Appendix 3 - Community engagement report
Perth and Kinross Council · 19 November 2025
Back to Economy and Infrastructure Committee — 19 November 2025 and its agenda
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Do you support the idea of a school exclusion zone? - Do you support the idea of a school exclusion zone? Do you think an exclusion zone is necessary at Viewlands? - •Do you think an exclusion zone is necessary at Viewlands Do you live within the zone as it currently exists? - Do you live within the existing zone Do you live within the proposed reduced zone (see map)? - Do you live within the proposed reduced zone - Yes Do you live within the proposed reduced zone (see map)? - Do you live within the proposed reduced zone - No Do you live within the proposed reduced zone (see map)? - Do you live within the proposed reduced zone - Don't know Do you live within the school catchment area? - Do you live within the school catchment area Would an exclusion zone encourage you undertake all or part of the journey to/from the school on foot? - Would an exclusion zone encourage you undertake all or part of the journey to/from the school on foot? Do you have any other comments about the retention, reduction or removal of the school exclusion zone? If so please leave them below. - Text box - comments Submitted Date No Yes No No No No My son attends Fairview school usually by taxi as we live in the carse. Having recently had to drive him to school we believe the exclusion zone of any kind is a complete waste of time as it is not being adhered to anyway !! There is absolutely no point in putting these measures in place unless they are enforced - currently not happening as absolute chaos in the current zone every single morning. Reducing it won’t make any difference! 2025-09-16 10:55:28 No No No No Yes No These restriction zones make no sense at all. The traffic jam just moves to other streets, and children are not safely left on the pavements by their parents. My son was almost hit because of these ideas. I am a working parent and I want to drop my child off as close to the school as possible so that both of us feel safe. We arrive 30 minutes before school so that I can also get to work on time – it was definitely better and safer for the children before these zones were introduced. You should have built a pavement on the Perth Academy side so that children could walk that way to Viewlands. What was the point of narrowing the road and building a pavement on the other side, where it is impossible to drive comfortably? On top of that, nobody respects these restriction zones because they are pointless. This is not only my opinion but also the opinion of every parent I know who has children at Viewlands. 2025-09-16 15:33:50 No No Yes Yes Yes No As a homeowner in the school exclusion zone it’s a nightmare if family or friends come to visit they have to be away by a certain time I know they can apply fir a permit but that would be excessive amounts of people getting permits. Also the amount of cars that still come down this street with no permit is a joke, yet my friends and family get nervous about it! 2025-09-16 15:46:00 Yes Yes No No Yes Yes I drop off and pick up my child on foot on Fairies Rd every day. I watch car after car enter the zone at drop off and pick up time. Cars also park up and down the zoned streets including the yellow zigzags outside the school entrances. There is no penalty for entering the zones. Having traffic police visit every few months is hardly worth worrying about for the repeat offenders. What the point? 2025-09-16 16:42:01 Yes No No No No No 2025-09-16 17:21:31 Appendix 3
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No No No No Yes No If the zone must remain then supportive of reducing it. I have a child at Perth Academy and therefore only drop off at school rarely. The current zone seems excessive and there is still a lot of congestion. 2025-09-17 07:00:57 No No No No Yes Yes An exclusion zone needs to be enforceable otherwise it is pointless. Furthermore the police are under resourced hence it would be best if their time is spent on more important matters. 2025-09-17 09:51:44 No No No No Yes No School exclusion zone causes more dangerous driving than if it was not there. It’s never going to work fully it can’t be policed or checked on a daily basis so parents will continue to park on it. The residents living within the zone chose to move to an area with multiple schools, parents parking during and after school is to be expected and will never stop. The zone is a waste of time and money. What we need is more school patrol especially on fairies road which iv seen more near misses on with children trying to cross that road. 2025-09-17 09:52:22 Yes No No No No No In my opinion the exclusion zone is quite wide right now and needs to be made a little smaller 2025-09-17 10:05:27 No No No No Yes No The current exclusion zone is not fit for purpose. Our family lives