We asked, you said, we did

We asked

Following the introduction of the Barnet Hospital (BH) Controlled Parking Zone (CPZ) in 2018, we carried out an informal consultation during July and August 2020 to find out the views of residents and businesses situated inside and outside the CPZ, including whether they or their visitors experienced problems parking close to their property and if so at what times of the day. We also asked them if they would support having a CPZ introduced in their road.

You said

Roads within the Barnet Hospital CPZ

We consulted 449 properties within the CPZ. We received 109 responses to the questionnaire which included comments, suggestions and objections which are summarised below.

The majority of the resident and their visitors said that they found it easier to park closer to their home since the Barnet Hospital CPZ was introduced and were also happy with the current hours and days of the CPZ.

A few residents of Wellside Close raised concerns regarding the difficulties that they were experiencing after 6.30pm in the evenings due to its close proximity to Barnet Hospital.

Roads situated outside the Barnet Hospital CPZ

We consulted 1691 properties within the CPZ. We received 162 responses to the questionnaire which included comments, suggestions and objections which are summarised below.

The majority of the residents that responded expressed that they were in favour of a CPZ to be introduced on their street with CPZ controls operating all day to mitigate the effects of commuter parking.

Concerns were also raised regarding inconsiderate parking mainly at junctions that have an impact on visibility, traffic flow and general road safety.

You can view the consultation report, including responses to objections.

We did

We have carefully considered all the comments received to the informal consultation and have decided to extend the Barnet Hospital CPZ on an experimental basis in the roads listed under Schedule 1. It has also been decided to extend the Barnet “Zone C” CPZ to include Regina Close and Elizabeth Close (Schedule 2) on an experimental basis. This will enable us to keep the controls under review.

We also upgraded the operational CPZ controls of Wellside Close from 8am to 6.30pm Monday to Saturday to operate 8am to 8pm Monday to Sunday from 23 May 2022.

Introducing the above measures on an experimental basis gives the local community time to assess the effectiveness and impact of the measures and allow the council to consider if any further amendments will be needed to improve the parking situation. This may involve expansion of the existing CPZ to include the neighbouring streets. During the first six months, comments from the local community will be invited, considered and assessed to help decide if the experimental measures should be made permanent.

In addition to the measures mentioned above a number of resident permit bays, operating 8am to 6.30pm Monday to Saturday, within the existing BH CPZ will be converted to shared use parking bays. These bays may be used by residents and businesses permit holders and Pay by Phone users. These bays will operate from 8am to 6.30pm Monday to Saturday in Grimsdyke Crescent, Kings Road, Cavendish Road and Elmbank Avenue. These measures are proposed in order to provide improved parking opportunities for residents, businesses, and visitors in the vicinity of Barnet Hospital. It will also help in reducing parking pressure in the BH CPZ area.

As well as the above measures, lengths of double yellow lines will be introduced on street at vulnerable locations in order to deter inconsiderate parking, improve sightlines and improve traffic flow.

We will hand deliver notification letters with the scheme plans to the properties within the experimental CPZ informing residents and businesses of the properties that are eligible to apply for a resident permit, with information about how to apply for permits and how the scheme will work.

You can view a plan of the Barnet Hospital CPZ and Barnet “Zone C” extension boundary and detailed plans on the right-hand side of this page.