Objection to proposed parking restrictions on Garden Street, Sheffield
Objection to proposed parking restrictions on Garden Street which will have an negative impact on the users of Croft House.
In our opinion there is no justification for this change, given the proposals for the other side of Garden Street. The opening of Sharman Court student accommodation block did nothing to increase the amount of traffic on this street. The closure of Sytner’s BMW dealership on Hollis Croft and Garden Street has, in fact, greatly reduced the amount of traffic flowing along Garden Street. We do not believe that the opening of the Hollis Croft student accommodation will significantly affect the amount of traffic on Garden Street.
Croft House Centre, a registered charity, provides accommodation, facilities and services for a large number of local voluntary and community groups to undertake their various activities. These currently include dance classes, music groups, martial arts, a day care centre for adults with learning difficulties and a percussion performance group for young adults with learning difficulties. Approximately 350 people per week attend some kind of activity at Croft House. The vast majority of our user groups attend in the evenings from 6.30 to 10.30 pm and rely on being able to park along both sides of Garden Street. We also have groups who attend on Sundays for whom the “No Waiting At Any Time” restriction would be most inconvenient.
As we understand it the main entrance to the new Hollis Croft student accommodation will be on Hollis Croft with access only from Garden Street via a walkway. As with Sharman Court we would expect the vast majority of users of the accommodation would arrive on foot. We can see no justification for this extra restriction and believe that the current limit of Mon – Sat 8am – 6.30pm will continue to be satisfactory.
The current restrictions appear to work well for the commercial businesses along Garden Street. These businesses are closed on Sundays and in the evenings and would not benefit from any additional restrictions.
14 Comments
My children use croft house centre up to 5 times a week, for band rehearsals with Concord all stars and blue street brass, they volunteer at Autism plus drum line and my autistic daughter uses the belong group here. To make the already awful parking situation even worse is going to stop people wanting to use this centre at all. It will make it so difficult for all uses to access it. Totally disgruntled by the plans for double yellow lines here!
Having run dance classes at this enue for 12 years, having access to parking to very important. This is because it allow me to safely and quickly load and unload equipment (sometimes bulky or heavy) from my car. I'm am also concerns about the safety of some of my students. Many travel alone to classes and I hope they will not feel unsafe if having to park further or feel they don't want to attend due to not being able to park nearby.
This would be an awful decision , it's another money making way for the council . Leave it alone !!
These restrictions will. Seriously impact upon the great work done at croft house
The parking restrictions will greatly impact the attendance at the sessions in Croft House as people just can't afford the prices of the nearby parking. When you are also carrying several instruments, stands and music the walk from the car parks becomes unmanageable. Is double yellow lines really necessary given the already limited parking in the area.....
Living in Derbyshire we don't always have the option of convenient public transport to here. More restriction on parking will make it very difficult to attend activities and virtually impossible for us to continue to help with building maintenance and repairs during our visits
Let's keep music for young people
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Objection to proposed parking restrictions on Garden Street, Sheffield
Objection to proposed parking restrictions on Garden Street which will have an negative impact on the users of Croft House.
In our opinion there is no justification for this change, given the proposals for the other side of Garden Street. The opening of Sharman Court student accommodation block did nothing to increase the amount of traffic on this street. The closure of Sytner’s BMW dealership on Hollis Croft and Garden Street has, in fact, greatly reduced the amount of traffic flowing along Garden Street. We do not believe that the opening of the Hollis Croft student accommodation will significantly affect the amount of traffic on Garden Street.
Croft House Centre, a registered charity, provides accommodation, facilities and services for a large number of local voluntary and community groups to undertake their various activities. These currently include dance classes, music groups, martial arts, a day care centre for adults with learning difficulties and a percussion performance group for young adults with learning difficulties. Approximately 350 people per week attend some kind of activity at Croft House. The vast majority of our user groups attend in the evenings from 6.30 to 10.30 pm and rely on being able to park along both sides of Garden Street. We also have groups who attend on Sundays for whom the “No Waiting At Any Time” restriction would be most inconvenient.
As we understand it the main entrance to the new Hollis Croft student accommodation will be on Hollis Croft with access only from Garden Street via a walkway. As with Sharman Court we would expect the vast majority of users of the accommodation would arrive on foot. We can see no justification for this extra restriction and believe that the current limit of Mon – Sat 8am – 6.30pm will continue to be satisfactory.
The current restrictions appear to work well for the commercial businesses along Garden Street. These businesses are closed on Sundays and in the evenings and would not benefit from any additional restrictions.
14 Comments
I visit Croft House Settlement around 4-5 times a week and have done so for the last 20years. The parking limitions currently in place work alongside the activities we do at croft house. There are many activities that take place here and putting double yellow lines on garden street will lower the attendance of people as the increase of cost to park in a nearby car park, which in turn will have a negative affect on the amount of money recieved by groups using this building which helps with the running and upkeep of it.
My children use croft house centre up to 5 times a week, for band rehearsals with Concord all stars and blue street brass, they volunteer at Autism plus drum line and my autistic daughter uses the belong group here. To make the already awful parking situation even worse is going to stop people wanting to use this centre at all. It will make it so difficult for all uses to access it. Totally disgruntled by the plans for double yellow lines here!
Having run dance classes at this enue for 12 years, having access to parking to very important. This is because it allow me to safely and quickly load and unload equipment (sometimes bulky or heavy) from my car. I'm am also concerns about the safety of some of my students. Many travel alone to classes and I hope they will not feel unsafe if having to park further or feel they don't want to attend due to not being able to park nearby.
This would be an awful decision , it's another money making way for the council . Leave it alone !!
These restrictions will. Seriously impact upon the great work done at croft house
The parking restrictions will greatly impact the attendance at the sessions in Croft House as people just can't afford the prices of the nearby parking. When you are also carrying several instruments, stands and music the walk from the car parks becomes unmanageable. Is double yellow lines really necessary given the already limited parking in the area.....
Living in Derbyshire we don't always have the option of convenient public transport to here. More restriction on parking will make it very difficult to attend activities and virtually impossible for us to continue to help with building maintenance and repairs during our visits
Let's keep music for young people
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I visit Croft House Settlement around 4-5 times a week and have done so for the last 20years. The parking limitions currently in place work alongside the activities we do at croft house. There are many activities that take place here and putting double yellow lines on garden street will lower the attendance of people as the increase of cost to park in a nearby car park, which in turn will have a negative affect on the amount of money recieved by groups using this building which helps with the running and upkeep of it.