A FURTHER consultation event will be held this week for people to have their say on experimental parking controls at Seaton Carew.

Hartlepool Borough Council introduced parking charges earlier this year as part of a wider parking plan to help tackle a range of issues, including parking on pavements and on chevrons, which were impacting on businesses and compromising safety.

The parking controls, which ran until the end of October, includes charges throughout car parks, on-street pay and display parking, resident-only and business parking permit schemes and free disc parking on the Front and in Seaton Park.

Councillor Dave Hunter, chairman of the council’s neighbourhood services committee, said: “We value feedback from local people and, indeed, following the first consultation meeting in May we made a number of changes to the Parking Plan.

“I hope people take the opportunity to attend this week’s meeting and following that the Council will undertake a full review of the Parking Plan for Seaton Carew.”

Three consultation events for local residents have already taken place and another is to be held tomorrow between 2pm and 6pm at Seaton Carew Social Club and Institute on Station Lane.

Changes implemented earlier in the year after the first consultation meeting included all pay and display charges were applied from 9am-6pm instead of 8am-8pm and the parking areas on the residential side of The Front/The Cliff that were joint residents’ permit.