The outcome of an an experiment to ban camper vans from parking in two Yorkshire Coast resorts has been revealed.
The experiment has been adopted in Sandsend and Scarborough, although attempts to try it in Cayton Bay have run into problems.
The Area Highways Manager for North Yorkshire Council is Richard Marr:
"The plan to carry out the experiment down in Cayton Bay failed due to repeated vandalism and difficulties with getting the signing put up for a period long enough to carry out the experiment. So this report is concentrating on the two other areas mainly North Bay and Scarborough and then the road between Whitby and Sandsend.
"The experimental traffic regulation order started in November 24 and runs for 18 months. Before that period expires, the Highway Authority needs to determine what it replaces it with, if anything. And currently we're looking at the success in the officers' view of the experiment."
He explained what could be next for those areas:
"Currently the proposal to the executive at the end of the month is that we replace the two experimental orders at North Bay and Sandsend with permanent traffic regulation orders which exactly mirror the experimental traffic regulation order."
He says a consultation found that with 3,000 responses, most are overwhelmingly against the proposals:
"Those objections vary, basically, were on the form of people who wanted to remain or be allowed to park in these locations, which was contrary to the reasons for the experimental order, which were to improve the visual amenity of the area and to stop a lot of the unsavoury operations or activities happening with a minority of those who frequented that."
Mr Matt revealed the experiment had some knock on effects:
"It was obvious that other areas, probably in Scarborough and some around Sandsend and some in Whitby experienced an increase in motor home parking due to displacement parking for those who were restricted from those two locations going elsewhere. And there are plans in the upcoming parking review of certainly Scarborough, which will then follow onto Whitby to look at how we deal with, in two strands, really, how we look at the identifiable locations, where we are having problems with motor parking but also not just piecemeal going for that one street because what happens that'll just push the problem to another street, but having a bit more of a wider view of how we deal with motor homes."
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