Introduction of parking controls and resident permit scheme Marchfield Avenue
Renfrewshire Council · 21 January 2026
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PUBLIC To: Infrastructure, Land and Environment Policy Board On: 21 January 2026 Report by: Director of Environment, Housing and Infrastructure Heading: Introduction of parking controls and resident only parking permit scheme on Marchfield Avenue, Paisley 1. Summary 1.1 Residents of Marchfield Avenue, Paisley over a period of time have been in contact with Council Officers to advise that on-street parking space is regularly occupied by users of Glasgow Airport, denying availability to residents, their visitors and deliveries. During site visits by officers drivers are witnessed taking suitcases from cars and parking for long periods while they are away. Other drivers and taxis are witnessed dropping off airport passengers or waiting to pick them up. This activity is impacting on residents’ lives and their ability to go about their daily business. 1.2 Most houses on Marchfield Avenue are terraced properties with no individual private driveways but communal car parks to the rear. Some residents do have private driveways or have converted their front gardens to private driveway, but most car parking spaces cannot be secured for private use and are susceptible to misuse by airport users. 1.3 Officers propose that parking controls be introduced on Marchfield Avenue to prevent the use of the public road as an airport car park. Associated with these parking controls, officers propose ‘resident only’ on-street spaces should be made available to residents on application for a permit. 1.4 Paisley town centre’s controlled parking zones issue permits which enable residents to park free, without time limit in pay and display bays where they have no alternative but to park on-street and would be disadvantaged by having to pay for parking. 1.5 Marchfield Avenue is different. Parking is not controlled by pay and display meters and is not planned to be. Pay and display meters would give the impression that parking by anyone other than residents and their visitors is acceptable. The intention of the proposal is to provide the residents of Marchfield Avenue with the same environment as most residential streets, not overrun by airport users.
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PUBLIC 1.6 Parking by airport users may migrate to other streets as a result of this proposal, however the extents will not be known until its introduction. Officers will monitor the surrounding area and propose expansion of the ‘resident only’ parking permit zone as necessary. 1.7 This report asks the board to decide if Renfrewshire Council should introduce a ‘resident only’ parking permit scheme which allocates on-street parking space (but not individually allocated bays) to resident parking permit holders only. 1.8 It is proposed that the permits will be provided at no cost to the residents in line with the other residential parking permit schemes in place in Renfrewshire. 2. Recommendations It is recommended that the Infrastructure, Land and Environment Policy Board: 2.1 Approves the preparation of the necessary traffic order and associated consultation process to proceed with a view to introducing a ‘resident only’ parking permit scheme on Marchfield Avenue, and 2.2 Notes that the outcome of the consultation process will be reported back to a future meeting of the Board. 3. Background 3.1. Officers have received 37 items of correspondence from members and the public dating back to April 2022 complaining that people are using Marchfield Avenue as a free car park for Glasgow Airport and adversely affecting the lives of residents. The airport is only a 1km walk away. 3.2. Residents highlight that on-street parking space is regularly occupied by users of Glasgow Airport and commuters, denying availability of parking spaces to residents, their visitors and deliveries. Drivers are witnessed taking suitcases from cars and parking for long periods while they are away. Other drivers and taxis are witnessed dropping off airport passengers or waiting to pick them up. This activity is impacting on residents’ ability to go about their daily business. 3.3. Layby parking is located at the east end of Marchfield Avenue, close to the roundabout and access road to a small commercial estate. The commercial estate has its own secure private car park, but demand outstrips supply, and cars regularly spill out from the car park into the laybys. It is reported that Airport users and nearby hotel workers also use this layby parking. Controls proposed for here will be tailored to the legitimate needs of business visitors.
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PUBLIC 4. Letter drop survey 4.1. A letter (See Appendix 1) was sent to all the residents of Marchfield Avenue on 7 June 2024 asking if they would be in favour of a permit scheme based on pay and display machines being used. We received 38 responses, 29 in favour and 9 objections (See Appendix 2). 4.2. The objections fell into these broad categories: • The potential for a permit charge • The limit on the number of permits • The inconvenience of visitor permits 4.3. Those in support suggested additional controls or requested further information: • Do not use pay and display machines • Use double yellow lines at congested locations • Include the car parks • Include other streets • Ensure there are enough permits and visitor permits per household 4.4. Based on these responses the proposal was taken forward but modified to remove the pay and display machines. Yellow line restrictions will be included in the associated traffic regulation order for publication and there will be no limit on the number of permits able to be issued to a household. 4.5. Most houses on Marchfield Avenue are in terraces with no individual private driveways but communal car parks to the rear. Some residents do have private driveways or have converted their front gardens to private driveway, but most car parking spaces cannot be secured for private use and are susceptible to misuse by airport users. 4.6. The car parks are not adopted as public road and are owned by Housing. Housing officers have no plans to secure the car parks for residential use. With the permission of Housing, the proposal will include marking out parking bays in the car parks for resident use only and their inclusion in the permit scheme. 5. Parking Survey results 5.1. A 24-hour, 7-day continuous camera survey was undertaken on the whole length of Marchfield Avenue from 11/12/24 to 17/12/24. The results were analysed to identify the length of stay of each parking occurrence. The lengths of stay and observed behaviours were used to estimate the purpose of each parking occurrence.
