson

Subject: FW: Reintroduction of Car Parking Charges in Newmarket - Comments please
Date: 17 June 2020 13:38
To: councillors <councillors@newmarket.gov.uk>
Cc: Townclerk <Townclerk@newmarket.gov.uk>
FYI. Please follow the thread of emails below to see the email sent yesterday and the response
received from West Suffolk Council regarding the concerns NTC raised about car parking.
I have drafted a response to theirs for your comments please:
‘Whilst it is appreciated that WSC have costs associated with providing car parks and other town
centre services which are relied on, NTC is concerned that the reintroduction of car park charges so
soon will be detrimental to the local retail economy as customers will be put off from returning to
the High Street such that there may not be a town centre left for WSC to support.
Shopping trips are taking far longer than normal and a simple ‘pop to the chemist’ trip which would
normally take no longer than ten minutes, now requires customers to queue for an indefinite period
depending on how busy it is. The same applies for all shops people need to visit. It is therefore
difficult for them to assess how long they will need for parking and the worry about running out of
time will put shoppers off. Particularly when they can park for free at out of town centre locations
such as supermarkets.
Regarding CPE, NTC has long awaited the day when it would be introduced and welcomes it mainly
because of the issues of illegal parking in areas such as All Saints. It is however, very unfortunate
that it came into effect while we were in lockdown and from the information received from West
Suffolk Council, the impression was that CPE was being suspended along with the car parking
charges. I think we can all understand the trying circumstances that many residents found
themselves in, being either furloughed, laid off or working from home and needing somewhere to
park all day. The fact they could park at no cost in the local car parks would have been a huge relief
to them.
The concern raised with us and passed on to you is that the residents of All Saints (although we
acknowledge they were parked illegally and were therefore rightly subject to enforcement), were
faced with the triple whammy of car park charges being reintroduced in the same week that parking
enforcement was applied in their neighbourhood for the first time and the All Saints car park was
going to be closed for resurfacing so they couldn’t park there anyway.
NTC is grateful to WSC that the car parking charges have been reintroduced under the previous fee
structure and that the resurfacing work is now happening as it is long overdue. However we still
have concerns about the reintroduction of car parking charges before the town centre has had a
chance to start to recover from these extremely challenging times. We also have a duty to represent

the concerns of our residents and the way this has worked out for them in All Saints has been very
unfortunate. If CPE has been continuing throughout lockdown, then the targeting of the All Saints
area this week was most ill-timed and has had the biggest detrimental impact for those residents.’
Kind regards,
Deborah Sarson

Appendix 14
Email exchange from 12 – 18 June between WSC employees and resident John Harvey

Subject: Re: Newmarket - URGENT - Parking for Residents
Date: 18 Jun 2020 19:51
To: Darren Dixon <Darren.Dixon@westsuffolk.gov.uk>
CC: Mark Walsh<mark.walsh@westsuffolk.gov.uk>
Hi Darren,
Thank you for registering the RPZ request and for the detailed reply so just a few comments:
Yes I totally agree that a co-ordinated approach is required as I am aware that a number of
conversations are going on at the moment so it would be good to harness and focus all the activity
and welcome any opportunity for discussion. Suggestion: I am aware that this is now an item on the
next Nkt Town Council agenda 29 June so, given the impact that this is now having on residents,
maybe not my place to invite but would this be a good opportunity for West Suffolk representation
to be involved in that discussion as this could be very useful?
Yes I am aware of previous RPZ proposals but I would suggest that insufficient resident support at
that time was due to a) some residents not engaging (but we now have strong social media groups)
b) not being prepared to pay for a scheme that didn't guarantee a realistic chance of a space or
while they could park without enforcement and c) possibly areas should have been more specifically
targeted i.e. where the outcome would be more viable. Suggestion: review the historic and
outdated parking restrictions potentially providing more on-street spaces, utilise spaces in the car
parks then with the added stick of recent enforcement I believe that for appropriate areas this
should get this across the line. I am also pretty confident of our town and West Suffolk Councillor
support.
Yes I am aware of the 50% discounted permit and I personally decided to stump up even though All
Saints Car Park is still a way from our house - but would you be prepared to pay £250 annually to
park several hundred yards from your house? (having moved here 25 years ago when parking was
free !) and for our 2 car next door neighbours this would be £500 annual cost so it is very likely that
they (along with others) will seek to park in other neighbouring streets rather than pay which will
have a cascading effect - Suggestion: to provide more immediate relief for residents caught in the
current predicament - if the discount was say a more reasonable 75% in the short-term while a
scheme was being formulated, then I am pretty certain, having spoken to a quite a few neighbours,
that they would be prepared to pay - which, given the extra income for car parks would be a win-win
!
I look forward to further detail so that a formal application can be progressed. Thanks for your
attention on this. Regards, John.
From: Darren Dixon <Darren.Dixon@westsuffolk.gov.uk>

Subject: RE: Newmarket - URGENT - Parking for Residents
Date: 18 Jun 2020 16:53

To: John Harvey NICETRYBUTNOTTODAY

CC: Mark Walsh <mark.walsh@westsuffolk.gov.uk>
Dear John
In making any change to on-street parking restrictions, the following process would need to be
followed in compliance with changing the Road Traffic Regulation Order (RTRO):
Before committing resources, residents must demonstrate that the vast majority of the local area
would support the introduction of a RPZ which is supported by the local member and Town/Parish
Council. This for example can be done by way of a petition.
The council (West Suffolk) would need to be satisfied of parking stress in the area
Funds would need to be identified to develop the scheme and the annual permit charges should off
set the cost of management and enforcement of the scheme
Liaison with residents on what is required and then plans drawn up for informal consultation. Again
majority of residents must support plan.
Formal Traffic Regulation Order process including formal consultation
Order sign off and street works
The whole process can take between 12-24 months based on previous schemes and the level of local
support.
I should draw your attention to the need to demonstrate local support for a RPZ before we commit
resources and money to developing a scheme. I am minded that two schemes were developed in
Newmarket by Suffolk County Council in 2015 at which time less than a third of residents indicated
support for the proposals, and therefore never implemented. The parking team are currently
developing formal procedures with Suffolk County Council (along the lines of the above) and I will
ask them to send them to you as soon as they are available. This will include a form seeking key
information, including the proposed area/ roads seeking a permit scheme – I am minded of some
local support for a scheme but unclear as to whether the thinking is for the previous plans to be
consulted on again, or that you would rather canvas support in specific streets within the All Saints
ward?
With regards discounted parking across the car parks in Newmarket, we offer an annual or 6
monthly season ticket for all our long stay car parks. The annual permit represents a 50% discount
price compared to the purchase of a standard weekly ticket and significantly more when compared
to buying a daily ticket. Details and application forms are available on line using the following link:
https://www.westsuffolk.gov.uk/parking/carparkseasontickets.cfm?aud=resident
I trust that you find the helpful. Please be assured that your request for an RPZ has been registered
and we will endeavour to pass more information to you shortly. We are also engaging with local
members and the Town Council, and a coordinated approach I suggest will be needed. I will discuss
with colleagues on how best we can facilitate discussion and will get back to you in due course.
Kind regards,
Darren
Darren Dixon
Service Manager (Property)
Property Services

Direct dial: 01284 757678

Email: Darren.Dixon@westsuffolk.gov.uk
#TeamWestSuffolk

Subject: Newmarket - URGENT - Parking for Residents
Date: 17 Jun 2020 11:46
To: Darren Dixon <Darren.Dixon@westsuffolk.gov.uk>
CC: Mark Walsh<mark.walsh@westsuffolk.gov.uk>
Good morning,
Just in case this gets stuck in the generic email address I have been given your names as officers who
could usefully help with the predicament for residents who face the treble whammy of insufficient
parking on-street, enforcement (in the absence of reviewing historic restrictions (particularly single
yellow lines that could provide additional spaces), and car parking charges displacing shoppers,
visitors, workers (and residents) increasing pressure on already limited parking..
Would very much appreciate feedback on way forward such as RPZ (longer-term) and possible short-
term / temporary measures that could help.
Many thanks in anticipation. Regards. John Harvey.

Subject: Re: Newmarket - URGENT - Parking for Residents
Date: 16 Jun 2020 21:23
To: carparks <parking@westsuffolk.gov.uk>
Hi Parking Services,
Thanks for your reply but sadly this doesn't really address the issues raised here and when I drill
down on the link that you sent it refers me back to contacting West Suffolk - so to avoid me going in
circles who (at West Suffolk?) do I need to contact to request a scheme and is there guidance /
example on how to evidence the stated criteria for new schemes where:
a) It can be clearly shown that there is significant and persistent parking stress in the area;
b) The local community can evidence widespread support for the introduction of a scheme; and
c) Funding is available and the scheme is financially viable and can be effectively managed and
enforced.
I have been in contact with local councillors and am totally confident of support.
Even more urgently... the above will undoubtedly take at least 18 months, but an urgent solution -
even if this is short-term / temporary - is required in some areas adjoining the car parks (in our case
All Saints Ward) so something like discounted season tickets to the Council car parks for residents
which would also mean extra income for West Suffolk (a win-win !).

I would appreciate a swift response. Regards, John.
From: carparks <parking@westsuffolk.gov.uk>

Subject: RE: Newmarket - All Saints Ward - Parking for Residents
Date: 16 Jun 2020 9:47
To: John Harvey NICETRYBUTNOTTODAY
Good Morning Mr Harvey,
Thank you for your email.
In relation to a residents permit scheme you do have the option to make an application to Suffolk
County Council which would be helped with the support of a local councillor, more information can
be located on this website https://www.suffolk.gov.uk/roads-and-transport/parking/parking-
regulations-and-enforcement/parking-problems/
Kind Regards
Parking Services

Subject: FYI: Newmarket - All Saints Ward - Parking for Residents
Date: 12 June 2020 09:04
To: carparks <parking@westsuffolk.gov.uk>
Just to alert you that I have raised this with Ward Councillors and hope that a solution can be found.
In the meantime we do appreciate the 1hr limit along All Saints Road not being strictly enforced as
at least this provides some parking for residents even if also used by others avoiding the car park -
but would seem a good candidate for permit parking.
Regards, John Harvey.