within the catchment area, and with three young children, walking to school is often impractical — especially in poor weather (it is also 40 mins uphill as we live near the hospital but still in the catchment). As it stands, the exclusion zone leaves parents with two poor options: park in areas that are unsafe and closer to Glasgow Road, or add to congestion in surrounding streets as everyone searches for space. While I fully understand the need for an exclusion zone directly on the school road to ensure pupil safety, extending it to the surrounding roads only shifts the problem elsewhere and increases risk for both children and drivers. A more balanced approach would keep children safe while still allowing parents a safe and practical way to drop off their children. One practical step would be to remove the restriction entirely on Fraser Terrace, which would provide safe, accessible parking without forcing cars into more dangerous areas. 2025-09-17 10:33:19 No No No No No No I feel the school exclusion zone is not effective. The nearby roads that are left available to park on a narrower and used by school buses therefore when I park on that street along with others it causes congestion and frustration for others. Also causing the task for people crossing the road there hazardous. However the main street that the school is on is wide, there is a crossing island allowing people to cross with ease and also a crossing patrol. I understand that more than 50% of pupils that attend Viewlands are outwith catchment therefore have no choice but to drive to the school. 2025-09-17 11:00:34
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No No No No Yes No I do not support a school exclusion zone at Viewlands. I care about pupil safety and cleaner air, but this proposal does not deliver those outcomes and it creates avoidable pressure for working families. Emissions. The zone does not change the fact that families who need to drive will still drive. It shifts where engines idle, it does not remove those trips. The children most likely to benefit already live close enough to walk and already do so. Families who cannot walk because of distance, health or job start times are simply pushed further away. Safety and congestion on the ground. I have parked prior to the trial and after it began. I have never struggled to find a space, which suggests not every pupil arrives by car. I use the crossing with a school crossing patroller and feel my child is safe. I do not see a material safety issue beyond what is typical at a school start and finish. Enforcement and value for money. The Council notes that the TTRO has expired and that enforcement has been inconsistent, with compliance now similar to pre-zone levels. Designing a scheme that depends on scarce police time is not a good use of resources. The ongoing spend on signs, flashing beacons and repeat consultations would be better used on frontline crossing provision. If the zone is removed, I would support funding additional school crossing patrollers, including reinstating one on Fairies Road and adding one at the upper Oakbank Crescent entrance, alongside maintaining the existing patroller nearby. Residents. People who bought homes beside a school did so knowing there would be short, busy peaks. Residents deserve respect, but resident inconvenience at bell time should not drive a policy that 2025-09-17 11:04:16 Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes I am concerned that Murray Terrace has not been included in the revised exclusion zone. It is a bus route, heavily used by pupils walking to and from school, and during peak times cars park on both sides of the road, creating congestion and safety risks. Including Murray Terrace in the zone would help reduce these problems and improve safety for children and families. 2025-09-17 11:06:35 No No No No No No 2025-09-17 11:25:15 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes As a resident of Murray Terrace, I would like to express my concern about this street being excluded in the new zone and becoming a drop- off/pick-up point. There is already a problem of congestion on the street - since many people ignored the exclusion zone as it was not enforced. There is also a problem of cars speeding up and down the street, making it very unsafe for school children walking to school. In my opinion, speed-bumps are needed, or a pedestrian crossing, or other measures to control the speed and alleviate the congestion. Overall, I do not agree with it becoming a drop-off area and not being included in the restricted areas. 2025-09-17 12:04:12 Yes Yes No No Yes Yes I feel there’s a place for the exclusion zone immediately around the school, however I do feel it’s too wide and would welcome its reduction. However I also feel that lots of people ignore the zone and just go in it anyway, especially immediately around the school. 2025-09-17 12:42:06
