Barnes, Pallion and Millfield Residents Association are meeting tonight at 7pm at St Josephs Parish Centre, Rutland Street, Millfield.
The parking situation will be high on the agenda!
Everyone is welcome to join us.
UPDATE at 10pm: Thanks to everyone who came along this evening, it was a great turn out.
Thanks must also go to Mrs Dorothy Quinn, Secretary for St Josephs Parish Centre for use of the room.
While we are still pressing for a suitable residents parking scheme, the priority for the next few days is the hospital planning application, for which more details can be found in this post. Please write to the council with your objections to the application before Wednesday 8th April. Ideas for an objection and an example of an objection letter will be posted here shortly so keep an eye on this website!
Improved clinical facilities at the hospital are welcomed however, something must be done to improve parking facilities.
Tuesday, 31 March 2009
Monday, 30 March 2009
Inconsiderate Parking!
This photo shows just one example of the parking problems that residents living in the area around the hospital have to put up with on a daily basis. This was taken at around 9.30 one morning last week. Fortunately the cars which would have been blocked in were already out.
If you are obstructed:
If you have a car blocking your driveway or a vehicle is parked wholly on the pavement or in such a way that it is causing an obstruction, (e.g. if you have to go on to the road to get past) you can report it to the police.
If you see a vehicle not displaying a blue badge parked on double yellow lines it is the council that needs to be contacted. In this instance they can issue a parking ticket.
If you have any photos which show the problems in your area you can email them to us or bring them along to the next meeting!
If you are obstructed:
If you have a car blocking your driveway or a vehicle is parked wholly on the pavement or in such a way that it is causing an obstruction, (e.g. if you have to go on to the road to get past) you can report it to the police.
If you see a vehicle not displaying a blue badge parked on double yellow lines it is the council that needs to be contacted. In this instance they can issue a parking ticket.
If you have any photos which show the problems in your area you can email them to us or bring them along to the next meeting!
Tuesday, 24 March 2009
Next Meeting
You are invited to join us at the next Residents Association meeting on Tuesday 31st March at 7.00pm, at St Josephs Parish Centre, Rutland Street, Millfield.
Everyone is welcome to come and join us.
This is your chance to have your say on issues affecting you as residents.
Alternatively, you can leave a comment here or email us at: bpmra.sunderland@gmail.com
Updated 26/03/2009
Everyone is welcome to come and join us.
This is your chance to have your say on issues affecting you as residents.
Alternatively, you can leave a comment here or email us at: bpmra.sunderland@gmail.com
Updated 26/03/2009
Monday, 23 March 2009
Hospital Plans and Parking
The Hospital Trust has now submitted a planning application to the council and can be viewed at the Civic Centre online or on the City Council website here. (If you need to search online for the application the reference number is: 09/00997/FUL).
The plans for expansion of the hospital were presented at a public exhibition at the hospital last month and briefly include conversion of existing buildings for admin and clinical use and the construction of a new 138-bed ward block. The plans also include the creation of 139 new car parking spaces.
Documents submitted to the council as part of the planning application acknowledge the issue of a lack of parking on the hospital site and the parking problems in the surrounding area as a result of this. However, they repeatedly dismiss the idea of building a new multi-storey car park. Interestingly, following the exhibition and public consultation, most of the comments received by the hospital trust from residents mention the problems with parking and many of them suggest that a multi-storey on the site would be the solution. This also seemed to be the consensus at the public meeting held last month.
The Councils’ own study has revealed that the biggest problem with on-street parking is caused by hospital staff who often park outside residents front doors for up to 12 hours each day (this has been over 24 hours on numerous occasions). Currently the hospital employs 4,244 staff and this will increase to 4,304. The total number of car parking spaces (including disabled spaces) is currently 1,130 increasing to 1,269 after the redevelopment (all figures have been taken from planning application form). While some staff will be working shifts, the majority will be onsite between 9am-5pm Monday- Friday, as local residents can testify. There is therefore an obvious massive shortfall in the number of spaces required, even before taking into consideration the requirements of patients and visitors.
Residents have until Wednesday 8th April to send their comments to the council (some residents in the roads overlooking the hospital will have received a letter from the council about this inviting their comments).
If you have been affected or feel that you will be affected by these parking issues and object to the lack of parking spaces at the hospital, why don’t you have your say? Anyone can comment on the plans in any the following ways:
Following this link will take you directly to the relevant page to leave your comments: Click Here to go direct to the council planning website
Or you can Email: dc@sunderland.gov.uk
Or write to: Head of Planning and Environment, PO Box 102, Civic Centre, Sunderland. SR2 7DN
Quote the planning reference on any letter/email: 09/00997/FUL
Tell the planning department what you think.
