Comment
Rochford Area Action Plan Focussed Changes: Market Square
Representation ID: 34314
Received: 24/04/2014
Respondent: Mr Paul Nash
The Council should not consider either option unless it is willing to allow free parking in Back Lane and Ship Lane. The Council needs to be doing more to encourage businesses in Rochford than it does now. It is bad enough that its policy of high rates ensures that businesses struggle to survive anyway but cutting the amount of parking in the Square as well is just adding insult to injury. This is not France. A café culture will not work here, especially when most of the businesses in the Square would not require outside seating.
The Council should not consider either option unless it is willing to allow free parking in Back Lane and Ship Lane. The Council needs to be doing more to encourage businesses in Rochford than it does now. It is bad enough that its policy of high rates ensures that businesses struggle to survive anyway but cutting the amount of parking in the Square as well is just adding insult to injury. This is not France. A café culture will not work here, especially when most of the businesses in the Square would not require outside seating.