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No No No No Yes No I would like to see the exclusion zone removed and replaced with traffic calming measures such as speed bumps and Zebra crossings. The exclusion zone is not enforced at all so is roundly ignored. (Police Scotland attended one morning last year which reminded people for a day or two before it went back to the way it was) Even if it was not ignored it is still heavily trafficked by taxis and teachers and those with permits. When approaching the school on foot it is difficult to cross the roads that are part of the exclusion zone due to the volume of traffic in the mornings. In its current form it is extremely far from a "pedestrian and cycle zone" as advertised on the entry signs. The signage gives the impression that it would be safe for a child to cycle or walk on the road. In reality they would be squashed by several hundred vehicles on any given morning. The exclusion zone also pushes parents out on to heavy traffic roads and bus routes which become very difficult for buses and cars to pass along (see Fairies Road and Oak Bank road each morning and night) The exclusion zones were originally intended to push parents to park in safe zones like car parks and walk the final distance to the school "During the trial, we will work with the schools and communities to identify and promote locations away from schools where parents can park; this will disperse the cars over a wider area than at present. The use of these "Park and Stride" sites will be encouraged as well as pedestrian and cycle training and where necessary the provision of 2025-09-17 13:34:48 Don't know Don't know Yes No Yes Don't know I see little to no value in reducing the size of the SEZ. Either scrap it completely, or keep it as it is (and consider policing it properly). Reducing its size will simply encourage more people to park on the (smaller) edges of the zone, thus increasing/concentrating the level of congestion in the surrounding area, and encouraging more people to drive rather than walk. As it currently stands, I know that many drivers actively flaunt the rules anyway, with messages being sent out via social media on the occasional days where it is being policed, which completely defies the purpose of the scheme. If the current zone deters a percentage of the traffic that would otherwise pose a risk to children, why reduce its size? And if it makes no discernible difference whatsoever, then why bother keeping it at all, let alone consider weakening its impact? 2025-09-17 16:57:56 Yes Yes No No Yes Yes Currently there is no adherence to the SEZ at the beginning or end of the school day so there is really no point in having it unless it is enforced. The area is still dangerous for pedestrians at these times. 2025-09-17 20:14:42
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Yes Yes No No Yes Yes The question should be : Do you want children have basic human rights to good health by being able to travel actively and sustainably, breathe clean air and not get run over? The answer is YES , and SEZs are a key part of measures required to achieve that. I would prefer that the exclusion zone stays as is, but would accept a reduction. Importantly, there needs to be enforcement of SEZ, which can only be achieved through legislation which grants powers to traffic wardens as police are under resourced. 2025-09-17 20:52:44 Yes No No No No No I think there are far more important measures needed to be put in place to make the journey to school safer for children. In the new proposal where do children safely cross the road to get onto Fraser terrace? There will be lots of parked cars , so blind spots for crossing, lots Of cars moving and now where dedicated to cross. The junctions are also going to have cars parked to close to junctions making it harder to safely cross. I would propose double yellow lines on and near the junctions and a crossing installed so children and families can safely cross to walk up Fraser terrace. Instead of banning traffic which needs to be near the school and forcing young children to walk further next to busy roads with no safe crossings, to have a more structured and flow system with safe crossing points makes a lot more sense for children’s safety. We are outwith catchment but walk to school. Stopping unsafe parking and having more dedicated safe crossing areas makes much more sense. 2025-09-17 22:01:37 Yes Yes No No Yes No Because of the number of schools and nurseries in this area I think it would be a negative to reduce the exclusion zone because there is already so much traffic in that area with the exclusion in place it for those who can be in the zone, it would be even worse again if the area was reduced. 2025-09-18 09:44:18 Yes Yes No No No No Crossing patrollers are invaluable and not only add to safety but also provide a friendly and consistent face for children on way to school. I am grateful for the ones outside viewlands and the academy. Could we have more please? 2025-09-18 12:31:22