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PUBLIC 5.2. The following categories of parking purpose were grouped together as ‘airport related’: • Airport user (witnessed putting cases in or out of the vehicle), • Passenger pick up/ drop off, • Driver waiting then departing (for the right time to pick someone up from the airport), • Parking for longer than 2 days. 5.3. If the parking occurrence lasted one day, it was assumed to be a commuter either working at the commercial estate or elsewhere nearby. 5.4. Parking occurrences that did not fall into these categories were assumed to be residents, visitors or deliveries. 5.5. The number of parking occurrences was divided by the roadside parking capacity to get an occupancy rate for each parking purpose. 5.6. Figure 1 shows a visualisation of the occupancy rate of airport related and commuter parking occurrences along the length of Marchfield Avenue. Figure 1
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PUBLIC 5.7. Figure 2 for comparison, shows the occupancy rate of resident, visitor and delivery parking occurrences. Figure 2 5.8. A comparison of the figures shows airport related and commuter parking regularly takes up around twice the available parking space on Marchfield Avenue than that available for residents, their visitors and deliveries. 6. Proposed ‘Resident only’ Permit Scheme 6.1. Paisley town centre’s controlled parking zones issue permits which enable residents to park free, without time limit in pay and display bays, where they have no alternative but to park on-street and would be disadvantaged by having to pay for parking. 6.2. The proposal for Marchfield Avenue avoids using pay and display meters because they would give the impression that parking by anyone other than residents and their visitors is welcomed. The intention of the proposal is to provide the residents of Marchfield Avenue with the same environment as most residential streets, not overrun by airport users. 6.3. The proposal is to split Marchfield Avenue into two distinct ends. The west end, where white road markings would define long stay parking bays and spaces in car parks which will be able to accommodate a number of permit holder, visitor or delivery vehicles only. The east end, where the existing laybys will be controlled by limited waiting, short stay parking restrictions ideal for business users but would be no good for all-day commuter parking. 6.4. Yellow line restrictions will prevent parking in locations where the road must remain clear for road safety at junctions and at the end of the cul-de-sac.
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PUBLIC 6.5. As part of the Traffic Regulation Order process arrangements will be set out for how the system will address the needs of visitor parking. Common methods include providing residents with a book of vouchers to provide to visitors to display in their windscreens. 6.6. The success of the proposal will depend on regular enforcement. Permits in the windscreen of residents’ vehicles will enable quick identification by Parking Attendants and simplify the enforcement procedure. 7. Proposed Traffic Regulation Order 7.1. Should the ILE Board approve this new approach to a resident only permit scheme, officers propose to promote complementary parking regulations to prevent abuse and maintain road safety, particularly at the roundabout and other junctions. 7.2. Short stay parking will be concentrated at the east end, close to the commercial estate. Resident only parking will take up the rest of the available space. 7.3. The proposal promotes restrictions in the car parks owned by the Council, operated by Housing Services, for which permission will be sought. 7.4. A draft plan is given in Appendix 3. This will be subject to change during the course of the traffic regulation order promotion process.
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PUBLIC Implications of this Report 1. Financial – Additional costs for the administration of the permit scheme will need to be met within existing budgets. 2. HR and Organisational Development – none 3. Community Planning - Residential environments free of parking congestion encourage community cohesion. 4. Legal – none 5. Property/Assets – permission will be sought from Housing to implement the scheme in its car parks. 6. Information Technology – none 7. Equality & Human Rights - The recommendations contained within this report have been assessed in relation to their impact on equalities and human rights. No negative impacts on equality groups or potential for infringement of individuals’ human rights have been identified arising from the recommendations contained in the report. 8. Health and Safety - Residential environments free of parking congestion reduce the risk of accidents. 9. Procurement – none. 10. Risk – none. 11. Privacy Impact – none. 12. Cosla Policy Position – none. 13. Children’s Rights – none. 14. Climate Risk – none. List of Background Papers - none Author Gordon McNeil, Director of Environment, Housing & Infrastructure e-mail: gordon.mcneil@renfrewshire.gov.uk
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PUBLIC Appendix 1
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OFFICIAL Appendix 2 Name Date Comments 1 07/07/2025 In relation to the letter I received from you on 7th June regarding Parking proposal for Marchfield Avenue, I support the introduction of permits. However, I do not think this will fully resolve this matter as the main issue is cars are being parked on parts of the road that are not spaces, i.e. on the corner of the roundabout which is actually blocking the road and increasing the risk of a serious accident. There needs to be yellow lines introduced to support the permits. 2 01/05/2025 I’ve had a call from the resident at xxxx, who was looking to speak to someone in relation to the parking issues on his street. Mr xxx advises that holiday makers are parking all over Marchfield Avenue when going to the airport and causing issues for residents as the street is very narrow. He says that EI have been involved in the past and put cameras on lamp posts to monitor this but the issue is now worse as the summer approaches. Residents received letters advising about potentially putting yellow lines on the street and introducing a parking permit scheme but he’s received no further update about this. Mr xxxx was very unhappy so I’ve raised a complaint on his behalf but he’s looking for someone to get in contact with him asap to discuss a resolution to this issue. He also wanted to report that cars are parking on the pavement just further down the street on Marchfield Avenue, if wardens could possibly investigate this. 3 22/04/2025 Mr xxx would like an update as he has been told there is going to be a residents parking permit scheme introduced for Marchfield Avenue due to the amount of people used the street for parking before going on holiday. Can he be given an update to what is going to be getting done. 4 28/03/2025 I’m getting in touch about parking issues Marchfield Avenue and the surrounding streets. The ongoing problem of airport users parking long-term in these residential streets, blocking parking for residents and making the streets congested is not improving. One of my constituents has informed me that there were traffic monitoring cameras put out on Marchfield Avenue in December. I’m wondering what the result of that was? I think the only long-term solution to this problem is to enact a permit scheme for residents. Is the department looking at this option. 5 13/03/2025 Who would we be required to talk to regarding vehicles parking blocking clear view of roundabouts parking on pavements making in difficult for pedestrians to safely travel On them, as well as making it difficult for vehicles to get buy? This is on marchfield avenue as is a daily Occurnace and an accident waiting to happien.