The plans for expansion of the hospital were presented at a public exhibition at the hospital last month and briefly include conversion of existing buildings for admin and clinical use and the construction of a new 138-bed ward block. The plans also include the creation of 139 new car parking spaces.
Documents submitted to the council as part of the planning application acknowledge the issue of a lack of parking on the hospital site and the parking problems in the surrounding area as a result of this. However, they repeatedly dismiss the idea of building a new multi-storey car park. Interestingly, following the exhibition and public consultation, most of the comments received by the hospital trust from residents mention the problems with parking and many of them suggest that a multi-storey on the site would be the solution. This also seemed to be the consensus at the public meeting held last month.
The Councils’ own study has revealed that the biggest problem with on-street parking is caused by hospital staff who often park outside residents front doors for up to 12 hours each day (this has been over 24 hours on numerous occasions). Currently the hospital employs 4,244 staff and this will increase to 4,304. The total number of car parking spaces (including disabled spaces) is currently 1,130 increasing to 1,269 after the redevelopment (all figures have been taken from planning application form). While some staff will be working shifts, the majority will be onsite between 9am-5pm Monday- Friday, as local residents can testify. There is therefore an obvious massive shortfall in the number of spaces required, even before taking into consideration the requirements of patients and visitors.
Residents have until Wednesday 8th April to send their comments to the council (some residents in the roads overlooking the hospital will have received a letter from the council about this inviting their comments).
If you have been affected or feel that you will be affected by these parking issues and object to the lack of parking spaces at the hospital, why don’t you have your say? Anyone can comment on the plans in any the following ways:
Following this link will take you directly to the relevant page to leave your comments: Click Here to go direct to the council planning website
Or you can Email: dc@sunderland.gov.uk
Or write to: Head of Planning and Environment, PO Box 102, Civic Centre, Sunderland. SR2 7DN
Quote the planning reference on any letter/email: 09/00997/FUL
Tell the planning department what you think.
Saturday, 21 March 2009
Petition to City Council
A priority of this association at the moment is to work to find a solution to the problems of parking in the area around the Sunderland Royal Hospital site. Residents living the streets around the hospital will be only too aware of the problems caused by parking, mainly by staff and visitors to the hospital.
Many people living in the area represented by this association will have signed a petition calling for a full public consultation on the proposals that the City Council have put forward with respect to a parking management scheme. Although the council distributed the proposals to 2700 households and held a two day exhibition at St Gabriel's Church, we are aware that many people living in the affected roads did not receive this information. We will therefore present the petition to the Council on the residents behalf at the next council meeting on Wednesday 25th March at 6pm.
Many people living in the area represented by this association will have signed a petition calling for a full public consultation on the proposals that the City Council have put forward with respect to a parking management scheme. Although the council distributed the proposals to 2700 households and held a two day exhibition at St Gabriel's Church, we are aware that many people living in the affected roads did not receive this information. We will therefore present the petition to the Council on the residents behalf at the next council meeting on Wednesday 25th March at 6pm.
Thursday, 19 March 2009
News from the Echo
There was an article in yesterdays Sunderland Echo about the traffic management and parking issues in the Royal Hospital area.
You can read this article here.
More information on these issues can be found in this Echo article, including some positive comments from Councillor Paul Watson who represents the Pallion ward.
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You can read this article here.
More information on these issues can be found in this Echo article, including some positive comments from Councillor Paul Watson who represents the Pallion ward.
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Wednesday, 18 March 2009
Welcome
Welcome the the website of the Barnes, Pallion and Millfield Residents' Association (BPMRA).
The association was formed with the intention of representing residents within these three areas of Sunderland. This blog will be regularly updated to provide news and information on issues affecting Barnes, Pallion and Millfield.
This is also a place where you can have your say!
Please leave a comment by clicking 'comments' at the end of the post or alternatively you can email the Residents' Association committee at bpmra.sunderland@gmail.com
The association was formed with the intention of representing residents within these three areas of Sunderland. This blog will be regularly updated to provide news and information on issues affecting Barnes, Pallion and Millfield.
This is also a place where you can have your say!
Please leave a comment by clicking 'comments' at the end of the post or alternatively you can email the Residents' Association committee at bpmra.sunderland@gmail.com
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