Appendix 15
Email exchange on 19 June between WSC Councillor and NTC Councillors and TCM
regarding parking.
From: Andy Drummond <andy.drummond@westsuffolk.gov.uk

Subject: Fwd: Parking Permits
Date: 19 June 2020 at 11:28
Dear town councillors
Please see email below and attachment which is self explanatory.
Best regards
Andy
---
Cllr Andy Drummond
Newmarket West Ward
Tel 07710 027 343
---------- Forwarded message ----------

Subject: Parking Permits
Date: 19 June 2020 at 09:36:55 BST
Dear Deborah
Please circulate this email and attachment to all town councillors in advance of the next town
council meeting where Parking Permits (aka RPZs) is on the agenda.
It’s a briefing to me as a WS Newmarket ward member from Mark Walsh - assistant director
(operations) at WS Council after my request to supply a paper to accompany the agenda item.
The implementation of CPE has caused several residents across Newmarket to contact me on the
matter and the paper gives an indication of the process.
You will note In the final paragraph that I have requested an RPZ and it has been acknowledged.
With best regards
Andy
---
Cllr Andy Drummond
Newmarket West Ward

Briefing note from Mark Walsh at WSC.

Civil Parking Enforcement
Businesses and the public, together with local councils, have been asking for Civil Parking
enforcement powers. This means that parking enforcement is in the hands of councils and not the
Police who, understandably, have had other priorities. Bad parking causes congestion, harms the
environment, stops emergency and service vehicles getting through, it can be dangerous as well and
it can prevent people using footpaths. Since April Councils across Suffolk have had the power to
enforce which has been well publicised. During the last few months some of our enforcement
officers have undergone training (difficult to do at a time of lockdown) or have been helping with
other priority services such as making sure bins have been emptied or street cleansing. As we start
to emerge from shielding and lockdown now we have more capacity to patrol the streets on the
frequency set out in our agreement with the Highways Authority or dictated through parking
problems highlighted to us by the public or businesses. I would like to emphasise they have been
enforcing existing rules but the consequence is that people who have become used to illegally
parking without penalty are now being ticketed. As with any human process, mistakes can
sometimes happen but officers are well trained and there are appeal procedures, including an
independent adjudicator, in place. You may have seen some stories in the media or have been
approached yourselves. If someone feels they have not been given a ticket fairly then please
signpost them to the appeals procedure.
You will understand that the room for exercising judgement around parking enforcement is
necessarily very limited. In enforcing the streets under very technical legislation and relative to the
prevailing lines and signs, parking is clearly either legal or it is illegal and subject to a penalty. Any
attempt to enforce using judgement in terms of what is fair or reasonable in one place compared to
another would rapidly unravel the whole system.
A small number of residents that have been able to park illegally near their homes without penalty,
perhaps for many years, are likely to demand that the council addresses this issue for them now the
long awaited enforcement is in place and they are faced with less convenient parking options. Whilst
arguably it is not the responsibility of the council to provide convenient on-street parking for
residents outside their homes, we do operate resident permit schemes in places where this is viable
and the majority of local residents wanted it. However, these schemes are often oversubscribed
given the layout and space available on our town centre streets, most of which were established
well before the motor car was invented.
The process for reviewing and setting up Resident Parking Zones (RPZs) is set out in legislation and
the requirements of Road Traffic Regulation Orders (RTROs) which govern enforcement of parking
on our streets and in our car parks. This is a relatively long and expensive process requiring
consultation and can take between 12 - 24 months based on previous schemes and the level of local
support.
We plan to carry out a review of RPZs as soon as resources will allow but we will need to manage the
expectations of our residents on this. Such a process will not be quick and may not be able to
provide the outcome they seek given the demand and the limited available space on our streets.
Discounted permits for our car parks remain an option for residents unable to park on the streets
outside their homes.

In terms of Newmarket, in making any change to on-street parking restrictions to establish new
RPZs, the following process would need to be followed in compliance with changing the Road Traffic
Regulation Order (RTRO):
Funds would need to be identified to develop the scheme and the annual permit charges should
offset the cost of management and enforcement of the scheme
Liaison with residents on what is required and then plans drawn up for informal consultation. Again,
support.
We draw your attention to the crucial need to demonstrate local support for a RPZ before we
commit resources and money to developing a scheme. We are minded that two schemes were
developed in Newmarket by Suffolk County Council at some expense in 2015 at which time less than
a third of residents indicated support for the proposals, and therefore they were never
implemented. The parking team are currently developing formal procedures with Suffolk County
Council (along the lines of the above) and we will ask them to send them to you as soon as they are
available. This will include a form seeking key information, including the proposed area/roads
seeking a permit scheme – we are minded of some local support for a scheme but unclear as to
whether the thinking is for the previous plans to be consulted on again, or that you would rather
canvas support in specific streets within the All Saints ward?
We trust that you find the helpful. Please be assured that your request for an RPZ has been
registered and we will endeavour to pass more information to you shortly. We are also engaging
with local members and the Town Council, and a coordinated approach I suggest will be needed. We
will discuss with colleagues on how best we can facilitate discussion and will get back to you in due
course.

Appendix 16
Intentionally Blank

Appendix 17
Comments from resident John Harvey on the briefing note provided in the agenda
pack sent out for the Town Council Meeting on 31 June 2020.

Subject: FW: Reintroduction of Car Parking Charges in Newmarket - Comments please
Date: 24 June 2020 12:14
Cc: Townclerk <Townclerk@newmarket.gov.uk>
Dear All,
Please find comments from Mr Harvey on the briefing note provided in the agenda pack sent out
yesterday.
Kind regards,
Deborah Sarson

Subject: For Town Council Agenda – Parking Permits
Date: 23 June 2020 18:12
Hi,
Andy Drummond circulated a briefing note from West Suffolk to all town councillors to which I have
now added some comments and this is attached. I have agreed that this can be used as a briefing
note for residents, NTC, Andy, WS, all - so is this something that could/ should be included in the
Town Council agenda papers? and / or circulated as a briefing note? (maybe check with Andy?)
Many thanks. Regards, John Harvey.
Parking – Civil Parking Enforcement – Newmarket 19JUN2020 JH comments.docx
Civil Parking Enforcement
Businesses and the public, together with local councils, have been asking for Civil Parking
enforcement powers. This means that parking enforcement is in the hands of councils and not the
Police who, understandably, have had other priorities. Bad parking causes congestion, harms the
environment, stops emergency and service vehicles getting through, it can be dangerous as well and
it can prevent people using footpaths. Since April Councils across Suffolk have had the power to
enforce which has been well publicised. During the last few months some of our enforcement
officers have undergone training (difficult to do at a time of lockdown) or have been helping with
other priority services such as making sure bins have been emptied or street cleansing. As we start
to emerge from shielding and lockdown now we have more capacity to patrol the streets on the
frequency set out in our agreement with the Highways Authority or dictated through parking

problems highlighted to us by the public or businesses. I would like to emphasise they have been
enforcing existing rules but the consequence is that people who have become used to illegally
parking without penalty are now being ticketed. As with any human process, mistakes can
sometimes happen but officers are well trained and there are appeal procedures, including an
independent adjudicator, in place. You may have seen some stories in the media or have been
approached yourselves. If someone feels they have not been given a ticket fairly then please
signpost them to the appeals procedure.
You will understand that the room for exercising judgement around parking enforcement is
necessarily very limited. In enforcing the streets under very technical legislation and relative to the
prevailing lines and signs, parking is clearly either legal or it is illegal and subject to a penalty. Any
attempt to enforce using judgement in terms of what is fair or reasonable in one place compared to
another would rapidly unravel the whole system.
The Police deemed this to be a low priority so almost no enforcement so that suggests that there is
an element of discretion in enforcement!
West Suffolk's immediate approach is very heavy handed given the obvious immediate impact and
the timing with more people actually working from home.
Of course no question regarding dangerous / obstruction / pavement / double yellow lines but
surely some common sense regarding single yellow day-time restrictions which were not reviewed
prior to enforcement where clearly this isn’t causing congestion, harming the environment, stopping
emergency and service vehicles getting through, dangerous or preventing people using footpaths !
There is serious concern that the 1 hr limit along All Saints Road (who knows why that limit is there
!) may be enforced in which case there will be virtually nowhere for 300 households to park !
A small number of residents that have been able to park illegally near their homes without penalty,
perhaps for many years, are likely to demand that the council addresses this issue for them now the
long awaited enforcement is in place and they are faced with less convenient parking options.
Think you will find this is actually a large number. Twenty years ago car parks were freely available
for residents so it is that change in policy by West Suffolk (FHDC) without provision for residents
affected that is the root cause of the current situation now highlighted by enforcement on outdated
restrictions.
Whilst arguably it is not the responsibility of the council to provide convenient on-street parking for
residents outside their homes, we do operate resident permit schemes in places where this is viable
and the majority of local residents wanted it. However, these schemes are often oversubscribed
given the layout and space available on our town centre streets, most of which were established
well before the motor car was invented.
Maybe not the direct responsibility but something that residents could reasonably expect
consideration of from their Local Authority ! See my comment above re Council’s change in policy.
Options of £170 pocket car park (I am told only 68 spaces) or £250 are not viable or affordable for
many.

The process for reviewing and setting up Resident Parking Zones (RPZs) is set out in legislation and
the requirements of Road Traffic Regulation Orders (RTROs) which govern enforcement of parking
on our streets and in our car parks. This is a relatively long and expensive process requiring
consultation and can take between 12 - 24 months based on previous schemes and the level of local
support.
We plan to carry out a review of RPZs as soon as resources will allow but we will need to manage the
expectations of our residents on this. Such a process will not be quick and may not be able to
provide the outcome they seek given the demand and the limited available space on our streets.
The review must include reviewing parking restrictions and utilising spare capacity in the car parks
which can definitely provide more spaces plus a scheme will also reduce the current pressure of
shoppers, visitors and workers displaced from the car parks to on-street.
Discounted permits for our car parks remain an option for residents unable to park on the streets
outside their homes.
This is unsatisfactory in the short-term given the difficulties created – people are unlikely to pay
£250 per car for the car park so more likely to park in neighbouring streets so there will be a ripple
effect (I am told around 300 houses in the immediate vicinity of All Saints car Park). So why not (in
addition to common sense on the day-time restrictions) provide short-term, until the review is done,
a more reasonably priced permit, say £100 which would be additional income to West Suffolk and
help out residents – a win-win ! Why do West Suffolk not respond to sensible suggestions?!
In terms of Newmarket, in making any change to on-street parking restrictions to establish new
RPZs, the following process would need to be followed in compliance with changing the Road Traffic
Regulation Order (RTRO):
Funds would need to be identified to develop the scheme and the annual permit charges should
offset the cost of management and enforcement of the scheme
Liaison with residents on what is required and then plans drawn up for informal consultation. Again,
support.
Petition started last night already had 71 signatures as at 11am Tues 23 June – see
https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/review-of-parking-enforcement-all-saints-road-
newmarket?bucket&source=facebook-share-
button&time=1592843956&utm_campaign&utm_medium=socialshare&utm_source=facebook&sha
re=23738751-9d81-4802-9916-630688c8a573&fbclid=IwAR0j5L0kKP1v9TyQyBQEzvUd-VND-
F8zWHAo_kDzZmwzyLvKTsPfcUxeQeU