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OFFICIAL 6 07/03/2025 I’ve had a call from xxx, a resident in Gockston who advises that the residents of Marchfield Avenue and Abbotsburn Way received a letter around the end of last year advising that they were going to be receiving parking permits for use in their residents car park. They currently have an issue with people going to the airport and workers of the Travel Lodge using this car park for their own use so they were hoping that this would help resolve this issue but they haven’t heard anything since. Could someone possibly look into this and advise xxx? Her contact number is xxx. She’s elderly and was unable to email herself. 7 30/01/2025 Good evening, I’m providing evidence of a vehicle parked not just on the pavement but on a dropped kerb at Marchfield Avenue, Paisley, I have attached the VRN with evidence supplied of both the car committing the offence and a photo of the driver, I had to squeeze past with a pram and the driver waved me off after I complained to him, Hopefully Renfrewshire Council can rectify this issue at hand as this happens way too often even with the new rules in place about pavement parking. 8 09/01/2025 Glasgow Children’s Hospital Charity have its Headquarters located at 8 Marchfield Drive, Paisley, PA3 2RB: here Whilst the Business Park has a carpark there are not enough spaces for everyone who works there. This inevitably leads to people parking in the surrounding streets. This has been met with some hostility by local residents who have continued to harass people parking there, cone off spaces as well as erect signage to the effect that parking is not permitted. I have previously checked with Renfrewshire Council in the past couple of years and it was confirmed that on the road behind our office there were no parking restrictions and on the section of the road used for parking it was not a private road. I have noted below with a purple dot where we are based and the purple lines denote where staff often use the on-street parking: a section of Marchfield Avenue and Albany Wynd. This morning a member of staff was informed by another road user that she must move her car from Marchfield Avenue because vehicles would now be towed away if they did not have a permit to be there? There are some parking spaces denoted on this street with paintwork, however, the majority of cars are simply parked on either side of the road which does not cause an obstruction to any entrance-ways, the mini- roundabout or road use of larger vehicles such as Fire Engines. Can you please advise me of any new rules, restrictions or permits required in order to park on either of the sections of roads I have outlined? Whilst I appreciate that some local residents might not like it, there is not actually anyone’s access being obstructed. 9 12/12/2024 I agree with the proposal. I don’t drive but I do have family members that do and quite often stay the night so I would need to know that I could have be allowed a parking permit and visitors passes for family events . I don’t won’t my family to have pay £8 .
