4.19 Policy TA5 refers to Somerset County Council Parking Strategy - however, this is dated March 2012 (paragraph 12.30). This appears to have been developed and a further guidance note produced in October 2013 – " Residential Parking Zone Guidance." "It has been developed in response to issues raised following the publication of the Council's Parking Strategy in March 2012, which has since been revised in September 2013. It provides additional information on how the policies set out in the revi

Policy TA5 states that "the parking standards within the Somerset County Council Parking Strategy will be applied in South Somerset". Any car parking standards introduced in the LPR should accord with the 2019 NPPF (paras 105 & 106). If the Somerset County Council Parking Strategy is a Supplementary Planning Document then the proposed reference in Policy TA5 gives development plan status to a document which has not been subject to the same process of preparation, consultation and Examination co

5.19 Policy TA5 refers to Somerset County Council Parking Strategy - however, this is dated March 2012 (paragraph 12.30). This appears to have been developed and a further guidance note produced in October 2013 – " Residential Parking Zone Guidance." "It has been developed in response to issues raised following the publication of the Council's Parking Strategy in March 2012, which has since been revised in September 2013. It provides additional information on how the policies set out in the revi

POLICY TA5 -PARKING STANDARDS At 11.16 there is a fundamental error of thinking in relation to parking provision: "Where public car parks are included, development proposals should take account of other proposals for loss / provision of public car parking to ensure that income levels are appropriately maintained and that there is sufficient supply to cater for demand." Similarly at para 11.40: "Parking provision required in association with retail development should take into account the tow

TC2 There is already a massive problem with a lack of parking in Somerset. With streets half blocked by people parking on one side of the street in narrow roads and both sides on wider roads. Most homes have insufficient parking places already on their property, most homes have at least two vehicles due to two adults working in different places from one another, also as their children grow up they may live with their parents for ten years whilst also needing their own vehicles. There are very fe