Over the past year, Oxfordshire County Council, in partnership with South Oxfordshire, Vale of White Horse and Cherwell District Councils has been progressing with a project to allow Civil Parking Enforcement (CPE) to be implemented across South, Vale and Cherwell Districts. This is where powers to enforce parking contraventions transfers from the Police to the County Council. It is expected CPE will bring a number of benefits to residents, businesses and other road users, including increased compliance of parking restrictions and less blocking of major traffic routes by parked vehicles.
When the changes come into effect, parking enforcement in South, Vale and Cherwell Districts will be managed on the County Council's behalf by Conduent Parking Enforcement Solutions Ltd, who currently carry out on-street enforcement on behalf of the County Council within Oxford City. This service works well and the County Council believes it can extend the current operations with minimal disruption and costs.
With the rollout of CPE, local intelligence will be essential in ensuring enforcement is directed to the right locations and input from councillors, local residents and businesses on parking in their areas where vehicles parking illegally maybe causing a hazard or safety issue is welcomed.
If you are aware of areas where parking enforcement is an issue, please contact the parking team via [email protected] and officers will pass the information across the enforcement teams who will be developing deployment plans for the new areas.
More information is available on the County Council’s website https://www.oxfordshire.gov.uk/residents/roads-and-transport/parking/new-parking-enforcement-areas however it is expected that CPE in South, Vale and Cherwell districts will start from the 1 November 2021. Warning notices will be issued from this date to raise awareness before full implementation takes place in January 2022.