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OFFICIAL 10 12/12/2024 I’ve been contacted by a resident in Marchfield Avenue in Paisley complaining about the parking in the area. It’s an issue that keeps popping up from time to time. The usual problem of badly parked cars, covering dropped kerbs, parked on corners and airport travellers dumping their cars in the street. My constituent complains that the offices at the corner of Marchfield Avenue have largely empty car parks and suspects that many of the staff working there simply dump their cars in Marchfield Avenue. My constituent has a daughter who uses a wheelchair and he finds it difficult at times to get her past some of the cars parked on the pavement. I know you’ve been out there a couple of times in the past parked cars. I suspect some of this will be resolved once the pavement parking ban comes into place and is enforced. Do you know when this will come into place? Maybe in the meantime sending some wardens down the street may help alleviate the problem at least in the short term? 11 09/12/2024 Thank you for your recent communication regarding the proposed installation of cameras to monitor the activity in Marchfield Avenue. I am very much in favour of your proposal, however may I highlight the fact that at this time of year there is very little actual airport parking. I have no real issue with office workers who may park Mon-Fri 9-5. What I do have issue with is people leaving cars outside my house for two weeks whilst they are on holiday. At this time there are not many holidaymakers. One concern I do have is the limited number of passes for visitors, 10 as I understand. I have a large family all with cars, and I doubt very much if ten passes would last a month. 12 23/10/2024 Good morning, it's just to check when this parking scheme will be put in place as the street and pavement parking is getting very worrying and there is going to be a serious accident as you can't even cross at the roundabout or walk on the pavement safely as all cars are parked on pavements and even the roundabout on marchfield avenue. 13 14/10/2024 I was wondering if you were able to confirm if there has been any further progress on the implementation of yellow lines or permits for Marchfield Avenue? Since the introduction of yellow lines in Inchinnan Road I am now experiencing increased parking outside of my home, with vehicles parked on the pavement, this is now resulting in me struggling to park in my driveway easily. My property is xxx, where the pavement around my property is all private pavement and requires the property owner to maintain said pavement as specified in the deeds. The issue I have now is the pavement is becoming damaged because of the number of cars parking there on a daily basis. 14 07/10/2024 Still finding it hopeless trying to park cars because of holidaymakers and workers parking their cars here. Would like an update please as to how we. are progressing about getting Pay and Display Meters that were proposed earlier by R.C.C. and giving us locals parking permits.. 15 26/08/2024 I’ve received a call from a xxx who had received a letter a couple months back in regard to putting parking restrictions and permits in place in Gockston area including Marchfield Ave for local residents due to issue with people leaving their vehicles in the area when they go away on holiday.
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OFFICIAL The lady is looking for an update on it as hasn’t heard anything further about the matter following emailing over a while back. 16 21/08/2024 Please pass onto any relevant department that can help. Over the last year there has been an influx of workplace and airport parking within the residential area of Gockston, specifically parking on Mosslands Road, Blocking pathways/road crossings & parking on a dangerous bend which causes bin lorries to mount the kerb to pass. As of this week the council has taken positive steps on Inchinnan road with regards to workplace/airport parking to remove cars and plan to install lineage along the road, this is excellent but this is now driving workplace cars and airport parking even more into the residential area of Gockston. Each morning these workplace vehicles start to block a bad bend (Mosslands road) and make it very difficult to get round and make it impossible for cars to pass each other on mosslands road. This only adds to the cars that are left on this road by people going on holiday. Can I ask if this area has already been raised with the council and what the plans are to keep the parking for residents? I believe Marchfield Avenue is already in the spotlight with the council but the issues are now spreading to Mosslands Roads which is adjacent to Marchfield Avenue. Is it possible for the council to erect sign posts at several points on New Inchinnan road/mosslands road advising this is for residents and visitors parking only and workplace and airport parking is not allowed? Or install whatever parking measures would help the residents with parking. Any help is appreciated
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OFFICIAL 17 05/07/2024 To whom is may concern I realise my email has fallen short of the allocated deadline however I was on holiday. I am unsure if this email will count however I felt I had to respond all the same. I Live at xxx with my parents, child & husband. The parking issues in this street & 2 capparks off it have horrendous issues with parking that is of a constant stress to us all & my elderly parents. My husband has had a transplant & is of poor health, there are times when he has to abandon his car miles away as there is not a space. There has also been 3 large disabled spaces been allocated in a very small area which also then takes space away. Likewise the council have allowed other residents on Marchfiled avenue(council tenant) to lower the curb outside her property again adding to the issue as yet another 2 spaces you can’t use as this person states it blocks her access. We regularly see cars being left & people leaving for their holidays or large work vans parked for days at a time. I have often said I was going to write to you to complain & ask for such a scheme. I am completely in favour of this. Our elderly neighbour on Marchfiled avenue has no access to technology but also stated if someone had came & spoke with her she would have told you she was in favour. Can you tell me how many cars per household would receive permits? Also the car park on Marchfiled avenue, I’m assuming would be included as this is often the worst place for airport cars & i fear if not included woudl just make this car park unmanageable for residents. 18 01/07/2024 Hi, im just sending an email regarding the letter i received about the parking on marchfield avenue. I am in favour of it becoming a permit holders only parking. I would also like to add that if possible double yellow lines be added around the edges of the roundabout at the start of marchfield Avenue as the amount of cars that park on each of the corners block the road and the view when approaching the roundabout from either side. I think both the permits and double yellows would make it a better and safer street for all that live here. Will there be a limit to amount of permits I can register per household as I have three vehicles at home? 19 30/06/2024 As a long standing resident of this street, I very much favour the introduction of a permit scheme thanks. Parking by non residents is becoming an ever increasing issue and needs addressed. 20 27/06/2024 I believe something should be done to sort out the parking but I'm not in favour of pay and display parking spaces maybe more notices of residents parking only