We draw your attention to the crucial need to demonstrate local support for a RPZ before we
commit resources and money to developing a scheme. We are minded that two schemes were
developed in Newmarket by Suffolk County Council at some expense in 2015 at which time less than
a third of residents indicated support for the proposals, and therefore they were never
implemented. The parking team are currently developing formal procedures with Suffolk County
Council (along the lines of the above) and we will ask them to send them to you as soon as they are
available. This will include a form seeking key information, including the proposed area/roads
seeking a permit scheme – we are minded of some local support for a scheme but unclear as to
whether the thinking is for the previous plans to be consulted on again, or that you would rather
canvas support in specific streets within the All Saints ward?
Actually I would suggest that this is a failure on West Suffolk’s part to a) engage sufficient residents
(but we now have strong social media groups) b) residents not being prepared to pay for a scheme
that didn't guarantee a realistic chance of a space or while they could park without enforcement (so
should have been made more viable by reviewing the historic and outdated parking restrictions
potentially providing more on-street spaces and utilising spaces in the car parks) and c) possibly
areas should have been more specifically targeted i.e. where the outcome would be more viable.
Note provision for residents has even reduced with 4 pocket car park spaces on the access road from
All Saints Road being redesignated as pay and display.
See above comments re short-term more affordable permits.
We trust that you find the helpful. Please be assured that your request for an RPZ has been
registered and we will endeavour to pass more information to you shortly. We are also engaging
with local members and the Town Council, and a coordinated approach I suggest will be needed. We
will discuss with colleagues on how best we can facilitate discussion and will get back to you in due
course.
Welcome opportunity for residents to discuss, but more urgent measures are also required to
address the immediate carnage being created. Perhaps a guided tour around the area would
educate the officers involved.

Appendix 18
Email from resident to his ward councillors regarding parking in advance of Town
Council Meeting on 31 June 2020.
From: NICETRYBUTNOTTODAY N
Subject: Residents parking scheme for your meeting on Monday
Date: 25 June 2020 19:07
To: Andy Drummond <andy.drummond@westsuffolk.gov.uk>; Rachel Hood
<rachel.hood@westsuffolk.gov.uk>; tcm <tcm@newmarket.gov.uk>; Councillor Kerby
<CouncillorKerby@newmarket.gov.uk>; Councillor O'neill <councilloro'neill@newmarket.gov.uk>;
Councillor De'ath <CouncillorDe'ath@newmarket.gov.uk>; Townclerk
<Townclerk@newmarket.gov.uk>
Dear all,
Please excuse the scattergun approach of this email, I just wanted to make sure that relevant people
heard the views of this particular voter, please accept my apologies if this isn't relevant to you.
I thought I would write to you as I see from the Newmarket Journal this week that you are due to
discuss a residents parking scheme at your meeting on Monday.
Even before the recent pandemic which has prevented people travelling to work, the parking
situation was difficult in the streets surrounding the High Street as people realised that they could
park for free in the side streets and not get caught and it was gradually getting worse due to lack of
action on behalf of any authority. Some of these vehicles were regularly parked in dangerous
positions on corners and on double yellow lines.
I think most residents would support a residents permit scheme but only if it was properly policed.
Why should we residents pay a permit fee if others can park on these streets with no regard to the
regulations?
In fact to be fair, I am questioning why I should pay £45 per month to rent a garage from you when I
could park outside my house for free.
The existing parking regulations allow parking outside of the hours 8am to 6pm but are not
enforced. I attended a public meeting in the Rutland Arms many years ago when parking charges
were introduced at which it was stated that the money raised would be used to enforce the parking
in streets close to public car parks. This has not happened.
Cynics will feel that a permit scheme may just be a backdoor tax, as past history has shown that the
money raised would not be used to help enforcement and elimination of illegal parking
If we can be certain that any scheme you put in place is fair and policed then you would have our
support.
I understand the conflicting priorities caused by lack of funding but I hope you bear the responsibility
side as well as the income producing side in mind when debating this matter.
Thank you for your consideration.
NICETRYBUTNOT

Appendix 19
Email exchange between Town Councillors, employees, and WSC employees.

Subject: FW: Parking Permits
Date: 26 June 2020 10:53
To: councillors <councillors@newmarket.gov.uk >; Townclerk <townclerk@newmarket.gov.uk>
FYI, relevant to the Council meeting on Monday.
Kind regards,
Deborah Sarson

Subject: Fw: Parking Permits
Date: 25 June 2020 15:09

From: Mark Walsh<mark.walsh@westsuffolk.gov.uk>

Subject: RE: Parking Permits
Date: 25 June 2020 15:07
To: Councillor Appleby <CouncillorAppleby@newmarket.gov.uk>
Cc: Jacqueline LaThangue <Jacqueline.LaThangue@Westsuffolk.gov.uk>
Hello Andrew,
Yes, a very nice day.
The decision taken on car parking tariffs and periods in Newmarket (and elsewhere) by Cabinet on
11FEB20 was to be introduced in April as you are aware and so has been suspended. I know of no
plans to revoke the decision, nor do I know of any dates when it might be introduced. This is a
matter for Members.
I appreciate your invitation to attend Newmarket Town Council’s meeting next Monday but from the
technical perspective I think I have made the position clear in the briefing Members and elsewhere.
You will also appreciate we are still very much in the thick of managing the COVID-19 crises and the
resumption of services as we emerge from lockdown.
I’ve noted the piece on the front page of the Newmarket Journal and noted the letters of opinion on
the subject inside.
Enjoy the weather.

Take care.
Mark

Subject: Fw: Parking Permits
Sent: 25 June 2020 14:45
Cc: Mark Walsh <mark.walsh@westsuffolk.gov.uk>
Hello, Mark
Lovely Day!
In light of the attached briefing note, please can you tell me if WSC plan to suspend the decision of
11/02/2020 to increase parking charges and charging periods in NKT, pending a review of NKT's
parking problems?
Also, if not already asked, might you like to consider attending NTC next monday 29th of June at
6pm on Zoom when parking is down for discussion? If so, I'd be happy to facilitate this.
Best Wishes, Andrew


Subject: Fwd: Parking Permits
Date: 19 June 2020 11:28
Dear town councillors
Please see email below and attachment which is self explanatory.
Best regards
Andy
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Cllr Andy Drummond
Newmarket West Ward
Tel 07710 027 343
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Date: 19 June 2020 at 09:36:55 BST

Subject: Parking Permits
Dear Deborah
Please circulate this email and attachment to all town councillors in advance of the next town
council meeting where Parking Permits (aka RPZs) is on the agenda.
It’s a briefing to me as a WS Newmarket ward member from Mark Walsh - assistant director
(operations) at WS Council after my request to supply a paper to accompany the agenda item.
The implementation of CPE has caused several residents across Newmarket to contact me on the
matter and the paper gives an indication of the process.
You will note In the final paragraph that I have requested an RPZ and it has been acknowledged.
With best regards
Andy
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Cllr Andy Drummond
Newmarket West Ward

Appendix 20
Email exchange between district councillors and resident Douglas Hall

Date: 05 July 2020 at 09:12
To: Douglas Hall NICETRYBUTNOTTODAY; Karen Soons <karen.soons@westsuffolk.gov.uk>; Michael
Anderson <michael.anderson@westsuffolk.gov.uk>; James Lay <james.lay@westsuffolk.gov.uk>;
Rachel Hood <rachel.hood@westsuffolk.gov.uk>; Robert Nobbs
<robert.nobbs@westsuffolk.gov.uk>;
Hi Douglas
Again I can’t speak for the others and I wasn’t on the review group. 28th Feb was a Friday - it was
more likely to have been Monday 24th - I was on holiday that week and didn’t attend the town
council meeting.
But irrespective - I wouldn’t have called it in because behind the scenes I had been working to make
Cllr Hood’s excellent compromise of making the increase conditional upon the long overdue
resurfacing - and that is happening - witness All Saints car park - which I’ve used myself on several
occasions over the last week and it’s superb.
So as far as I’m concerned the increase is justified - it’s going to take a lot of 20 pence pieces to
recover the cost of resurfacing - and I don’t think there were any plans on the horizon to do that.
Best regards
Andy
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Cllr Andy Drummond
Newmarket West Ward
Tel 07710 027 343

Date: 05 July 2020 at 01:12
To: Karen Soons <karen.soons@westsuffolk.gov.uk>; Andy Drummond
<andy.drummond@westsuffolk.gov.uk>; Michael Anderson
<michael.anderson@westsuffolk.gov.uk>; James Lay <james.lay@westsuffolk.gov.uk>; Rachel Hood
<rachel.hood@westsuffolk.gov.uk>; Robert Nobbs <robert.nobbs@westsuffolk.gov.uk>
Thank you for the comments, they are informative even if they don't directly answer any of my
questions.

I was somewhat astonished to read that the parking review group can choose to amend its terms of
reference half way through to something completely different from those originally voted on.
One of the questions I was most interested in getting an answer to was why the review group
"decided not to provide a view on parking options in respect of Newmarket". I have since learnt,
from someone who spoke directly with the Chair of that committee, that the reason for this was the
Newmarket Neighbourhood Plan. As you're aware there is a Community Action (E10: Car Parking) in
the NNP that relates to the topic of parking. Specifically:
"Development of a coherent town centre parking strategy for the town, covering on and off-street,
long and short stay car parks, residents' parking, number of spaces, location, pricing, signage and
enforcement."
I can only assume, with what I have been told, that it was the intention of the Parking Review Group
to defer to Newmarket Town Council to work with West Suffolk Council to come up with this parking
strategy for the town as per the NNP. That is quite reasonable, and if correct I am a bit puzzled as to
why this wasn't articulated in the report of the parking review group or at any time since.
With regard to the point about it being within the gift of a portfolio holder to implement decisions
up to £100k without the need to refer to full council, this is indeed true, but councillors are free to
call-in such decisions. Despite resolution 28/02/8.01 being passed at Newmarket Town council on
the 28th February seeking the support of Newmarket's 6 District Councillors in objecting to the
increased car park charges, no district councillor chose to call in the decision. I would ask why not,
but I doubt I'd get an answer.
As some of you are already aware, the Town Council set up a working group last week to look at
some specific parking issues. I hope that can produce a report for the Town Council by the end of the
month and that the Town and District Council can work constructively together and swiftly to come
up with a parking strategy for Newmarket rather than the dithering that Newmarket has had to
endure for well over a decade now.
sincerely,
Douglas Hall
From: Simon Cole <simon.cole@westsuffolk.gov.uk>

Date: 29 June 2020 at 10:52
<rachel.hood@westsuffolk.gov.uk>; Robert Nobbs <robert.nobbs@westsuffolk.gov.uk>; Douglas
Hall NICETRYBUTNOTTODAY
Cc: David Nettleton <david.nettleton@westsuffolk.gov.uk>
Also this review was only about charges, maintenance and payment methods and that "parking" as
an issue with all the work that entails would be looked at later , I think we said this October
onwards....

