Road Traffic Acts
LONDON BOROUGH OF WALTHAM FOREST
EXPERIMENTAL INTRODUCTION OF ROYSTON AVENUE (RA) (T57A(23)) CONTROLLED PARKING ZONE (CPZ)
1. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the London Borough of Waltham Forest (the Council) on 19th October 2023 made: The Waltham Forest (Charged-For Parking Places) (Amendment No. 189) Experimental Order 2023 and The Waltham Forest (Free Parking Places, Loading Places and Waiting, Loading and Stopping Restrictions) (Amendment No. 187) Experimental Order 2023 [relating to RA CPZ] under sections 9 and 10 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984. The Orders will come into force from 26th October 2023 and each order may continue in force for up to 18 months.
2. The general effect of the Orders referred to in paragraph 1.(a) above will be, as an experiment, to:-
(a) provide a new CPZ in Royston Avenue E4 (between its junction with Chingford Mount Road and No. 64 Royston Avenue) comprising ‘RA’ permit holders parking places, which would operate between the hours of 8.00 a.m. and 6.30 p.m. Monday to Saturdays, on both sides, except where new waiting restrictions are placed;
(b) introduce new lengths of waiting restrictions operating between 8.00 a.m. and 6.30 p.m. Monday to Saturdays (single yellow lines to protect vehicle crossovers) to the rear of Nos. 80 and 82 Chingford Mount Road between the permit holders parking places referred to in item 2(a) preceding;
(c) provide that the properties eligible to apply for parking permits and visitor permits in the Royston Avenue ‘RA’ CPZ are specified in Schedule 1 of this notice (see the various parking permits in Schedule 2) (properties defined as ‘car free’ under agreed planning conditions would be eligible for visitor permits only); and
(d) suspend 1.5 metres of Pay by Phone parking space outside the flank wall of No. 82 Chingford Mount Road to allow a permit parking place 5 metres in length to be created for RA permit holders only;
3. The Orders will provide that –
(a) residents' permits, business permits, charity permits, visitors' permits, school staff term-time only permits, residents’ foreign vehicle permits and essential user/carers permits may be issued, on payment of the appropriate charge as specified in paragraph 6 below, to a person who is the keeper of a passenger vehicle (having 8 passenger seats or less), certain goods carrying vehicles and invalid carriages, providing that in the case of -
(i) a residents' permit, they are a resident of a property eligible to purchase permits as listed in the relevant Schedule to this Notice and their vehicle is UK registered to that address;
(ii) a foreign vehicles residents' permit, they are a resident of a property eligible to purchase permits as listed in a Schedule to this Notice and their vehicle is registered outside of the UK;
(iii) a business/charity permit/business visitor’s permit, they have a business in a property eligible to purchase permits as listed in the relevant Schedule to this Notice and that the permit is for a vehicle which is essential to the operation of that business/charity and is used in the purchase and sale of goods or services in connection with that business/charity;
(iv) an essential users/carers permit, they are a doctor or carer who has a surgery in or works in the London Borough of Waltham Forest, or employed by or contracted to the Council, or employed by or contracted to a health authority, or employed by the Metropolitan Police, or employed by the London Fire and Civil Defence Authority, or a company that services fire-fighting appliances and for whom the use of a vehicle is essential to the carrying out of their public service duties in a street or part of a street specified in paragraph 2(a) above;
(v) a school staff term-time only permit, they are a registered member of staff at a primary or secondary school situated in a street or part of a street specified in paragraph 2(a) above, who has a bona fide reason to drive to that school and who lives or is based outside the Borough;
(b) vehicles displaying any valid permit displaying the letters: RA may use the permit parking places provided in the street specified in paragraph 2(a) above;
4. The properties specified in Schedule 1 to this Notice will be eligible in respect of permits to park in the RA CPZ.
5. Where it appears necessary for certain purposes, an authorised officer of the Council may, in pursuance of section 10(2) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, modify or suspend any provision of the experimental Traffic Orders while they are in force.
6. Documents giving more detailed particulars of the measures and copies of the Orders can be inspected on request by emailing traffic.scheme@walthamforest.gov.uk during normal office hours on Mondays to Fridays inclusive, from 19th October 2023 until the Orders cease to have effect, or online at: www.walthamforest.gov.uk.content/road-traffic-schemes-and-consultations.
7 . The Council will be considering in due course whether the provisions of the experimental Orders should be continued in force indefinitely by means of permanent Orders made under sections 6, 45, 46 and 124 of and Part IV of Schedule 9 to the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984. Any person may object to the making of the permanent Orders for the purpose of such indefinite continuation within a period of six months beginning with the day on which the experimental Orders come into force or, if the Orders are varied by another Order or modified pursuant to section 10(2) of the 1984 Act, beginning with the day on which the variation or modification or the latest variation or modification came into force. Any such objection must be made in writing and must state the grounds on which it is made and be sent to Traffic Orders, Highways, Low Hall, Argall Avenue, London, E10 7AS, or by emailing: traffic.scheme@walthamforest.gov.uk quoting in respect of an Order referred to in paragraph 1(a) above, reference T57a(23) – ROYSTON AVENUE (RA) CPZ; or
Any objection may be communicated to, or be seen by, other persons who may be affected.