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OFFICIAL 21 27/06/2024 Thanks for your letter about possibly introducing residents parking and parking bays in Marchfield Avenue. I have no real objection to residents parking signs being installed. However, do we need to have bays painted on the road? The reason I am asking is because the space outside my house has a lampost right on the kerb. Depending on how bays were painted, (if they are going to be marked) I may be forced to park right under the lampost which I would be unhappy about as birds sit on the lampost and would continually defecate all over my car which damages the paintwork. At the moment I try to park on either side of the lampost otherwise I would be continually washing my car. Can we have residents' parking without the bays? xxxx xxx - Further email, 010724 - I know you probably won't have had time to reply to my email below so just in case I don't hear back, I think overall I would say I am not in favour. 22 26/06/2024 I had spoke with xxx regarding Parking issues in the area. Today alone I witnessed 4 near misses on inchinan Road due to vehicles Parked, as well as also a Truck delivering vehicles to Europe car, may I also note same vehicles have been parked for 3-4 days. The signs up do not seem to make a difference as no sign of parking inforcment being implemented. Marchfield Avenue from the start right through is a nightmare cars parked on the roundabout as well as the entrance way to new harbour way. It is the same vehicles every day parking in this area and again have seen very near misses due to vehicles not able to get passed or round the roundabout. With the new signs in place and talk of parking permits are these going to be enforced as outlined on the notices that are up, which have been over 10 days but nothing or no cars ticketed. I guarantee if traffic wardens were around been 7:30am and 9am each Morning the amount of folk parking for work Or offices would be caught. And a Monday and Friday with holiday makers. I await a response 23 26/06/2024 To whom ever it may concern I writing to confirm that I would 100 percent be in favour of a new traffic system being placed on Marchfield road. I struggle to get my car parked at night due to holiday makers and in the day due to the staff who work near by. Please implement this asap. 24 26/06/2024 Re-guarding parking proposal marchfield avenue I am not in favour of this solution as I have lived here for many years and the problem are occasional, it is mostly just the families have more than one car then visiting people at certain times that can cause inconvenience that's life so not in favor 25 26/06/2024 I wholeheartedly am in favour of a parking scheme I am sick and tired of people from the offices in marchfield and people going on holiday leaving their cars parked where we normally park which leaves us nowhere to park it is getting ridiculous please introduce the scheme as soon as possible as tempers are getting frayed to say the least.
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OFFICIAL 26 26/06/2024 I think it is an excellent idea so I would be in favour of this proposal. Will this take into account the car parking areas off Marchfield Avenue as we have similar problems. 27 26/06/2024 I am a resident at Marchfield Avenue and have received the letter outlining the proposed plan to manage the number of vehicles attempting to park in and around the area for the airport. I support the proposal however I’m not sure there will be a consistent traffic warden in the area to ensure this is enforced. 28 25/06/2024 Unfortunately, I'm not in favour of the parking permit. The permits are "currently" free?? this could change and we are then charged for a permit to park in our own street. Also, the hassle of getting visitor books and giving them out to your guests. 29 25/06/2024 Hi this is excellent news there is also a problem when you come into marchfield ave at the roundabout cars are parked on both sides you have to give way to traffic coming out of marchfield due to cars parked.also cars are parking on pavements you have to walke on the road to get by.now there using the grass aswell to park up. 30 24/06/2024 I am writing in response to your letter asking for feedback on whether there should be parking restrictions brought in at Marchfield Avenue. I very recently purchased a property in Marchfield Avenue and personally think it would be very detrimental to introduce parking restrictions in the street. Although I realise parking is an issue in the street as one of 3 adults in my house who drive and need a car for work purposes the permit situation would be unworkable for us, if it is the case that only one permit is allowed per household. If you require any further information please let me know. 31 21/06/2024 I think that some form of Parking Restrictions on Marchfield Ave would be a good idea. Would the Parking Attendants also be able to enforce fines for parking on the pavement as well, especially on the Roundabout. 32 21/06/2024 I have some questions about the proposed parking permits. 1. How many permits per household are allowed? 2. How often will the street be monitored? 3. Have you asked the airport and surrounding businesses if they could tell their workers to use their own car parks? 4. How many books of visitors permits do we get a year? 5. You say currently there is no charge, which makes me assume it won't be too long before there is? I look forward to receiving a swift reply as I want to make an informed decision