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No No No No Yes No As stated in your correspondence, traffic levels are similar to pre- exclusion zone levels. The Viewlands SEZ is not working so just remove it. Changing the area covered will make absolutely no difference to compliance levels. A considerable amount of time, money and resources have been wasted, just pull the plug and accept it is not working. Parents apparently voiced support for the scheme however are the ones not complying. Viewlands Primary School has a large number of pupils enrolled from outwith the catchment area and vehicular transport is necessary. I believe the Viewlands SEZ has made vehicular and pedestrian travel more dangerous in the surrounding areas. Oakbank Road and Fairies Road in particular, the SEZ has seen an increase of traffic and parked vehicles on these roads. Fairies Road was previously narrowed in width, there is no crossing system or crossing patroller, and is labelled as drop off/pick up point which makes it near impossible and dangerous to traverse. Relying on Police Scotland to enforce the scheme is flawed. Public services are severely underfunded and scarily stretched and I disagree that it is in the public interest to dedicate Police resources to enforcing this scheme. As a local resident I have voiced my opinion on all surveys created so far however am getting rather tired with the continued delays and push backs in relation to consultation. Perhaps from the low level responses others are feeling the same way. 2025-09-19 13:04:01 Yes Yes No No Don't know Yes I agree with the proposed reduction of the school exclusion zone. Generally, I would like to see more enforcement of traffic regulations - not just of the exclusion zone, but also of speed limits on streets near the schools - particularly Viewlands Road and Oakbank Road. 2025-09-19 14:24:28 Don't know Don't know Yes No Yes Don't know Our children attend Strathallan School and so our only contact with the primary and secondary has been this zone. I never understood from the start why we were involved (we live at 39 Viewlands Terrace) as it does not affect us directly nor the children. What does irk me is the need for large ugly signage that flashing at the bottom of our street. There is enough of this "furniture" and it is not required. My hope is with the reduction, it means getting rid of these horrible things from the street. 2025-09-19 14:40:41 Yes Yes Yes No Yes No I strongly support the continuation of the current zone and do not support the proposal to reduce the area of the zone. This view is supported by the submitted petition signed by all the households in Viewlands Place. The key to making the current zone operate successfully is to police the area and enforce the regulations rather than changing the zone. 2025-09-19 15:34:49
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Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Don't know This is a complete waste of time and money if it is not enforced by a regular, random enforcement strategy. I am a resident and I have witnessed enforcement on only 2 occasions. The road has once again turned into either a race track or a traffic jam as drivers pay no heed to the flashing lights. 2025-09-19 15:49:01 Yes Yes No No Yes Don't know I live just outside the exclusion zone but there hasn’t been any impact for me since it was introduced and if the data shows that it has made roads around school’s quieter since its implementation then that’s a good thing for children’s safety. 2025-09-19 16:28:47 No No Yes No Yes No Reducing the exclusion zone is a better option than the one currently in place but for 15 minutes disruption morning and afternoon during term time I don't see it as a major issue. People will just move to the nearest place they can park to drop/pick up their children. Why can't the unused part of the academy playing field, currently wild growing and a wasted space, be turned into a drop off and pickup area. I don't think it would be any more expensive than all the signage that was put up and will now have to be removed . 2025-09-19 16:41:17 Yes Yes Yes No Yes Don't know Not bothered. Although I live in the school catchment area, our daughter has left school and we have requirement to travel close to the school area. 2025-09-19 18:06:34 No No Yes Yes Yes Don't know A drop off/pickup point up point could be created within the Academy playing fields, especially the section at Fairies Road/Oakbank Crescent which does not appear to be used. We don’t want cars sitting in our streets with engines running, particularly in winter. Or a one way system down Oakbank Crescent. 2025-09-20 17:40:08 Yes Yes No No Yes Yes The zone is a good idea but must be better enforced. It is largely ignored by many, rendering it useless. The same goes for the local 20mph zone - the signs are not discouraging the bad driving. Both elements need cameras, fines or some other form of enforcement. 2025-09-20 19:43:59 Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes I agree with the reduction in the zone. At the moment it is too large and unworkable. I would rather see it removed completely than keep it how it is. 2025-09-21 10:31:52 No No Yes No Yes Don't know With apparently increasingly wet winters, it is perhaps understandable that parents of small primary children may wish to deliver their children as near to the school as possible during the winter months. Preference for removal of school exclusion zone, reluctant acceptance of reduction of school exclusion zone 2025-09-22 11:11:36
