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Background Information

2.1 

These are:

• Department for Transport, (DFT) – the department that advises Central Government on setting a framework of national policy 

• South East England Regional Assembly (SEERA) – the regional planning body responsible for producing regional planning guidance, including advice to local authorities in preparing policies and standards for car parking

• Hampshire County Council – as the transport and strategic planning authority for the county, Hampshire County Council (with Southampton and Portsmouth City Councils) prepares the Hampshire County Structure Plan, draws up the LTP and maintains the fabric of the county’s road network

• The City Councils of Southampton and Portsmouth – unitary authorities with similar policy commitments to the County Council and district councils

• District councils – control parking provision through the planning process, manage public car parks and enforce parking law in decriminalised parking areas

• Hampshire Constabulary – enforces on-street parking law in traditional parking areas except where district councils have taken on the function (see above)

• Private parking operators of public car parks – provide parking spaces for public use as a commercial enterprise

• Private parking space owners – generally provide private parking facilities for their own customers and staff.  The established procedure for determining parking levels now needs to reflect current transport planning practice.

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