I am indebted to a local member of the Corps of Citizens for sending these pictures and accompanying correspondence about the new sign outside Portnall Place. The citizen rightly has pointed out that Portnall Place is a public highway and has written to CBC to that effect.
CBC has written:
I have checked our mapping system and Portnall Place is showing as a publically (sic) maintained highway. Upon looking at the area the carriageway and the footpath on the right of the carriageway fall under Central Bedfordshire's Highways ownership. The garage bay and the area in front of it would appear to still be private.
The citizen has, therefore, written:
Thus the area of Portnall Place I have indicated in red above is private but remainder is public thoroughfare.
I therefore, have to ask, upon what authority, do Aragon Housing Association have the right to erect the two signs declaring Portnall Place to be private parking for this sheltered housing scheme (2nd one is just visible through the window of the pickup truck above)?
I would have no objection if they erected a polite notice asking for considerate parking but not if this is just public road, like any other street in the vicinity.
I am unsure why they think they need to do this, in my experience of living here for several decades, I rarely see any problem with parking round there. I would concur that there is no frontage to the scheme on Mill Road or Bedford Road, upon which safe parking can be made and that parking for residents/visitors/emergency vehicles, has to be down the area above. However, most "non-visitors" parking over there, represents very short term parking, largely due to the inadequate parking available at the Co-op or Pharmacy on Mill Road & does not constitute a major issue.
I look forward to your observations
Trouble in Cranfield, blog readers and the Corps of Citizens also look forward to CBC's observations. And you do wonder that if its possible to do this in Portnall Place surely some similar signage might be possible in Flitt Leys.
CBC has written:
I have checked our mapping system and Portnall Place is showing as a publically (sic) maintained highway. Upon looking at the area the carriageway and the footpath on the right of the carriageway fall under Central Bedfordshire's Highways ownership. The garage bay and the area in front of it would appear to still be private.
Thus the area of Portnall Place I have indicated in red above is private but remainder is public thoroughfare.
I therefore, have to ask, upon what authority, do Aragon Housing Association have the right to erect the two signs declaring Portnall Place to be private parking for this sheltered housing scheme (2nd one is just visible through the window of the pickup truck above)?
I would have no objection if they erected a polite notice asking for considerate parking but not if this is just public road, like any other street in the vicinity.
I am unsure why they think they need to do this, in my experience of living here for several decades, I rarely see any problem with parking round there. I would concur that there is no frontage to the scheme on Mill Road or Bedford Road, upon which safe parking can be made and that parking for residents/visitors/emergency vehicles, has to be down the area above. However, most "non-visitors" parking over there, represents very short term parking, largely due to the inadequate parking available at the Co-op or Pharmacy on Mill Road & does not constitute a major issue.
I look forward to your observations
Trouble in Cranfield, blog readers and the Corps of Citizens also look forward to CBC's observations. And you do wonder that if its possible to do this in Portnall Place surely some similar signage might be possible in Flitt Leys.
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