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OFFICIAL 33 20/06/2024 Many Thanks for your letter dated 7 June 2024, with regards to the parking proposal in Marchfield Ave. I am not in favour of this scheme for the following reasons. 1. Due to work I sometimes have different vehicles and as such it would not be feasible to get a separate permit for each vehicle. 2. The cost implication for visitors who are already paying in the form of Road Tax, insurance etc to use the roads 3. the lack of flexibility 34 17/06/2024 With reference to the above subject, I would be very much in favour of your proposal. I reside at xxx and it has always been a problem, particularly holidaymakers who leave their vehicles for weeks at a time. 35 16/06/2024 I, xxx of xxx vote in favour of this system with immediate effect. The situation is seriously out of hand with Airport parking and local workers using our road and private road as a parking facility. Airport should be doing more as we have trolleys left every day from holiday makers Westpoint business park has plenty of car parking spaces within their grounds yet work wont park in there due to different reasons like they have to pay for a space or don't want to because it's easier for them to get out. I have had many arguments with workers parking across my driveway and blocking roads. We have cars parked illegally every day at junctions and roundabouts which is a road traffic act. Many have been towed away thankfully but a lot goes unnoticed. My two vans have been hit due how narrow the road becomes when they all park on the road. I have had a delivery turned away due to the truck not being able to get down the road. We have had an ambulance blocked from getting through the road until cars were moved. This need sorted no matter what the opinion of all residents as it only really effects the top half off marchfield avenue. 36 16/06/2024 I, xxx of xxx vote in favour of this system with immediate effect. 37 16/06/2024 I’m definitely in favour of this proposal. I live at xxx
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OFFICIAL 38 16/06/2024 I, xxx of xxx vote in favour of this system with immediate effect. The situation is seriously out of hand with Airport parking and local workers using our road and private road as a parking facility. Airport should be doing more as we have trolleys left every day from holiday makers Westpoint business park has plenty of car parking spaces within their grounds yet work wont park in there due to different reasons like they have to pay for a space or don't want to because it's easier for them to get out. I have had many arguments with workers parking across my driveway and blocking roads. We have cars parked illegally every day at junctions and roundabouts which is a road traffic act. Many have been towed away thankfully but a lot goes unnoticed. My two vans have been hit due how narrow the road becomes when they all park on the road. I have had a delivery turned away due to the truck not being able to get down the road. We have had an ambulance blocked from getting through the road until cars were moved. This need sorted no matter what the opinion of all residents as it only really effects the top half off marchfield avenue. 39 16/06/2024 I’m writing to signify my support for the new parking proposal on Marchfield Avenue PA3 as long as it makes provisions for households with multiple vehicles. 40 15/06/2024 After receiving the letter about parking proposal on Marchfield Avenue. We are in favour of the permit scheme however would like to make sure that even in the future residents will not need to pay for parking permits (as we know some councils charge). Totally in favour as the parking around Marchfield Avenue is dangerous. People drive along the road far too fast and not being able to see due to parked cars, there is an accident waiting to happen. Many thanks, 41 14/06/2024 I am 100% in favour this will make a massive difference on people who are parking here up on pavements and on the round about. Thank you for taking this aboard and making this difference.
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OFFICIAL 42 14/06/2024 In regards to the recent communication received from yourselves to do with the parking at Marchfield Avenue . I would express strongly in favour of introducing a system to deter people from parking their vehicles on Marchfield Avenue whilst they are at work or in some cases parking whilst they are flying from Glasgow Airport. This is not acceptable to the residents who are impacted on a daily basis and often unable to park at their home . Vehicles are parked the whole length of the street on both sides and also parked on pavements . This is a very inconsiderate act caused by individuals who feel they have the right to park in a residential street to avoid paying for parking and not caring how it’s affecting the residents who live on the street . I feel it’s only a matter of time before an accident happens due to the increased amount of vehicles parked . I have some concerns on how you plan to implement this system ? I would be interested in how you plan to propose the change to the parking and make sure this is enforced ? I didn’t see any mention of parking meters being mentioned , is this something that will be happening ? How are you planning to ensure there is a proper system in place and anyone parking without permit is fined ? You mention a charge of £8 to park for a day and those parking longer will receive a parking ticket , how much is the cost of a parking ticket ? Bearing in mind people park here on a daily basis and also for the purpose of parking whilst on holiday flying from Glasgow airport . A “ parking ticket “ might be a cheaper option than paying for a week / 2 week parking either on-site or off sight at the airport . I feel you have to enforce a deterrent for those that feel it’s an easy option to park on a street whilst working nearby or travelling to the airport . I don’t feel there should be an option to park longer unless you are a resident . Residents need to be the most important people who many are unable to park their vehicle at their home . I hope this is taken seriously and a suggestion of having a local residents meeting to address the concerns the residents face on a daily basis may be beneficial to collate information from the people who are being affected daily . Sent on behalf of my parents who are residents of Marchfield Avenue 43 14/06/2024 In favour 44 14/06/2024 Further to my email yesterday regarding the planned permit zone for Marchfield Avenue I would like to add my objection for the option of non permit holders to pay £8 to park for the day on our street. This is significantly lower than any nearby airport parking and will only encourage non residents to continue to use our street as it will be cheap, therefore, not resolving the current issue. E.g. iPark £30 a day, terminal multi storey £67 45 14/06/2024 I’ve received your letter regarding your proposal to impose parking restrictions on Marchield Avenue. I am entirely opposed to any such proposal. Additionally the letter does not clearly indicate whether the proposal includes the entirety of Marchfield Avenue or only a part of it.
