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Brent Cross Cricklewood Experimental Controlled Parking Zone (CPZ) UC4 – BB Zone

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This consultation has now closed.

Overview

At Barnet Council, like any other borough, we have a system of parking bays and parking permits that prioritises parking for residents, businesses and their visitors and customers. These systems are called Controlled Parking Zones.

In 2023, we introduced parking controls on a temporary basis, known as an Experimental Controlled Parking Zone (ECPZ) in the NW2 area on Brent Terrace, Clitterhouse Crescent, Clitterhouse Road and a section of Claremont Road. This was implemented to address existing parking issues and prevent non-resident parking in the area. After a formal consultation, we made this first phase of the CPZ permanent

Overview

At Barnet Council, like any other borough, we have a system of parking bays and parking permits that prioritises parking for residents, businesses and their visitors and customers. These systems are called Controlled Parking Zones.

In 2023, we introduced parking controls on a temporary basis, known as an Experimental Controlled Parking Zone (ECPZ) in the NW2 area on Brent Terrace, Clitterhouse Crescent, Clitterhouse Road and a section of Claremont Road. This was implemented to address existing parking issues and prevent non-resident parking in the area. After a formal consultation, we made this first phase of the CPZ permanent in 2024. More information can be found here.


Barnet Council has monitored the impact on parking in the wider area through surveys that took place in November 2023, June 2024 and August 2024. The results of the surveys show that there has been an increase in the levels of parking on most of the roads in the area over the last 12 months; including Claremont Road, Marble Drive, Prayle Grove, Amber Grove and Wallcote Avenue (Zone BB).

The survey identified the following parking issues:

• The busiest road in the area is Clitterhouse Road.

• Vehicles parking at junctions impact the visibility and safety for all road users.

• There are access issues for residents to and from private driveways.

• Safety problems arising from traffic issues on Claremont Road, especially during school pick up and drop off times.

• The proposed plans for Clitterhouse Playing Fields and the introduction of new sports facilities and other amenities are expected to increase parking pressures.

• The first phase of the CPZ on Brent Terrace, Clitterhouse Crescent and Clitterhouse Road has had an impact on neighbouring roads.

We also expect that with the future occupied development in Brent Cross Town and the introduction of more new facilities in the area, there will be added parking pressure on the roads.


What we are proposing

Following informal resident feedback and based on the survey results, we are proposing to address the issues and prevent non-resident parking by introducing an Experimental Controlled Parking Zone (ECPZ) on Claremont Road, Whitefield Avenue, Marble Drive, Prayle Grove, Amber Grove and Wallcote Avenue (Zone BB) in Summer 2025. This will mean that anyone wanting to park along the roads during the hours of restriction will need to apply for a parking permit or visitor parking permits. We will provide you with more information closer to the time on how and when to apply for your permit.

We have provided a map of the proposed Experimental Controlled Parking Zone and our FAQs below:


Your views are important to us

Before the parking restrictions come into effect and we launch an official consultation, we want to hear your views as early as possible on issues you face with parking as well as the controlled parking times of operation (days and hours) you would like to see come into effect. Your responses will then be reviewed and help shape the consultation that will launch in Summer 2025.

We are particularly interested to hear from residents, tenants, landlords, managing or letting agents, organisations, businesses and all other interested parties.


How to have your say

We are keen to hear your views on parking in your area and encourage you to have your say by completing our questionnaire by Monday 14 April.

If you would like to request a paper questionnaire or another format, please:

  • Email TransformingBX@barnet.gov.uk or telephone 020 8359 3555.
  • Alternatively, you can write to us at Brent Cross Team, London Borough of Barnet, 2 Bristol Avenue, Colindale, NW9 4EW.

We have written to all properties in the roads affected by the parking issues and invite them to take part in this informal consultation. If you have not received a leaflet or would like someone to help you complete the questionnaire, please contact us using one of the above methods. You can also view the leaflet here.


What happens after the consultation closes?

We will review and use the feedback from residents to inform our ECPZ proposals, so that we address the parking issues in your area. We will publish a report on these findings and share details of the next steps for the ECPZ through a letter and on this webpage later in Spring 2025.

This consultation has now closed.

  • We Asked, You Said, We Did

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    We asked

    We asked for your views on a proposed Experimental Controlled Parking Zone (ECPZ) on Claremont Road, Whitefield Avenue, Marble Drive, Prayle Grove, Amber Grove and Wallcote Avenue (Zone BB). The ECPZ proposals aim to address existing parking issues and prevent non-resident parking in the area.

    You said

    We wrote to 756 residents and businesses inviting them to have their say on introducing a CPZ on their road, and what hours of restriction they would like to see. During our one-month consultation, 163 people visited the online consultation and we received a total of 28 responses (online, paper and telephone responses).

    • Out of 28 responses, 71% (20 respondents) are in favour of introducing a CPZ on their road, whilst 25% (seven respondents) are against it. One respondent (4%) who said no to a CPZ said they would support the proposal if neighbouring streets were included in a CPZ.

    Hours of operation

    • Out of 22 responses to the question of what operation times the CPZ should have, 86% (19 respondents) said they wanted the operation times to be longer than four hours, whereas 14% (three respondents) want the operation times to be shorter than four hours.

    Days of operation

    • Out of 22 responses to the question of when the CPZ should operate, 73% (16 respondents) said they would want the scheme to operate seven days a week (Monday to Sunday), four would prefer Monday to Saturday, and two would prefer Monday to Friday.

    We did

    The most common issues raised in this consultation were unauthorised parking on roads, residents having their driveways blocked by other cars, and the lack of parking controls.

    Based on the feedback, which members of the project team have carefully reviewed, we will be implementing an Experimental Controlled Parking Zone, which will be installed during August, and operational from early September 2025. In line with neighbouring zones recently implemented, (Zone BA: Clitterhouse Crescent, Clitterhouse Road and a section of Claremont Road), the parking controls will be operational from Monday to Sunday from 9am to 6pm. The controls are designed to address the concerns raised by residents, and the hours and days are a balance of the range of responses we received, including those who responded with ‘other’.

    As part of the implementation plans, there will be ‘permit holders past this point’ entry signs at the beginning of the ECPZ area, instead of marked bays. This helps maximise as much space as possible for permit holders within an area. Disabled parking places will be provided in suitable locations, as well as pay by phone bays.

    As this is an ECPZ, there will be a statutory consultation period for the first six months whilst it is operational, and you will have the opportunity to share your feedback on the controls during this period. After that, we will review the impact of the measures and use this feedback to help determine the future of the scheme.

    Please note that there is no action needed from you now and we will write to you in August about how to apply for a parking permit. If you would like to see the permit costs, click here.

    You can read our FAQs, as well as more information about the consultation responses and how we are managing parking in the area by visiting our website Transformingbx.co.uk/cpz