Councillor Looks To Partnership Working To Resolve Parking Issues

Councillor Bryan Pearson will be pushing for partnership working to try and resolve the problem of cars parking on Westwood Pasture all day.

After a number of concerned residents got in touch with Beverley’s Ward Councillors about the issue Cllr Pearson decided to observe the situation for himself (not for the first time).

When he visited the Pasture, at the Westwood Road entrance to town, on a Thursday morning he saw cars beginning to arrive from 7am. By 10am there were approximately 28 vehicles parked on the left hand side of the road and around 15 on the right.

When he returned at 4pm the majority of cars were still there.

Cllr Pearson said;

“These are not people who have arrived in their cars to walk dogs or to have a picnic – vehicles are being left all day. I appreciate that a large number of workers drive in to Beverley each morning so finding a space can be tricky, but parking in a way that churns up the landscape and causes problems for visitors to the Westwood is not the answer.”

“This is a difficult matter to enforce but I think it is important that ERYC and Beverley Town Council work with the Pasture Masters to see what can be done to stop the Westwood being turned into a giant car park each morning. I will be contacting partners at these organisations to see how we can take this forward.”