RESOLVED:

A. That Cabinet agreed to no longer proceed with the proposal to implement emissions based parking charges from October 2021.

At the invitation of the Chair, Councillor Anthony Fairclough spoke on the item, expressing his concerns that the report did not address the remaining two policies of the diesel levy and increased charges in Wimbledon and Raynes Park and requesting that further measures to tackle air pollution and the climate emergency be explored.

The Cabinet Member for Adult Social Care and Health thanked Councillor Fairclough for his contributions and presented the report, responding that a clean air pilot zone had been developed in Wimbledon and a strategy on electric vehicle charging was also being developed.

The Cabinet Member for Housing, Regeneration and the Climate Emergency also spoke on the item.

The Director for Environment and Regeneration stated that the Air Quality action plan set out the Council’s actions on the issue and noted that the Council was awaiting the Electric Vehicle Infrastructure delivery plan from TfL to enable the council to make further progress on this issue.

The Chair thanked officers for their work and it was

RESOLVED:

A. That Cabinet agreed to no longer proceed with the proposal to implement emissions based parking charges from October 2021.