Parking Reviews

General information about permit schemes may be found in our Information Leaflet - Gloucestershire County Council Permit Schemes - Including new permit and voucher charges for September 2020.

Nearly all streets within these areas will be subject to parking restrictions.

Residents and businesses based at properties within each zone will need to buy permits to allow them to park on-street, within the boundaries of their zone.

Visitors to the area will be able to park in most streets, but subject to a maximum stay limit and/or a parking charge.

Some roads are reserved for local permit holders only.

These plans show the new parking restrictions being introduced:

Westend Zone (Zone 12)

Lansdown Zone (Zone 13)

Railway Zone (Zone 14)

Permits are only available to properties based within the permit zones.

Information about the types of permit available and how to purchase them is available on our Parking permits and zone maps page.

Work to install signs and paint lines on the road will be on-going through June & July 2017.

The new schemes will become effective on August 1^st 2017.

During the works, some parking bays will be suspended to allow line painting to be done – these will be kept to a minimum and only used when required.

These schemes are designed to discourage commuter parking around the town centre.

Commuters are encouraged to think about adopting alternative travel options including car sharing, cycling, walking and public transport.

Information regarding alternative travel options is available via Thinktravel.

We have already contacted local businesses within the new zones to offer support in helping staff to find alternative travel arrangements, and provide access to staff discounts for bus tickets, cycling equipment etc.

The Thinktravel programme provides a toolkit to help businesses improve workplace travel options and patterns.

These schemes reflect policy commitments set out in Gloucestershire Local Transport Plan, and other wider policies to manage the impact on congestion in Cheltenham, improve access to services and local businesses, and facilitate future growth in the town.

We consulted local people and businesses about these schemes between June 2015 and June 2016. A decision was taken to implement the schemes in Autumn 2016, incorporating many changes as a result of consultation feedback.

This report provides full details of the consultation process, responses received, how these were considered, and how the eventual decision was reached.

Parking around the station will be limited to 4 hours for non-permit holders. Our recent surveys showed a high proportion of those driving to the station came from within 2 miles, and so cycling, walking and other public transport options will be available.

The Arle Court Park & Ride bus will also now stop at Lansdown Bridge – a short walk from the station.

The County Council support the plans to provide a new pedestrian/cycle link from the railway station to Lansdown Bridge, and to expand the railway station car park.

Conclusion of Lansdown Place Lane, Lansdown Crescent Lane and Lansdown Walk ETRO

The ETRO has run for an 18-month period between 1^st August 2017 and 31^st January 2019 and there have been a number of rounds of consultation. From the responses received, there is generally support for the ETRO arrangements to be made permanent as advertised.

The County Council has acknowledged that there is a differing response from residents in the eastern section of Lansdown Place Lane, between Lansdown Walk, and Lansdown Crescent.

It has, therefore, been decided to make the ETRO permanent as advertised and then conduct a separate TRO process to support the resident’s wish to go back to the permit holder parking arrangements of the original Zone 13 on the eastern side of Lansdown Place.

The supporting documents are available to view below; including the signed TRO report, Statement of Reason, Have Made Notice and new tiles:

Signed TRO report

Statement of Reasons

Have Made Notice

Sealed tile 1

Sealed tile 2