We asked, you said, we did

We asked

We asked for your views on the experimental Controlled Parking Zone (CPZ) named Burnt Oak North (BON). The experimental zone ran for 18 months, with the initial 6 months constituting the statutory consultation. Initially the zone would run from Monday to Sunday between 8am and 6.30pm.

You said

198 residents responded to the statutory consultation, with 97 objecting.

The primary cause for concern was that the operational days and times were excessive across the zone due to the inconvenience this is causing for those visiting on weekends. 62 responses were received on this matter.

The requests received and approved were:

• Not enough general permit bays near amenities
• More parking bays needed for those visiting amenities
• Additional drop off facility for a local school
• Restrictions to be reviewed in the North Road Estate area
• Double yellow lines to be reviewed to increase parking capacity
• Loading bay to be implemented in Deansbrook Road to assist the businesses.

The key comments and objections can be found on our resident letter dated Friday 22 March 2024.

We did

Upon the review of all comments, the experimental CPZ will be made permanent with the following changes:

• The operational days will be reduced from Monday - Sunday to Monday - Friday.

Based on the feedback received we will be shortly conducting a further 6 month experimental consultation on the below measures.

• The shared use bays in Orange Hill Road, Deansbrook Road and Watling Avenue will be changed from ‘Resident permit holders and Pay by Phone’ to ‘Permit holders and Pay by Phone’ to enable all permit holders, including those with business permits to be able to utilise these bays to visit local amenities.
• The ‘residents permit only’ bay outside no.35 Abbots Road will be converted to a shared use bay to further assist visitors to the area and increase parking capacity.
• A single yellow line will be added within a parking bay in Orange Hill Road, which will operate between 8am to 9.30am and 3pm to 4.30pm to further assist with drop off and pick up in this area.
• Double yellow lines will also be added in Market Lane to enhance road safety due to its narrow width (loading will still be permitted).
• A loading bay will be added in Deansbrook Road to assist businesses within the parade of shops
• Various amendments to parking restrictions in the North Road Estate and Brearley Close are to be made

Following on from concerns raised in relation to non-residential parking it has also been agreed to introduce a new CPZ called Burnt Oak Central (BOC), which is located to the south of BON. You can view details of the BOC CPZ here.

The operational times of BON will remain the same to reduce the likelihood of the new zone (BOC) causing displacement of non-residential parking into BON.