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To inform the Executive that Hampshire County Council will be terminating the Agency Agreement for Decriminalised Parking Enforcement from 01 April 2020 in Fareham and to seek approval to undertake a review of the Parking Service.

On 09 February 2018, Hampshire County Council formally gave Fareham notice that they are terminating the Agency Agreement for Decriminalised Parking Enforcement with Fareham Borough Council.  Despite that letter giving notice of termination of the agreement, it also indicated that Hampshire County Council were keen to negotiate a revised agreement with the Council with the aim of developing an agreement that would better reflect Hampshire County Council’s current position and to provide a more consistent approach to on street enforcement county wide.  Discussions at officer level continued in 2018 with a view to the progression of a revised agreement.  However, a further letter was received in early January 2019, from Hampshire County Council which explained that as Fareham had handed back Traffic Management from the Council in 2017, the intention in respect of Fareham was to pass on-street enforcement from Fareham Borough Council to a specialist provider on behalf of Hampshire County Council as the Highway Authority.  To understand the implications of Hampshire County Council’s plans and how then to best deliver an off-street parking service only and address the potential financial deficit, a fundamental review of the parking service is considered necessary.