8. If any person wishes to question the validity of any of the Orders or of any of their provisions on the grounds that they are not within the powers conferred by the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, or that any requirement of that Act or any instrument made under that Act has not been complied with, that person may, within 6 weeks from the date on which the Orders are made, apply for the purpose to the High Court.
Dated 19th October 2023
Mr. J. Griffin, Director of Neighbourhoods, Traffic Orders Low Hall, Argall Avenue, London E10 7AS.
SCHEDULE 1
(Unless otherwise stated, properties whose occupiers will be eligible to purchase permits to park in Royston Avenue (RA) CPZ)
Royston Avenue, E4 - Nos. 1 to 59 (odds), Nos. 2 to 64 (evens)
SCHEDULE 2 (Permit charges)
| Engine size less than 1550cc registered before 1st March 2001 | Engine size more than 1550cc registered before 1st March 2001 | CO2 emissions less than 100 g/km registered after 1st March 2001 | CO2 emissions between 101 and 170 g/km registered after 1st March 2001 | CO2 emissions more than 170 g/km registered after 1st March 2001 | |
| Residents’ permit - 12 months | £60.00 | £185.00 | £45.00 | £60.00 | £185.00 |
| Residents’ permit (second vehicle) - 12 months | £165.00 | £400.00 | £80.00 | £165.00 | £400.00 |
| Residents’ permit (more than two vehicles) - 12 months | £320.00 | £650.00 | £150.00 | £320.00 | £650.00 |
| Residents’ motorcycle permit | £57.50 | £160.00 | £42.50 | £57.50 | £160.00 |
| Residents’ permit – 1 month | £60.00 | £200.00 | £45.00 | £60.00 | £200.00 |
| Residents’ permit foreign vehicle – 6 months | £140.00 | £350.00 | £80.00 | £140.00 | £350.00 |
| Business permit - 12 months) | £560.00 | £880.00 | £275.00 | £560.00 | £880.00 |
| Business permit (second vehicle) - 12 months | £850.00 | £1300.00 | £415.00 | £850.00 | £1300.00 |
| Business permit (more than two vehicles) - 12 months | £1200.00 | £1750.00 | £520.00 | £1200.00 | £1750.00 |
| Business permit (all zones) - 12 months) | £1200.00 | £1700.00 | £520.00 | £1200.00 | £1700.00 |
| Business permit (all zones) (second vehicle) - 12 months | £1600.00 | £2200.00 | £720.00 | £1600.00 | £2200.00 |
| Business permit (all zones) (more than two vehicles) - 12 months | £2100.00 | £2950.00 | £1250.00 | £2100.00 | £2950.00 |
| Business motorcycle permit | £120.00 | £175.00 | £75.00 | £120.00 | £175.00 |
| Essential user permit – 12 months | £470.00 | £775.00 | £200.00 | £470.00 | £775.00 |
| Charity permit - 12 months | £90.00 | £150.00 | £55.00 | £90.00 | £150.00 |
| Charity permit (second vehicle) - 12 months | £140.00 | £205.00 | £80.00 | £140.00 | £205.00 |
| Charity permit (more than two vehicles) - 12 months | £195.00 | £270.00 | £105.00 | £195.00 | £270.00 |
| Charity permit (all zones) - 12 months) | £140.00 | £250.00 | £95.00 | £140.00 | £250.00 |
| Charity permit (all zones) (second vehicle) - 12 months | £260.00 | £380.00 | £140.00 | £260.00 | £380.00 |
| Charity permit (all zones) (more than two vehicles) - 12 months | £410.00 | £510.00 | £200.00 | £410.00 | £510.00 |
| Schools staff term-time only permit – 12 months | £460.00 | £720.00 | £210.00 | £460.00 | £720.00 |
Other permits
Business visitor permit – 1 hour: £2.00
All-Zone Business Visitor’s Permit – 1 hour: £2.50
Business pool permit (1st permit) – 12 months: £750
Business pool permit (2nd permit) – 12 months: £1300
Business pool permit (3rd permit) – 12 months: £1600
Carers permit (requires qualifying evidence) – same as residents’ permit
Charity pool permit (1st permit) – 12 months: £140
Charity pool permit (2nd permit) – 12 months: £190
Charity pool permit (3rd permit) – 12 months: £250 Essential User Permit – 1 month: £125
Essential users pool (multiple vehicles) permit - 12 months: £530
Residents’ pool permit (1st permit) – 12 months: £180
Residents’ pool permit (2nd permit) – 12 months: £290
Residents’ pool permit (3rd permit) – 12 months: £375
Residents’ tradespersons permit – 7 days: £50
Residents’ tradespersons permit – 28 days: £170
Residents' visitor permits – 1 hour: £0.70p (30 permits per year free to over 60s)
Services charges for change of VRM or change of address: £20, for refunds: £25 (refunds under £1 not permitted) and lost or stolen permits: £20.