Sent from Workspace ONE Boxer
From: Simon Cole <simon.cole@westsuffolk.gov.uk>

Date: 29 June 2020 at 10:41
<rachel.hood@westsuffolk.gov.uk>; Robert Nobbs <robert.nobbs@westsuffolk.gov.uk>; Douglas
Hall NICETRYBUTNOTTODAY
Cc: David Nettleton <david.nettleton@westsuffolk.gov.uk>
Also I would like to gently remind councillor Stevens that on more than one occasion I have
highlighted the importance of car parking in Newmarket in regard to race days, the July meetings
(which may be salvaged this year) and the reopening local businesses. Don't resurface them now,
wait till October please.... We have businesses on the brink trying to save what they can of a
seasonal business town. I am sure cllr hood agrees.
Simon
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From: Rachel Hood <rachel.hood@westsuffolk.gov.uk>

Date: 28 June 2020 at 23:22
To: Andy Drummond <andy.drummond@westsuffolk.gov.uk>; Douglas Hall NICETRYBUTNOTTODAY;
Karen Soons <karen.soons@westsuffolk.gov.uk>; Robert Nobbs
<robert.nobbs@westsuffolk.gov.uk>; James Lay <james.lay@westsuffolk.gov.uk>; Michael Anderson
<michael.anderson@westsuffolk.gov.uk>;
Cc: David Nettleton <david.nettleton@westsuffolk.gov.uk>; Simon Cole
Dear Douglas,
I endorse & support Andy’s comments.
We have also spent considerable time discussing how, with CPE now in place, we can improve the
resultant difficulties with the new parking situation for residents.
Obviously, we will be discussing matters tomorrow evening.
Thanks for your email.
Best wishes,
Rachel
Rachel Hood, Councillor


Date: 28 June 2020 at 20:29
To: Douglas Hall NICETRYBUTNOTTODAY; Rachel Hood <rachel.hood@westsuffolk.gov.uk>; Karen
Soons <karen.soons@westsuffolk.gov.uk>; Robert Nobbs <robert.nobbs@westsuffolk.gov.uk>;
James Lay <james.lay@westsuffolk.gov.uk>; Michael Anderson
<michael.anderson@westsuffolk.gov.uk>;
Hi Douglas
Thanks for your email - I shall try to answer it succinctly from my perspective - I’m not speaking for
the other Newmarket district councillors.
The reality of the matter is that the decision to implement the increases was within the gift of the
portfolio holder for operations - Peter Stevens. Each portfolio holder can make decisions up to £100k
without the need to refer to full council.
I supported the increase because: there is a desire to go cashless - it’s very expensive to empty and
bank coins. Under the old Ringo system a 60p ticket cost the purchaser an additional 20p. Under the
new system WS council absorb this fee - so in reality the increase is just 20p.
Cllr Hood at our group meeting successfully lobbied for the resurfacing work to take place in
Newmarket commensurate with the increase - witness the work in All Saints - others will be done,
also.
With respect to district reports as PH for regulatory I’m in a privileged position and often know
confidential information that can’t be disclosed to the town council - so it’s better to say nothing -
however over recent months I have asked for the WS comms team to provide a briefing - much like
is provided by county.
I expect that CPE will be good for the town - ending inconsiderate parking.
I’ve triggered the potential introduction of Resident Parking Zones - but I’m informed this could take
18 months to two years. There will be a cost involved to residents to cover the necessary TROs, lines,
signage and administration costs - I’m looking at ways the town council could be part of the
preliminary process that could result in shortening the potential implementation period.
Hope that helps and happy to take a call to discuss.
Best regards
Andy
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Cllr Andy Drummond

Newmarket West Ward

Tel 07710 027 343

Date: 28 June 2020 at 18:45
To: Rachel Hood <rachel.hood@westsuffolk.gov.uk>; Karen Soons
<karen.soons@westsuffolk.gov.uk>; Andy Drummond <andy.drummond@westsuffolk.gov.uk>;
Michael Anderson <michael.anderson@westsuffolk.gov.uk>
I had no responses from District Councillors to my previous email on parking matters, I would be
very grateful if you are able find a few minutes to provide your input, by email, to these queries. I
live in hope.
The terms of reference for the "West Suffolk Parking Review Group" setup by the Overview and
Scrutiny Committee at West Suffolk Council last July include:
(2)Develop strategic aims and objectives for parking in West Suffolk with local parking plans
aligned with on-street provision.
(3) Consider the imminent service changes arising from the implementation of Civil Parking
Enforcement and the impact on parking behaviour.
The review will deliver, amongst other things, the following outcomes:
(1) An overarching strategy for parking across West Suffolk; individual place based parking
plans for Bury St Edmunds, Haverhill, Newmarket, Mildenhall and Brandon; and a plan for
other rural communities.
Bearing in mind the terms of reference include the impact Civil Parking Enforcement would have on
parking behaviour:
Question 1
I would like to know why the parking review group "decided not to provide a view on parking
options in respect of Newmarket". I have cc'd in the two councillors (Cllr's Nettleton and Cole) who
proposed and seconded the terms of reference of the West Suffolk Parking Review group last year,
who may be best placed to answer that question, but I am interested in the input of Newmarket
Councillors on this subject.
I see from the minutes of the July 2019 Overview and Scrutiny committee meeting that councillors
would be asked to submit their parking concerns to the Review Group, and that stakeholder
meetings would take place in September 2019 and local/ward councillors would be invited to these
meetings.
Question 2

What parking concerns did Newmarket District Councillors submit to the Parking Review Group. Can
you please supply copies of correspondence relating to this, a summary of what you submitted, or
whether you didn't submit any parking concerns to the Review group.
Question 3
Were local/ward councillors invited to stakeholder meetings related to the West Suffolk Parking
Review Group, and if so did any of you attend. If you did, what concerns did you raise?
"In response to a question raised regarding double-yellow lines, members were informed that a
survey would be carried out over the summer, including on-street parking, which would then be
considered by the Review Group."
Question 4
Do you have details of the survey that was carried out over the summer, including on-street parking.
Which areas did this cover? If Newmarket was not included, why not?
I note that the Town Mayor finally raised an item on parking at the Town Council meeting on
October 28 2019, some three months into the parking review. (Agenda Item 19/10/17), but no
District Councillor gave a report to the Town Council prior to this.
Question 5
Why did no District Councillor take an opportunity to use the "Report from District Councillors" at
the July, August, September or October meetings to raise awareness of the West Suffolk Parking
Review Group to the Town Council, and why did no District Councillor take advantage of social
media to raise awareness of this parking review?
Finally, I would like to know what plans Newmarket District Councillors have to get West Suffolk
District Council to review the parking strategy for Newmarket before increasing parking charges or
parking periods.
I look forward to your responses,
sincerely,
Douglas Hall

Appendix 21
Statement to Newmarket Town Council 29 June 2020 from resident John Harvey
Thank you chair.
Introduction of long-awaited Civil Parking Enforcement to reduce dangerous and obstructive

parking – great!
Impact on residents without reviewing parking restrictions or within an overall parking

strategy – not so great!
There is no doubt stress and concern in other parts of town but I wish to focus on an area
acutely affected namely the streets around All Saints Car Park including All Saints Road, Park
Lane, Park Avenue, Queen Street, Granby Street, Green Road where strictly enforcing
existing parking restrictions would mean virtually no day-time parking from 8am to 6pm
thereby affecting many households. And of course, the timing is not good with even more
residents working from home, shifts, furloughed or sadly maybe recently unemployed.
Parking restrictions in the roads surrounding All Saints car park are inconsistent and dubious
as there are significant stretches with single yellow lines where cars could safely park in
road widths of 20 feet or wider (emergency vehicles require 3.7 metres or 12.14 feet,
average car width 6 feet total 18 feet).
There is a 1-hour limit along All Saints Road the purpose of which is unclear and provides
the only on-street parking for around 100 properties - see update below.
I would suggest that such blanket restrictions surely must have assumed that All Saints Road
Car Park would provide a mitigation for the impact of these restrictions on residential
parking and if not then should have. It seems perverse that those living closest to the Car
Park are most adversely affected by it!
So, this has caused quite a stir with Craig Warren starting an on-line petition which in less
than a week has gained 142 signatures and could no doubt increase by going door to door
and it's good to see that the Nkt Journal has also picked this up as a significant issue.
Mark Walsh's briefing note only offers one alternative of a "discounted" car park permit at
£250 which is unsatisfactory in the short-term given the difficulties created – people are
unlikely or unable to afford to pay £250 per car for the car park (£500 for a 2 car household)
so a large number I suggest are more likely to park more inconveniently in neighbouring
streets, so there will be a ripple effect, which could be reduced if west Suffolk could
consider more creative remedies in the short-term - I will suggest some in a moment.
I have waded through the many West Suffolk reports and reviews and these issues are not
new and recommendations including RPZ, reviewing parking restrictions, etc have been

made but I can see little or no progress in addressing these - and actually I came across
letters i sent to FHDC in 2004 and 2006 raising these very same issues !
So I hope I am preaching to the converted when I ask the Town Council to communicate
with West Suffolk in the strongest terms the need for:
Short-term remedies to reduce resident's stress and concern - perhaps:

a) exercise discretion in areas where there are issues (perhaps residents can register their
plates so that CPE officers have their registrations to hand)?
b) provide more realistic / affordable car park permits say £100 (I could argue
mathematically that taking account of the average yield on a car park space operating at
50% capacity that this actually isn't a discount at all)?
c) allocate further temporary pocket car park areas as there are at least 18 on a waiting list
as all 68 (which were reduced from 73 in 2015) are taken - cost £180 (still less than £250) -
there are 2 areas that could easily be earmarked in the car park (along one wall 17 spaces
and surrounding the major electric charge point 21 spaces)?
d) request from Suffolk County change in TROs to amend existing parking restrictions
(maybe Experimental Traffic Orders which can be swiftly introduced and stay in force for 18
months)?
and d) leads into the update on the 1 hr limit in All Saints Road: "I am unable to comment
on what SCC has indicated previously minded that we have only been given enforcement
powers recently. However, under framework of Traffic Management Act and the recent
delegations given to this Council by SCC, we would be in breach of our duty under the terms
of the agreement not to enforce any on street parking restrictions. SCC Highways put in
place these restrictions to control where vehicles are permitted to park and help address the
safety of road users and tackle congestion and any variation to the current restrictions
would require a change to Traffic Regulation Order."
This will mean that, despite spaces on-street, the 100 houses in All Saints Road have no
daytime parking!
In the long-term - perhaps;

a) parking strategy in consultation with stakeholders including residents?
b) consider RPZ as an element of that strategy (although we are still awaiting an agreed
process from WS and SCC)
c) integral to that – review parking restrictions and use of the car parks (e.g. designated
pocket / resident parking areas, affordable permits)?
d) potential one-way flows?
End

