To request approval from Management Committee to repeat the Christmas parking concessions for the town centre as per last year.

To repeat the 2016 Christmas parking concessions offered for Weymouth Town Centre in 2017:

(a)          To offer free parking from 3pm daily from Friday 1^st December until Sunday 31^st December in the following car parks:- Harbourside, Swannery, Melcombe Regis, Cosens Quay, Royal Yard, Governors Lane, Park Street, Pavillion and Council Offices.

(b)          To  offer a combined promotional Ice Rink / Santa Grotto / parking ticket for the Swannery car park only giving a 50% discount of the daily charge for parking- BID will sell the package and reimburse the council for the parking element.

(c)          To allow Weymouth to use one of their five parking days to support Small Business Saturday by giving free parking all day on Saturday 2^nd December 2017

(d)          That authority be delegated to the appropriate Strategic Director, in consultation with the Transport and Infrastructure Brief Holder to decide  future years Christmas parking concession arrangements.