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No No No No No No My son has just started primary 1 and I was not aware of the school exclusion zone until we received an email about the proposed changes. Since receiving the email, I have tried not to drive in the current zone and not to park on Oakbank Crescent during the operating hours, but I feel all it does is push cars and traffic onto other residents streets. We have started parking on Oakbank road, but that road seems more busier for children crossing the road. We live in Charlotte Gate and Viewlands is our closest school even though it is not our catchment area (Craigie PS). We will try to walk into school some days but it is not always practical, especially when we need to get into work asap after the drop off. Ideally prefer full removal of the school exclusion zone. 2025-09-22 14:54:19 Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Some feedback: 1 Compliance has been negligible - unless enforcement is introduced the whole scheme is a waste of time & money 2 Outcome of trial - para 2 - "It is recommended to remove the sez from Viewlands Terrace & Braeside Gardens are (sic should be as?) they are remote from the school and have experienced little impact from displaced traffic" - I would suggest that Viewlands Terrace is closer than Fairies Road & that the "little impact" is a result of the lack of enforcement (i.e. the impact on Viewlands Terrace remains unknown) 3 Believe the Murray Place/Murray Terrace junction should be reconsidered - with the scheme not being enforced/elapsed, this junction is often chaotic & dangerous with cars parking to closely to the junction 2025-09-22 16:02:33 Yes Yes No No Yes Yes Reduced zone is an improvement. Signage for the existing zone is not ideal: lights are actually quite hard to see, also if you turn up Murray Place from Glasgow Road you cannot see the signs until it is too late. 2025-09-23 13:53:32
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Yes Yes No No Don't know Don't know We feel the proposed changes to the school exclusion zone indicated in letter of 17/9/25 are sensible ones and would ease the pressure on the narrowed Fairies Road as well as the lower end of Oakbank Road. Fairies Rd also serves as an overspill pickup/ drop off area for Oakbank School as well as Viewlands, particularly in the afternoons when it can be difficult for those residing at the lower end of Fairies Road to enter or exit their driveways. Including Murray Terrace and Viewlands Place for parking would help to ease the pressure on Fairies& Oakbank Rds which currently take most of the traffic. We also feel that the proposed modifications to the junction of Murray Terrace and Viewlands Rd are neither appropriate nor necessary, and would cause issues for motorists at ALL times, not just at school in/ out times, which seems hardly fair. A better solution would be to move the current pelican crossing to the school gate ( opposite 41&43 Viewlands Rd) where most people cross anyway, and would also allow people walking up the road to safely access the pavement behind the trees. The area between 41&43 is also shielded by moderately high shrubs, which would minimise inconvenience. It would also have the desired effect of reducing traffic speed. Regards Lesley Milsom David Milsom 10 Fairies Road 2025-09-23 15:00:14 No No No No Yes No I would favour removal of the Zone As a second choice the reduction in size would be better than the current scheme 2025-09-23 16:09:04 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes I have no objection to the reduction of the current exclusion zone. There was occasional police presence over the previous school year with police employing a softly softly approach with individuals who failed to observe the rules being simply warned. Not only is there a continued high volume of cars parked along Oakbank Crescent at school drop- off/pick-up points but a number of vehicles have been parking over the yellow zig-zag lines immediately outside the school, Rather than simply warn people, PKC in conjunction with the local police force should enforce the amended exclusion zone and issue fines to those who fail to observe the rules. That way we might at last actually have the safety of children, their guardians and residents properly addressed for real rather than a huge expense having been incurred with the original installation of the parking zone infrastructure and application of the rules given lip-service. 2025-09-23 18:12:25