Appendix 22
Suffolk County Council response to FOI Request 19366

Appendix 23
Email from Mark Walsh at WSC to Newmarket Town Council, including offer of £150
season ticket for All Saints Car Park
From: Walsh, Mark <mark.walsh@westsuffolk.gov.uk>

Subject: FW: Newmarket Parking issues
Date: 10 July 2020 14:55
To: Townclerk <Townclerk@newmarket.gov.uk>
Cc: Andy Drummond <andy.drummond@westsuffolk.gov.uk>; Rachel Hood
<Rachel.Hood@westsuffolk.gov.uk>; Robert Nobbs <robert.nobbs@westsuffolk.gov.uk>; Councillor
Appleby <CouncillorAppleby@newmarket.gov.uk>;Darren Dixon
<Darren.Dixon@westsuffolk.gov.uk>; Jacqueline LaThangue
<Jacqueline.LaThangue@Westsuffolk.gov.uk>
Dear Debbie,
As promised, please find attached and herein a pack of information which we hope can help support
the Newmarket Town Council (NTC) Parking Working Party for their consideration and to support
them in carrying out some initial consultation of All Saints area residents regarding the potential for
an RPZ scheme in the area.
Please find attached:-
RPZ Proposals Info 2020 – this document seeks to set-out the process for establishing TRO/RPZ in
Newmarket and expectations in terms of responsibilities and funding
Details of previous SCC RPZ scheme / consultation (draft final report and appendices A to F)
We have had sight of the draft consultation form prepared by the Working Group for stage 1
consultation and think it is very comprehensive and we wouldn’t suggest adding anything further to
it. We note that previously residents were not asked whether they would support an RPZ until Phase
2 of the consultation process that SCC undertook. However, we believe the Working Party is correct
to ask the residents for outline support from the start of the process before further resources are
committed to the project. We would advise the working group to be minded that businesses and
other facilities (such as churches) in the defined area will need to be consulted as parking
restrictions are developed if this isn’t already part of the plan.
In the attached guide to setting up a Resident Permit Scheme, we have tried to set out the necessary
steps from inception through to implementation. It is important to emphasise the need to consult
and build up as much information before we start working up a technical scheme, and that a normal
RPZ can cost between £10-20k depending on its size and level of complexity. Also, once operational,
no scheme should require council subsidy.
Off Street Parking Offer

Currently, a season ticket costs £250 per annum and applies to all long stay car parks.
We propose retaining the £250 ticket for users wishing to park in Grosvenor Yard, St Mary’s and
Guineas (LS) as they are smaller car parks with higher levels of occupancy.

In reviewing data/numbers and in wanting to come up with an offer to alleviate pressure on the
streets whilst an RPZ is investigated, as a trial we propose establishing a new All Saints Car Park
annual season ticket at a cost of £150 (inclusive of VAT). It is hoped that the permit will help to
encourage long stay users to this car park with its ample spare capacity allowing more spaces in the
other car parks to be freed up for short stay parking and releasing more capacity at peak times. I
appreciate this is slightly higher than the previous cost indicated but we have needed to tweak it
upwards slightly based on the numbers, administrative and change costs. This would need to be
made in a single payment.
The process and online payment platform will need changing before this can be introduced and we
are hopeful that the scheme could be made available in 4 weeks, hopefully sooner.
As previously mentioned in my email to you on 02JUL20, We are keen to work positively with NTC on
this issue in order to come to the best solution for the town and its residents.
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to get in touch. I am away on leave for a week from
tonight but my colleague Darren Dixon is at your disposal if you have any questions.
I have copied this email to selected local councillors who have been in touch with me on this issue.
Kind regards,
Mark
Mark Walsh
Assistant Director (Operations)
Email: mark.walsh@westsuffolk.gov.uk

Appendix 24
RPZ Proposals info 2020
New Residential Parking Permit

Scheme for your area.
Introduction
Parking schemes help people who live in busy areas park near their
homes. They may be necessary because the area is very busy and has
too many cars and not enough spaces
For residents living in the following towns:
▪Bury St Edmunds
▪Newmarket
▪Haverhill
▪Clare
▪Brandon
▪Mildenhall
West Suffolk Council in partnership with Suffolk County Council will review
all new residential permit parking applications after the initial consultation
period.
What you can request
West Suffolk Council can receive requests to introduce a permit scheme

and also additional restrictions within residential areas from:
• Residents
• Police
• Developers

• Town Councils
• Parish Councils
Before implementing any scheme, the views of everyone who could be

affected by the proposal will be considered by consulting widely, as it may
be necessary to extend the area of control from the original request.
Process to request Resident Parking Restrictions

When we receive a request for resident parking restrictions, we will send
you an acknowledgement.
To make sure our resources are used efficiently, only schemes that have
demonstrated support from an appropriate representative number of local
residents in excess of 50% will be accepted.
The Scheme must be supported by your local Councillor and consultation

should have taken place with your local Parish or Town Council
This evidence could be submitted as a simple petition with sufficient

signatures to the following address:
Correspondence should be sent to parking.services@westsuffolk.gov.uk or

Parking Services, West Suffolk Council, West Suffolk House, Western
Way, Bury St Edmunds, IP33 3YU.
The process
The initial request or petition must demonstrate more than 50% of the
residents support the implementation of residents parking or changes to
the current parking arrangements. It is important that a large percentage
of residents do support the scheme as this will impact on the financial
viability of the scheme and price of the permit.
Following an assessment of the request, West Suffolk Council will

commission Suffolk County Council to undertake a review of the area.
During this review, other roads in the area may be assessed, to identify

issues such as displacement (cars moving to nearby streets to find

unrestricted parking), business, visitor attractions, town centre
improvements, traffic flows, congestion, parity of availability and charges
(based on the concept of ‘polluter pays’). To move to this phase, West
Suffolk Council will seek a local funding source to contribute to cost of this
technical assessment. This may include S106 receipts, local Councillor
locality budgets or contribution from your local Town and Parish Council
The review will take a ‘holistic view’ to make sure the scheme is ‘right
first time’, particularly in terms of displacement.
Initial Consultation
This will usually involve a ‘drop in’ session that all residents in the
identified area will be invited to, with a questionnaire to be completed.
For a mixed scheme, such as in a town centre, where business and retail
properties are in the consultation area, they will be involved in the
consultation to make sure the needs of their visitors and customers are
taken into account.
The aim of the consultation is to identify whether most residents would

support the introduction of parking controls. The consultation will also
identify the cause of problem parking that usually results in residents
being unable to park near their property.
Once they have been presented with the controls that could be
introduced, the consultation will also ask residents to say what they think
the design of the scheme to be.
If most residents support the need for controls, a draft scheme, based on
the specific needs of the residents and the surrounding areas will be
prepared.
The consultation may result in no viable solution being identified,

particularly if there are too many residents’ vehicles for the available road
space.
Informal Consultation
After the initial consultation, a draft scheme will be prepared based on a
highway assessment of the area. The scheme will take account of resident
feedback received during the initial consultation process. Details of the
draft scheme will be circulated to residents and interested parties for
further comments.

Details of the informal consultation will help with the design of the final
scheme and enable the Traffic Regulation Order to be drafted.
The consultation process may also identify other places in the wider area
where residents may not want controls to be introduced. These could be
removed even if controls in the original requesting location go ahead.
The draft scheme will take account of the cost of implementing the
measures and the ongoing management and enforcement of scheme. The
scheme should not run at an operational financial deficit and the cost of
the permit(s) should off set running costs.
Formal Consultation
Once the legal documents have been prepared, the draft Traffic
Regulation Order will be published for formal consultation. Formal
consultation of a Traffic Regulation Order takes the form of an advert in
the local paper and Public Notices placed near the proposed restrictions
(where appropriate). Local residents and any other interested bodies will
also be sent notification letters. Local Councillors, emergency services,
the Freight Transport Association, the Road Haulage Association, the Chief
Constable and local public transport operators are notified of the
proposals.
The formal consultation period is for at least 21 days from the start of
the notice.
Full details of the scheme will be made available at Suffolk County Council
Highways, local district and town councils, and online.
Objections to proposals
Any objections to the proposals and comments of support must be made

in writing to the address specified in the notice or sent by email during
the consultation period. All objections will be considered prior to any
decision.