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OFFICIAL 46 14/06/2024 I am not happy with the Parking proposal in Marchfield Avenue. First this will affect selling your house in the future and I will not be paying for a permit to park my car in my street, as you have mention it will be "Currently" free!! then maybe in the future it will not be free. The cost of live is hard enough without you's trying add more expenditure to our cost of living. So my option is a big NO. 47 14/06/2024 I own and reside in xxx and I am writing to state that I am in favour of the proposed permit scheme. 48 14/06/2024 While I agree with the concerns expressed regarding inappropriate parking, I think the issue is not as clear-cut as the letter implies. The main area of difficulty is the stretch of Marchfield Avenue between Inchinnan Road and Number 40 Marchfield Avenue. Here there are a number of parking bays, many used by workers (only occupied during working hours) and holidaymakers (frequently seen loading and unloading luggage). I understand that Marchfield Avenue features on a social media app as a source of free parking for Glasgow Airport. The idea of permits as outlined would serve to remedy this issue. However a more serious situation exists, which does not appear on the letter. It is common to have commercial vehicles, vans and light lorries, parking, not in the parking bays, but straddling the kerb. These vehicles not only inhibit pedestrian movement but encroach on the main Avenue resulting in a narrowing of the carriageway. I suspect that some of these vehicles are in fact owned by residents. I would suggest • Permits as outlined for parking bays • No Parking restrictions where the Avenue narrows • Enforcement of regulations pertaining to parking encroaching on pavements 49 13/06/2024 As I live on my own I need to have deliveries and calls by medical helpers and tradesmen. I should therefore prefer to keep the present parking system which allows essential parking near my house. 50 13/06/2024 I am currently a resident xxx and absolutely delighted to hear of the planned permit scheme and would be for this. Could you please expand on the rules regarding the day permits e.g. family or friends visiting our home, would they be able to have a day permit that can be used more than once? 51 13/06/2024 As a resident of xxx I am in favour of the parking proposal. 52 13/06/2024 I am in favour of introducing pay and display parking with resident permits on Marchfield Avenue. 53 13/06/2024 I am NOT in favour of this parking system. I have lived in xxx since 1972 and have always had a car. I have never found car parking from others a major problem . At present my wife is bedbound and both my son and my daughter who live in London travel up to see her each month to see her and support myself and need to be able to park in the street. My wife’s brother from Beith comes 2 or 3 times a week to see her and allow me to go out for shopping,appointments etc and needs to park.I don’t see how a parking permit system would meet my needs.
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OFFICIAL 54 13/06/2024 I have recived letter reguarding car parking in my area. I am in favour of the council proposed scheme. I applied for a resident permit but I was told I am not eilgible. I have lived at xxx for over ten years. I would appeciate if you could look into this for me. 55 16/05/2024 Good morning , I am a resident at xxx, There has recently been a huge increase of cars being parked on both sides of the road coming into marchfield avenue and continuing up and on the roundabout past the business centre that is on the left side . This is causing problems not only for residents but also for goods vehicles that are struggling to get in and out , also for peoples safety as a lot of residents have mobility scooters or prams and are having to resort to walking on the road around some of the pavement mounted cars , we are also constantly being used as an airport free parking zone and some vehicles are being left for up to two or three weeks at a time causing residents that have work vehicles or visitors and family vehicles unable to park , we have a home security system and feel safer if we can park in or around our property to keep vehicles safe but are unable to do so when non residents are parking and leaving to go on holiday . This is extremely frustrating as the elderly residents and people with babies and prams are having to park down the street , it has also become extremely dangerous when leaving the street turning either left or right onto inchinnan Road as the cars are mounted everywhere blocking from view sometimes oncoming vehicles , the cars are parked the full length of the road blocking the crossing island at the bottom of marchfield leaving barely enough room for cars to maneuver through , I have seen a few lorries , trucks struggling to get through and having to try and detour as the cars are so close to the island. Companies on the main street are resorting to using cones to make way for work vans and being pavement mounted leaves no room for people who need assistance in way of wheelchairs or scooters , we as residents have raised this issue many times and recently took it to the local community meeting with signed documents about how this is causing the residents so much distress. We fear the up coming holiday season will yet again be bombarded with people leaving vehicles and with no consideration that we do have elderly residents that do require spaces and ambulances and care givers that struggle to get in and out as the cars are constantly parked up and around the roundabout, path , grass etc ... If there is some other way we can report this I would be extremely grateful if you could follow on any information. Thank you for your time . 56 12/03/2024 Residents have been in touch to complain about the situation at Marchfield Avenue. There is a high density of non-residents parking along the street. I’m not sure that there is anything that can be done about that, however, the residents are very concerned about the speed at which vehicles are now travelling up and down the avenue. I’m wondering if a speed survey could be organised for the street to see if there is evidence to back up these concerns? 57 22/02/2024 Hi, I am a resident of xxx. Over the last year it is proving more and more difficult to drive up our road, it is constantly blocked down to single file use when we are attempting to drive up our road. Cars, vans are continually parking on the pavements stopping pedestrians walking on them a mother with a pushchair for instance would have to go onto the road.
