I have received this note:

I inspected the site today and found the Highway to be safe. The footway
was unobstructed and any building materials present were stored within the
line of the Controlled Parking Zone bays and were therefore unlikely to be
a hazard to motorists. To my knowledge, we have had no complaints made
directly to this office from motorists about this site being unsafe or
hazardous. The complaints from residents have been CPZ related and have
therefore been redirected to SADC Parking Services. The only complaint
about the footway being obstructed was made in May. This was dealt with by
an officer from Hertfordshire Highways on the day that it was reported and
it is my understanding that there have been no further complaints about
obstruction of the footway since.

Today, the materials and the skip were taking up a total of two CPZ bays.
The placement of the skip on the Highway has been licensed by this office
and today, so as to reduce their ‘footprint’ on the Highway, the builders
were instructed to move any remaining materials on the Highway to the same
CPZ bay as the skip within three working days. Thus for the remaining three
weeks or so of the build, they will only be using one CPZ bay for this
purpose.

In the evenings when parking tends to be more of an issue, the builders are
not present as the building is unoccupied and therefore only one or two
bays have been used by them for their materials and/or the skip. A number
that is likely to be common to many of the properties in and around Upton
Avenue. During the day, I appreciate that when the tradesmen are on site,
there may well be a further three or four vehicles that might need to be
accommodated. When the development of what I believe to be four flats is
completed there will potentially be four residents who will all be entitled
to parking permits for at least one car per flat and they might even want
two. This naturally is a SADC Planning issue.

City/town centre developments on a small site are always going to be
problematic but as long as the building contractors do not damage the
Highway and they keep it safe for Highway users then it is unlikely that
enforcement action will be taken by HCC for what is relatively a minor and
usually quite a temporary Highway issue. Naturally, we will always respond
and attend to any complaint made directly to this office by any member of
the public relating to a perceived hazard on the Highway and it will be
dealt with immediately if it is felt to be unsafe and a danger to those
using the Highway.