Appendix 25
Rous Roud NTC Parking Working Group – Appendix C Summary of findings and
feedback highlights 17 Sept 2020
Appendix C: summary of findings and feedback highlights
Responses to key survey questions:
• The 52% (74) survey responses confirmed that many residents are experiencing parking problems (87% of
respondents) due to limited parking availability, current parking restrictions and recent parking enforcement.
• The findings indicate that there is significant support for consideration of measures including Residents’ Parking
Zones (RPZ) (88% of respondents) and many are prepared to pay within reason (73%) in some form and pricing
structure, although a number understandably argue that residents shouldn’t have to be paying to park near their
homes. Reasons mentioned include car park charges and enforcement (including in the High Street) meaning
shoppers, workers, other residents are being displaced often parking during the day so fewer spaces for
residents. There is additional pressure from flats and HMOs. Seems unfair that because others are parking in the
streets (choosing not to use the car parks) residents (who have no choice) struggle to park often being forced
to pay to park in the car park. Maybe employers should be providing / contributing towards car park passes for
their staff.
• Overwhelming support for a scheme to include use of Rous Road Car Park (80%).
• Other streets identified for RPZ include those covered by the All Saints Survey plus Moulton Road and Sackville
Street.
• Calls for thorough review of restrictions including revoking the 1 hr waiting limit and appropriate provision of
disabled spaces.
• Reasonable support for electric charging points.
• Car dependency for work and social due to inadequate public transport (bus and train) which is also seen as
unreliable and costly.
Other issues raised in surveys / discussions:
• Parking difficulties is having a significant impact for the parents with very young children, elderly or disabled.
• Any scheme needs robust enforcement.
• Survey received a very positive response but a couple would like to have a public forum to discuss.
• Pavement parking is an issue restricting push chairs and wheelchairs.
• Streets need some upkeep – clear out drains, collect litter and repair street lights.
• Obstruction around corners is problematic, particularly Rous Road exit entrance at the High Street which is a
bottleneck and can cause tailbacks to the High Street when commercial vehicles are parked near the corner
restricting access.
• Inadequate signage with drivers heading down Lisburn Rd thinking that they can get to the car park and
damaging vehicles when trying to reverse back.
• Rous Road is used as a cut through into the High Street so cars dangerously speed through.
• Review short-stay and long stay car park designations maybe Rous Road to allow long-stay ideally with improved
lighting and CCTV.
• Suggest different permits e.g. commercial and residents (as an affordable rate)
• One resident (undergoing cancer treatment) is so incensed that, if something is not done to address the issues
and quickly, they are prepared to contact a leading national journalist that they know.
Working group comments on survey returns:
• The level of returns would have been nearer 60% as it was in Lisburn Road and Rous Road, but skewed by a lower
return from Old Station Road doe to the nature of properties (Flats and HMOs).
• The survey identified 5 of the 10 pocket car park holders so others may not have submitted returns, although all
those that did support RPZ.
• Although a few responses show purely self-interest rather than a wider community consideration, generally
respondents seem to have taken a holistic approach.

Appendix 26
Email from Mark Walsh at WSC to Newmarket Town Council regarding resumption of
1 hour parking bay enforcement in Newmarket.
From: Townclerk <Townclerk@newmarket.gov.uk>

Subject: FW: Meeting today
Date: 10 August 2020 14:17
To: Councillor O'neill <councilloro'neill@newmarket.gov.uk>
Hello Chris
Please see below, from Mark Walsh. Are you able to circulate to PWG members?
Thank you
Debbie

Subject: RE: Meeting today
Date: 10 August 2020 13:15
Hi Debbie,
At my meeting with the Parking Working Group last Friday they asked me about the status of the 1
hour parking bays in All Saints Road and Lisbon Road and when enforcement might be resumed.
We did enforce these restrictions starting in June but there was such a furore that we suspended
enforcement in July pending arrangements to support residents with other parking options. Now the
All Saints car park permit is live we would like to resume enforcement in these areas after
appropriate notice. Our thoughts would be to place signs out by the parking bays a few days before
enforcement is resumed advising the date when this will happen.
I would be interested in the views from the group on this and whether they have any other ideas on
how to inform motorists of this change.
Many thanks.
Mark
Mark Walsh


Date: 10 August 2020 10:59

Morning Debbie,
I promised to send you a Highways contact at Suffolk County Council.
I think the best contact would be David Chenery – email address

David.Chenery@suffolkhighways.org
Regards,
Mark
Mark Walsh

Date: 07 August 2020 17:20
To: 'Townclerk' <Townclerk@newmarket.gov.uk>
Cc: LaThangue, Jacqueline <Jacqueline.LaThangue@Westsuffolk.gov.uk>
Hi Debbie,
Thanks for your time today, it was lovely to meet with you.
I thought the meeting with the Parking Working Group was very constructive and we look forward to
working with you all as this moves forward.
Take care and have a good one.
Regards,
Mark
Mark Walsh

#TeamWestSuffolk
From: Townclerk <townclerk@newmarket.gov.uk>

Subject: Meeting today
Date: 07 August 2020 16:46
To: Mark Walsh <mark.walsh@westsuffolk.gov.uk>
Hello Mark
Just wanted to say thank you for coming out to Newmarket today, to meet with me and with
members of the Parking Group. I understand it was agreed that all correspondence from the group
would come through me as Town Clerk, which sounds sensible.
Thanks again and have a good weekend.
Debbie
Debbie Baines
Town Clerk (from 13th July 2020)

Appendix 27
All Saints Car Parking Group – August 2020 report to Full Council
All Saints Car Parking Group
August 2020 report to Full Council
I have some good news and some not so good news.
On 14th August, just 10 days ago, Cllr Appleby, three residents of All Saints and I met with a
WSC Officer. He was impressed with the survey the working group had done on parking
problems in All Saints, suggesting that a further survey was not necessary and that WSC /
SCC could produce a report on Residents parking Zones for consultation.
A further bit of good news is that WSC have introduced a £100 reduction on the £250
annual permits for All Saints car park, which should alleviate some local parking problems.
Not so good news is that WSC appear not to wish to extend these £150 annual permits to
apply in the TK Maxx car park, which could benefit residents of Rous and Lisburn Road.
Further not so good news is that WSC intend to pursue enforcement of the single line 1
hour restrictions of Rous Road and All Saints Road under CPE, having not been enforced for
many years. This disadvantages Rous Road in particular, but also All Saints Road residents to
name but a few.
The Working Group meets weekly, and, over a 8 week period has surveyed over 800
residences and has come up with creative and robust ideas to alleviate the issues residents
face and intend to pursue sensible solutions to the parking problems of All Saints and, with
Council's approval, wish to extend their remit to consider parking strategies for the whole of
Newmarket. The Working Group seeks approval from the Town Council to agree in principle
to support an application for change to the TROs regarding the 1 hr limits should this not be
achievable by negotiation with WSC / Suffolk County Council.
The working group has a unique focus on the issue because we are creatively working
towards providing residents with adequate parking and it is our hope that by continued
constructive engagement with the District and County Councils we will be able to continue
to make positive progress.

Appendix 28
Email exchange between Mark Walsh WSC and NTC Town Clerk.
From: Walsh, Mark <mark.walsh@westsuffolk.gov.uk>

Subject: RE: Enforcement of 1 hour limits
Date: 21 August 2020 11:53
Cc: Councillor O'neill <councilloro'neill@newmarket.gov.uk>; Jacqueline LaThangue
<Jacqueline.LaThangue@Westsuffolk.gov.uk>
Dear Debbie,
Thanks for your reply and the further thoughts of the group.
Clearly, there are a range of views on this matter but I would repeat what was said when I met with
the group a couple of weeks ago. I appreciate that from their perspective enforcement of these
resident’s on-street parking feels like something that has recently been done to them. However, the
alternative view is that the residents have chosen to park illegally for years in the knowledge that
the Police had more pressing tasks than enforcing their illegal on-street parking. These residents
have also rejected proposals for Resident’s Parking Zones (twice) brought forward at not
inconsiderable cost to the tax payer, presumably preferring to take their chances with illegal on-
street parking. In taking on the responsibility for CPE we are responding to the wishes of the many
whilst understanding that for the few, this will be an inconvenience. I would also reiterate that it is
arguably not the council’s responsibility to ensure residents have convenient on-street parking
outside or close to their homes when they own motor vehicles but don’t have their own off-street
parking facilities.
Having said that, we want to try to maintain a positive dialogue with the group which is why we
sought suggestions about how we might make residents aware of the resumption of enforcement to
the 1 hour bays.
By not enforcing these areas we are in breach of our agreement with SCC and acting inconsistently
with other such areas in the district. It’s not about good faith and discrimination – it’s about the law.
It does not seem credible that SCC would have told NTC/residents the bays would not be enforced
and we have seen no written evidence of this, probably because as the Highways Authority they
would also be in breach of the Traffic Management Act. Furthermore, we just cannot continue to
turn a blind eye on this until the RPZ issue is resolved – that could be up to 2 years away. Any
informal arrangements such as those being proposed for enforcement of entirely legitimate
restrictions will inevitably compromise our enforcement integrity.
We have contacted SCC Highways to check this point and ask whether a Temporary Traffic
Regulation Order (TTRO) could be made lifting the 1 hour restriction on these bays allowing us
legitimately to not enforce them whilst the RPZ is progressed. They have confirmed our view of the
current status of the 1 hour restriction per the current TRO and have said that this does not meet
the criteria for a TTRO.
I must also warn you that in chasing SCC Highways on a response to our recent request for proposals
to progress an RPZ for the subject streets in Newmarket, they have warned us of a significant

backlog of TRO work related to Safer Places initiatives across the county linked to maintaining safe
social distancing in our towns during the current pandemic (I did warn the group of this when I met
them).
We therefore need to resume enforcement of the 1 hour bays as previously stated and will prepare
signs to alert local residents of this. We remain open to any suggestions the group has in
communicating this to the local residents.
Kind regards,
Mark
Mark Walsh
From: Townclerk <Townclerk@newmarket.gov.uk>

Subject: RE: Enforcement of 1 hour limits
Date: 21 August 2020 11:53
To: Walsh, Mark <mark.walsh@westsuffolk.gov.uk>
Cc: Jacqueline LaThangue <Jacqueline.LaThangue@Westsuffolk.gov.uk>; Councillor O'neill
<councilloro'neill@newmarket.gov.uk>;
As requested, I have raised your query regarding reintroducing enforcement of the 1 hr limits on All
Saints Road and Rous Road (rather than Lisburn Road) with the Parking Working Group and their
response is as follows:
The group is grateful that you are satisfied with the work that we have done to provide evidence of
support for a parking scheme particularly in the All Saints area and look forward to further details
regarding costs, timescale and future input from the group so that this can be progressed at
pace. We also believe that it is essential that the designation (e.g. short and long-stay) and allocation
of both on-street (County) and off-street (District) provision needs to be more comprehensively
integrated.
The group is however still concerned about the limited measures to ameliorate the immediate
issues facing residents arising from on-street enforcement, namely:
(a) the now reduced on-street capacity due to inexplicably excessive amount of single yellow lines
(many of which seem unnecessary or irrelevant) and
(b) the 1 hour waiting limits - when residents raised concerns at seeing new signs, officers at Suffolk
County assured them that these were to discourage non-residents but would not be enforced
(Rous Road recently and All Saints Road in March 2015).
The group is grateful for the positive response to our suggestion for reduced price permit for All
Saints car park and, whilst £150 is still costly, this should provide some relief for the available
parking lost due to (a), but the group very strongly feel that this should be seen as supplementary to
the 1 hr area as it can in no way provide the only alternative to it.