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OFFICIAL 58 22/11/2023 Good morning, I am starting to get a little concerned of the cars parking on my street and pavement. Yesterday they were all parked up the street on the pavement all the way and even round our mini round about and I also had a car park opposite my drive causing me problems to get. I am worried incase emergency services need to attend as they won't get up the street and it's a dead end at the top. I can hardly drive out incase I damage my car. My children are finding it difficult to cross the road to get to school as theres not enough pavement to walk on and then having to stand way out on the road to see if oncoming traffic is coming. Also I'm struggle with taking my dog a walk as I feel the same and I have a baby so need to go out on the road with my pram. I have attached pictures for you to see if someone could urgently get back to me please. My address is xxx 59 18/07/2023 I live on xxx which is now being inundated with people leaving their cars, vans, trucks ect, you can barely see along the street when leaving and entering, there are double yellow lines at the end on the corner which people are still using to park vehicles on as well as at the mini round-about and now vehicles are spreading out onto Inchinnan Road which is tight for 2 way traffic because of this issue. I know I'm not the only resident to complain but this is going to cause an accident. 60 26/05/2023 xxx has been in contact with numerous constituents regarding the impacts of traffic parking obstructively on the road and paths at Marchfield Avenue. This has become worse since the TTRO at Abbotsinch Road/ Inchinnan Road has come into force. Although residents find the TTRO a welcome move, there is significant more prevailing matters now occurring in the housing estate. People are having to resort to walking down the middle of the road as well as people with mobility aids also doing this. It is common to see, not an exemption to the rule. The vehicles often block drives and also block the through way access for emergency services. The risk of incidents is extremely high. I was out yesterday and took a couple of pictures – although it doesn’t fully demonstrate the extent of the concerns. See attached. Can you please investigate this and action measures to address this? 61 14/02/2023 I had been in touch previously about parking on Inchinnan Road near Marchfield Avenue. Yellow lines were installed to help address that which I’m very grateful for. However, sadly this has had the knock-on effect of pushing the pavement parking further up Inchinnan Road. The issue is compounded by the fact that passengers using the airport park their cars on the pavement along Inchinnan Road for free the full time they are travelling. Residents are understandably complaining about blocking access to pavements, particularly for prams and wheelchairs. The congested parking also makes it difficult for cars to pass each other on the road. Could the yellow lines that were put down be further extended to try to deter this? Are there any plans to address the parking/traffic issues as part of the AMIDS development?
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OFFICIAL 62 18/10/2022 I’m following up on a case I raised a few months ago as it is a continual problem and an increasing number of residents have raised it with me. The pavement parking alongside the fact that cars can park on both sides of the road on Inchinnan road is causing major congestion as well as rendering the pavements unusable for people with prams or wheelchairs. I understand your comments previously about the consolidation on yellow lines across Renfrewshire, however I think there is no other option in this situation than for yellow lines to be laid along this stretch of Inchinnan Road. I’ve been in contact with the police about the situation and they are in agreement with me. The police told me that compounding the problem is the fact that holiday makers are using Inchinnan road as a car park, for all intents and purposes. The police have been issuing tickets, but more often than not it costs less money for drivers to pay the fine than pay for parking at the airport. The police told me that they can’t see the issuing being resolved without the application on yellow lines. They also mentioned that they think bollards/railings blocking the pavement would be helpful. The police, residents, business owners and elected members all seem to be in agreement here. Could yellow lines please be installed? 63 28/07/2022 I’m writing about an issue a constituent has raised with me regarding parking at Marchfield Avenue and Inchinnan Road. The constituent reports that often the parking is so busy along the street that the road is effectively reduced to a single track road and this increases congestion around an already busy area. I’ve attached photos that have been sent to me. You’ll be able to see that the parking on the pavements leaves the pavement unusable, especially for people with wheelchairs, walking aids and prams. Is there an approach that’s proven successful in dealing with similar issues that could be used here? I look forward to hearing from you. 64 25/07/2022 We are contacting you regarding concerns over parking in the area local to our business. There are numerous cars parking on the pavements at Marchfield Avenue and Inchinnan Road. As you are aware, Inchinnan Road is extremely busy and a main route to the Airport and Paisley Gilmour Street. Parking on the pavement is causing congestion as it is essentially creating a single track road with larger vehicle unable to get by. We have been trying to encourage active travel amongst our staff, but are concerned for their safety and the safety of others who are having to walk on the busy road to get by. Please see below some photographs of the area taken this afternoon. Please note, while our staff member was taking these photographs, they met a person in a wheel chair who could not get by and had to cross the road and negotiate a high kerb on the other side. We would be grateful if this issue could be investigated and look forward to hearing from you in the near future.
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OFFICIAL 65 28/04/2022 I wish to report vehicles parking on the pavement at Marchfield Avenue Paisley, just of Inchinnan Road, Paisley. When walking along this pavement, you have to step off the pavement and walk the length of the road to get round the cars, which is dangerous as vehicles drive up and down this road all day. Vehicles should NOT be parked on the pavement in the first instance. Vehicles are being parked there and its the whole car on the pavement, leaving no room for pedestrians to pass. This has been going on now for sometime and no-one has actually come along and done anything about it. Many of these vehicles belong to people flying out on holiday from Glasgow Airport and leaving their cars there for 2wks. As a pedestrian, it would be greatly appreciated if you could please look into this matter with some urgency and have this resolved immediately/ vehicles removed. I await hearing from you by return.
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PUBLIC Appendix 3 Draft traffic order proposal for Marchfield Avenue Key Red – No waiting, no loading at anytime Yellow – No waiting at any time Green – Permit holders only Blue – Short stay layby parking Orange – Disabled bay