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Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes my main concern is the lack of enforcement. You say that the project was problematic from the outset, and I wonder if that was lack of any real understanding between PKC and the Police. What are you expecting to be the tangible benefits of reducing the SEZ? What restrictions are you imposing for waiting and idling times in the drop-off/pick-up zones? Are we, in Murray Terrace, going to retain the 20mph limit, and how are you going to ensure it is followed, especially by non-school traffic? 2025-09-29 12:28:33 Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes As Murray Place residents we fully support the exclusion zone as a way of making it safer for children to get to/from school, but have been disappointed in the lack of compliance and enforcement. We currently pick up/drop off children at Viewlands School and have noticed that the crossing at the top of Fraser Terrace is both difficult and dangerous as a result of cars parked on and around the corner area, blocking off a 'dipped' pavement area which we understand to be a crossing point. Possible improvements could be (i) some form of traffic calming measures on Murray Place to ensure compliance with the 20mph speed limit and (ii) double yellow or zig zag markings around the corners at the top of Fraser Terrace. 2025-10-01 14:48:57 Yes Yes Yes No Yes Don't know We are happy with the proposed changes to the school exclusion zone for Viewlands Primary / Perth Academy. However for it to be successfull it needs to be managed. The traffic lights at the Glasgow Road / Murray Place have improved the road safety significantly at this junction and must be retained. 2025-10-01 19:34:26
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No No No No Yes No Whilst I don't actually live within the school exclusion zone, I do live right on the periphery in Fairies Road overlooking the Academy Playing Field. I wholeheartedly support the total removal of the zone. Having said that I think the reduction does make more sense than the one originally put into place because I could never understand why Viewlands Terrace and Viewlands Place were included in the first place as they are so far from the schools. I note that there is the possibility of installing a Puffin crossing on Fairies Road in the vicinity of the Oakbank Crescent junction and I am vehemently opposed to this for obvious reasons. I don't understand why a School Crossing Patroller can't be reinstated there. There are Crossing Patrollers in Viewlands Road only feet away from a traffic light controlled crossing which I have never seen being used and one further up Oakbank Crescent close to the Fraser Terrace junction. Why not move the one that patrols Viewlands Road? A new pavement was installed in Fairies Road and was touted as a drop off and pick up point. To date, I have never seen any car stop on that side of the road. They have continued to stop on the houses side and children then have to cross over to the other side which is a ludicrous situation. In the almost 39 years I have lived here there have been absolutely no instances of a child being knocked over by a car. As a matter of fact parents prefer to stay on the houses side and regularly sit on MY wall to wait on their little darlings. 2025-10-02 12:19:13 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Don't know It is to be commended that the council wanted to help make it safer for all the pupils who attend the three schools accessed from Oakbank Crescent. The footpath that was made on Viewlands Road is excellent. Sadly the same can not be said for Fairies Road. Narrowing the road was a very foolish move even more so that the council ask parents to use it as a pick up and drop off point. If parents do this and block the road as happened when the zone first started it makes it very dangerous for all using the road. Safety has to be for everyone. This is an essential route for access to Oakbank and other areas. It is also the bus route. It would heip safety if the bushes at the corner of Oakbank Crescent growing over the pavement are removed. People picking up pupils after school start parking on Oakbank Crescent from 2.15 onwards. They do not stay until the exclusion period is over before driving off. Further congestion is caused by school staff parking all day when there is enough parking provision within the school grounds. Easy to stop this. Make their permits access only. To make this exclusion zone work there needs to be enforcement. Frequent checks. 2025-10-03 15:03:58 No No Yes No Yes No I agree with the Proposed reduced zone as far as the reductions are concerned, however I would also advocate for the removal of any remaining restricted zone in it entirely. 2025-10-03 23:26:35