If the 1 hr limits are enforced (contrary to Suffolk's previous reassurances) then there will effectively
be no day-time parking for residents from 8am to 6pm (10 hours) 6 days a week for part of Rous
Road and also in All Saints Road for over 100 households lining a stretch of wide road several
hundred yards long which residents rely on - and even heavier reliance at the moment with more
working from home. Many will not be able to afford to or even prepared to pay for a £150 permit
(particularly in a multi-car household or if someone is on furlough / potentially facing redundancy)
so will have to park (if possible) inconveniently for them and residents in neighbouring streets -
adding to the problems. Additionally for Rous Road the £150 permit to All Saints is of no benefit as it
is too far away, but would of course be more useful if was available for Rous Road Car Park (perhaps
limited just to residents).
If West Suffolk's intention is to reintroduce enforcement of the 1 hr limits then the group feel that
this risks undermining the good faith established during the process thus far to the detriment,
discrimination and anguish of the residents, particularly as the only options of fines or £150 permits
may be perceived as just money-making.
So our suggestion is to continue to suspend enforcement of the 1 hr restrictions whilst the RPZ
process is in train. In the unlikely event that this is not possible then one option the group may
consider is for the Town Council to request a change to the Traffic Regulation Orders, rescinding the
1 hr limits in accord with County's reassurances. But our hope is that this will not be necessary and
thereby avoid unnecessary expense or waste of public money. As it happens 3 of the signs in Rous
Road are unreadable and would need changing so it seems sensible to wait for the RPZ process.
We are sure that you appreciate the gravity of the impact and timing of this on people already
struggling with significant changes to their lives and can provide a positive outcome.
I hope this response is useful, please get in touch if you have any queries.
Debbie Baines
Town Clerk

Appendix 29
West Suffolk Council response to FOI Request 363667
Review of Request for Information submitted by Mr Douglas Hall via email mail:
NICETRYBUTNOTTO on the 29 June 2020
Review conducted in accordance with Step 2 of the Corporate Complaints Procedure by

the Service Manager (Shared Legal)
Please note that all correspondence in this report has been quoted verbatim and no
amendments/adjustments have been made in transcribing from the originals.
Complaint
On the 23 July 2020 the Council replied to a request for information submitted by Mr Hall
on the 29 June 2020:
I refer to your request for information dated 29 June 2020 and subsequent refined request
22 July 2020.
Request:
1. Membership of the West Suffolk Parking Review Group that was setup by the Overview
and Scrutiny Committee last July, please also provide details of meetings that were held
by the West Suffolk Parking Review Group, including the dates and attendance at each
meeting.
2. Minutes of all meetings of the West Suffolk Parking Review Group.
In terms of the dates and attendance at the meeting, please find attached a table that sets
this out. The table lists the name of each Councillor; for reference Councillor Soons was
requested to participate in the working group as a representative of Suffolk Council.
The car park review group was not subject to a formal minute taking process, but instead
notes were taken of the meetings, recording the debate and conclusion reached.
The Council's Monitoring Officer has carefully considered whether the notes of the meeting
should be provided under the Freedom of Information Act. The notes extensively reference
the individual thoughts and opinions of Councillors and officers of the Council, to the point
where removal would mean the notes are not understandable. As such, they constitute the
personal data of those individuals and therefore there needs to be a legitimate interest,
under s.40(2) of the Freedom of Information Act to be able to provide the information to
you.

We accept that there is some legitimate interest in understanding, in a greater detail, the
discussions at the Car Park Review Group meeting. The conclusions of the review group
have attracted public attention. However, their extensive report, which provides their
conclusions and the supporting evidence and conclusions that have been drawn,
supplemented by the subsequent papers considered by the Council's Cabinet in February
2020, is already in the public domain.
We have to balance this legitimate interest against the expectation of Councillors and
officers. Whilst I accept that Councillors are generally held to a higher test, it is also the case
that they would, and did, have an expectation that the review group notes would not be put
in the public domain.
In conclusion, the Monitoring Officer does not consider that the legitimate interest in
disclosure overrides the need to process personal data in a fair, transparent and lawful
manner. Given this, there is no lawful basis to process the information and without a lawful
basis, the information cannot be released. As such, the FOI request is refused under s.40(2)
of the Freedom of Information Act.
If you are unhappy with the service you have received in relation to your request and wish
to make a complaint or request a review of our decision please let me know in order that I
can pass this to the relevant parties.
If, after an internal review, you are still unhappy with the decision, you have a right of
appeal to the Information Commissioner at the following address:
Website: www.ico.org.uk
Email via https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/email/
website:
Tel: 0303 123 1113
Address: Information Commissioner's Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire SK9 5AF
Mr Hall replied on the 12 August 2020:
Thank you for your email and positive response to part 1 of my request.
Regarding Part 2 - "Minutes of all meetings of the West Suffolk Parking Review Group", I am afraid I
must disagree with your conclusion.
You refer to the extensive report produced by the working group and the subsequent papers
considered by Cabinet in February 2020. However, none of that information explains why the
parking review group chose not to adhere to a single one of the terms of reference it had been given
by the Overview and Scrutiny Committee.

The terms of reference for the "West Suffolk Parking Review Group" setup by the Overview and
Scrutiny Committee at West Suffolk Council last July include:
(2) Develop strategic aims and objectives for parking in West Suffolk with local parking plans aligned
with on-street provision.
(3) Consider the imminent service changes arising from the implementation of Civil Parking
Enforcement and the impact on parking behaviour.
The review will deliver, amongst other things, the following outcomes:
(1) An overarching strategy for parking across West Suffolk; individual place based parking plans for
Bury St Edmunds, Haverhill, Newmarket, Mildenhall and Brandon; and a plan for other rural
communities.
In the final report, the parking review group "decided not to provide a view on parking options in
respect of Newmarket", but gave no explanation as to why. I believe it is inarguable that the public
interest in understanding how that decision was reached outweighs any objections Councillors might
have under s.40(2) given the ramifications of that decision. Indeed I would argue that the
prevarication, obfuscation and evasion from the Council and Councillors on the subject makes it
even more imperative that there is full transparency of the process that lead to the decision to
exclude Newmarket.
I was also astounded to receive an email from Councillor Simon Cole in June who wrote "Also this
review was only about charges, maintenance and payment methods and that "parking" as an issue
with all the work that entails would be looked at later, I think we said this October onwards..."
So you have a Parking Review Group that felt it appropriate to change its terms of reference half
way through its life.
Also at the Overview at Scrutiny Committee last July when the terms of reference for the review
group were set up, councillors would be invited to submit their parking concerns to the review group
and that stakeholder meetings would take place in September 2019 and local/ward Councillors
would be invited to these meetings. I think it is, again, in the public interest to know whether any of
this actually happened, the parking concerns raised and so on.
I feel that the Council is using s.40(2) to deflect from legitimate enquiry into the workings of a review
group that have significant impact on the community of West Suffolk. You will, I think, be aware of
the work Newmarket Town Council and local residents have needed to do in recent weeks to try and
tackle parking issues in Newmarket as a consequence of the lack of action and foresight on the part
of West Suffolk and its councillors.
The Nolan Principles, referenced in West Suffolk's Code of Conduct include the following:
Openness: Holders of public office should make decisions in an open and transparent manner.
Information should not be withheld from the public unless there are clear and lawful reasons for
doing so.
Accountability: Councillors are accountable to the public for their decisions and actions and must
submit themselves to the scrutiny necessary to ensure this.

Given the Code of Conduct, I find it astonishing that councillors would come to the conclusion that
they have an expectation that notes from meetings would be exempt from an FOI disclosure.
Finally you have failed to adequately explain why the disclosure of meeting notes would not be in
the public interest.
Councils should welcome scrutiny and overview from residents not try and avoid it. I hope you will
reconsider and review my request, If I do not get a satisfactory response from West Suffolk Council
to Part 2 of my FOI enquiry I will be appealing to the ICO, but I trust that will not be necessary.
Findings
In reviewing this matter I have considered guidance provided by the Information

Commissioner’s Office (ICO).
A requester may ask for any information that is held by the Council however this does not
mean that the Council is always obliged to provide the information. In some cases, there will
be a good reason why some or all of the information should not be made public.
S.40(2) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 provides:
40 Personal information.
(2) Any information to which a request for information relates is also exempt information if—
(a)it constitutes personal data which does not fall within subsection (1), and
(b) the first, second or third condition below is satisfied.
(3A) The first condition is that the disclosure of the information to a member of the public otherwise than under this Act—
(a)would contravene any of the data protection principles, or
(b)would do so if the exemptions in section 24(1) of the Data Protection Act 2018 (manual unstructured data held by public authorities)
were disregarded.
(3B)The second condition is that the disclosure of the information to a member of the public otherwise than under this Act would
contravene Article 21 of the GDPR (general processing: right to object to processing).
(4A)The third condition is that—
(a)on a request under Article 15(1) of the GDPR (general processing: right of access by the data subject) for access to personal data, the
information would be withheld in reliance on provision made by or under section 15, 16 or 26 of, or Schedule 2, 3 or 4 to, the Data
Protection Act 2018,
or
(b)on a request under section 45(1)(b) of that Act (law enforcement processing: right of access by the data subject), the information would
be withheld in reliance on subsection (4) of that section.
(5A)The duty to confirm or deny does not arise in relation to information which is (or if it were held by the public authority would be)
exempt information by virtue of subsection (1).
(5B)The duty to confirm or deny does not arise in relation to other information if or to the extent that any of the following applies—
(a)giving a member of the public the confirmation or denial that would have to be given to comply with section 1(1)(a)—
(i)would (apart from this Act) contravene any of the data protection principles, or

(ii)would do so if the exemptions in section 24(1) of the Data Protection Act 2018 (manual unstructured data held by public authorities)
were disregarded;
(b)giving a member of the public the confirmation or denial that would have to be given to comply with section 1(1)(a) would (apart from
this Act) contravene Article 21 of the GDPR (general processing: right to object to processing);
(c)on a request under Article 15(1) of the GDPR (general processing: right of access by the data subject) for confirmation of whether
personal data is being processed, the information would be withheld in reliance on a provision listed in subsection (4A)(a);
(d)on a request under section 45(1)(a) of the Data Protection Act 2018 (law enforcement processing: right of access by the data subject),
the information would be withheld in reliance on subsection (4) of that section.
(6) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(7) In this section—
• “the data protection principles” means the principles set out in—
(a) Article 5(1) of the GDPR, and
(b) section 34(1) of the Data Protection Act 2018;
• “data subject” has the same meaning as in the Data Protection Act 2018 (see section 3 of
that Act);
• “the GDPR”, “personal data”, “processing” and references to a provision of Chapter 2 of Part 2 of the Data Protection Act
2018 have the same meaning as in Parts 5 to 7 of that Act (see section 3(2), (4), (10), (11) and (14) of that Act).
(8)In determining for the purposes of this section whether the lawfulness principle in Article 5(1)(a) of the GDPR would be contravened by
the disclosure of information, Article 6(1) of the GDPR (lawfulness) is to be read as if the second sub-paragraph (disapplying the legitimate
interests gateway in relation to public authorities) were omitted.
In considering a request for information which contains third party personal information the
Council must consider whether the personal data meets one of three conditions:
1. Would disclosing the data contravene the Data Protection Principles;

2. Would disclosure contravene the right to objects;
3. Would the requested data be exempt from the right of subject access.
The first condition would apply in this case and, due to the information not being special
category data or criminal offence data the Council must consider the legitimate interest
test.
The first condition of the exemption at section 40(2) is absolute and therefore not subject to
the public interest test.
The legitimate interest test
In order to assess whether this lawful basis is engaged the Council needs to consider three
key questions: (i) Purpose: what is the legitimate interest in the disclosure of the
information? (ii) Necessity: is disclosure necessary for that purpose? (iii) Balancing test: does
the legitimate interest outweigh the interests and rights of the individual?
I am satisfied that the Council has correctly applied the exemption at Section 40(2) of the
Freedom of Information Act.
The next stage is to determine whether the personal data within the recorded information
can be released once the personal data has been extracted.

The Monitoring Officer has noted that redaction of the exempt personal data would be to
such an extent that they would leave the notes meaningless, stating that they extensively
reference the individual thoughts and opinions of Councillors and officers of the Council. It is
further noted that the conclusions and supporting evidence drawn from those meetings
were disclosed in an extensive report which was subsequently reported to the Council’s
Cabinet and thereafter made public
Conclusion
I am satisfied that the exemption at S40(2) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 has
been correctly applied in this matter.
Signed: Dated: 11/09/2020

Service Manager (Shared Legal)

Appendix 30
Suffolk Police response to FOI Request 002932-20

Appendix A
Horse Racing Museum Visitor Numbers.
2019 – Unknown
2018 – 22,000 (20,000 paying)
2017 – 30,000 (20,000 paying)
2016 – Unknown
2015 – 11,897
2014 – 12,693
2013 – 12,588
2012 – 12855
2011 – 12,481
2010 – 9,827
2009 – 8,975
2008 – circa 12,000
2007 – 16.2% increase from 2006
2006 – 11.23% decrease from 2005
2005 – 4% decrease from 2004
2004 – 20% increase from 2003
2003 – decrease from 2002
2001 – increase from 2000
2000 – increase from 1999
1998 – 21,110
1997 – 20,370 up 27% on 1996
1996 – down on 1995
1995 – down 7% on 1994
1994 – down on 1993.
Source: National Horseracing Museum Annual Company Accounts and Palace House
Museum Website.

Appendix B
West Suffolk Councillors for Newmarket – Newmarket East
02 May 2019 (2 seats)

Rachel Hood C 353
Robert Nobbs C 337
Andrew Appleby WSuffolk 260
Christopher O'Neill WSuffolk 233
Kevin Yarrow Lab 196
Susan Perry Lab 187
Andrew Gillett LD 115
John Derry LD 87
West Suffolk Councillors for Newmarket – Newmarket North
30 January 2020 (1 seat – by election for resignation of R Millar)

Karen Soons C 309
Jonathan Edge LD 130
Ruth Allen WSuffolk 118
Theresa Chipulina Lab 73
Frank Stennett Ind 54
Alice Haylock Grn 44
02 May 2019 (2 seats)

Michael Anderson WSuffolk 404
Robin Millar C 331
Stephen Edwards WSuffolk 220
Oliver Bowen Lab 195
Duncan Russell Lab 182
West Suffolk Councillors for Newmarket – Newmarket West
02 May 2019 (2 seats)

Andy Drummond C 482
James Lay C 376

Michael Jefferys Lab 350

Yasemin Fitzgerald Lab 319
David Hudson UKIP 223

Appendix C
Forest Heath Councillors for Newmarket – All Saints Ward
07 May 2015 (2 seats)

Stephen Edwards C 760 53.7%
Robin Millar C 666
Hilary Appleton Lab 348 24.6%
Virginia Jordan WSuffolk 308 21.8%
Christopher O'Neill WSuffolk 299
05 May 2011 (2 seats)

Geoffrey Jaggard C 461 43.9%
Robin Millar C 366
Christopher Turner Lab 313 29.8%
Hilary Radford LD 277 26.4%
03 May 2007 (2 seats)

Robin Millar C 355 48.3%
Geoffrey Jaggard C 351
Catriona Pilborough LD 195 26.5%
Christopher Turner Lab 185 25.2%
01 May 2003 (2 seats)

Geoffrey Jaggard C 445 68.9%
Robin Millar C 367
Sheila Malham Lab 201 31.1%
Kevin Yarrow Lab 170

Forest Heath Councillors for Newmarket – St Mary’s Ward
17 August 2017 [Death of Bill Sadler]

Robert Nobbs C 338 50.1%
Michael Jefferys Lab 276 40.9%
Alice Haylock Grn 60 8.9%
07 May 2015 (3 seats) [1 C gain from Lab]

Christopher Barker C 876 39.4%
William Sadler C 855
Andrew Drummond C 784
David Hudson UKIP 632 28.4%
Dawn Dicker UKIP 482
Vivien Uney Lab 465
Lee Jacobs Lab 412
Richard Smith UKIP 353
05 May 2011 (3 seats) [C and Lab gain from Ind from Forest Heath
Independent Alliance]
Christopher Barker C 540 29.4%
William Sadler C 505
Ruth Allen Ind 451 24.6%
Susan Syvret C 355
Peter Clifton Lab 329
03 May 2007 (3 seats) [1 Ind and 1 FHIA gain from C and West Suffolk
Andy Drummond Ind 570 26.6%
Susan Honeyford C 433 20.2%
Ruth Allen FHIA 420 19.6%
Carol Lynch C 374
Bill Sadler C 367
Charles Drakeley FHIA 351

01 May 2003 (3 seats)

Terence Mills WSIA 445 32.1%
William Sadler C 443 31.9%
Carol Lynch C 429
Andrew Drummond WSIA 394
Elaine Weaver C 340
Paul Dwane Lab 250
Rubiya Ahsan Lab 212

Forest Heath Councillors for Newmarket – Severals Ward

07 May 2015 (3 seats) [2 WSuffolk gains from C]
Michael Anderson C 1116 54.5%
Andrew Appleby WSuffolk 931 45.5%
John Hirst C 885
Rachel Hood C 882
Leslie Vollenhoven WSuffolk 881
05 May 2011 (3 seats) [2 C gains from LD, 1 C gain from Forest Heath
Michael Anderson C 663 46.2%
Rachel Hood C 655
John Hirst C 637
Vivien Uney Lab 416 29.0%
Ian Radford LD 357 24.9%
Ian Horner LD 237
03 May 2007 (3 seats) [2 LD gains from C, 1 FHIA gain from C]

Andrew Appleby LD 461 33.7%
Ian Radford LD 435
Warwick Hirst FHIA 360 26.3%
Maureen Hills C 356 26.0%
Timothy Huggan LD 349
Chris Barker C 343
Howard Jackson C 314
Joy Uney Lab 190 13.9%
01 May 2003 (3 seats)

George Lambton C 369 33.1%
Maureen Hills C 322
Christopher Barker C 309
James Littlewood WSIA 285 25.6%
John Hirst WSIA 262
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NEWMARKET

Newmarket Parking Working Group

September 21, 2020 1

NEWMARKET JOURNAL, 20 NOVEMBER 2014. .......................................................................................................... 47

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APPENDIX 20 ......................................................................................................................................... 101

APPENDIX 27 ......................................................................................................................................... 120

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6 iliffe Media Publishing Ltd (2004), linked in Appendix 1 Newmarket Journal

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At an FHDC extraordinary meeting held on 16 November 200923, report COU09/436

available from https://democracy.westsuffolk.gov.uk/

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Some of the recommendations in the report included an RPZ consultation (subject to

Following on from a report presented to the Community Services Committee on 18 October

September 2010), available from https://democracy.westsuffolk.gov.uk/

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Appendix 1 – COM11/345 Car Parking in Newmarket Charging Regime36

Appendix 3 – COM11/351 Car Parking in Newmarket Charging Regime.38

OAS11/390 Appendix 2 (10 November 2011), available from https://democracy.westsuffolk.gov.uk/

available from https://democracy.westsuffolk.gov.uk/

(31 January 2013), available from https://democracy.westsuffolk.gov.uk/

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At the Newmarket Town Council Community Services meeting on 02 September, members

At the Newmarket Town Council Community Services meeting on 04 November, members

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Another comment from the same meeting was

And another comment that

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The Newmarket Vision E-Newsletter dated September 2015 states that

The Car Parking Review, Report No CAB/FH/15/06358

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Appendix 3 – Home of Horseracing Visitor Profile61

The decisions from the meeting involved:

December 2015), https://democracy.westsuffolk.gov.uk/

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The minutes for the meeting are also available.70

At the NTC full council meeting on 25 January it was resolved that:

At the Newmarket Town Council Development and Planning meeting on 20 June73:

It was resolved that

At the Newmarket Town Council Development and Planning meeting on 05 September74

69 FHDC Cabinet, decisions, (22 December 2015), available from https://democracy.westsuffolk.gov.uk/

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At the NVTDG meeting on 12 October Darren Dixon (FHDC) reported that

78 FHDC Cabinet, minutes (14 February 2017), available from https://democracy.westsuffolk.gov.uk/

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On 01 April, FHDC and St Edmundsbury merged to become WSC.

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Amongst other things the review would:

In response to a question raised regarding double-yellow lines, members were informed

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On 06 November, the WSC Development Control Committee received Report

At the Newmarket Town Council Community Services meeting on 09 December, members

2019, available from https://democracy.westsuffolk.gov.uk/