1. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Council of the London Borough of Merton, on 24 January 2018, made the above-mentioned Orders under sections 6, 45, 46, 49 and 124 of and Part IV of Schedule 9 to the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, as amended.

2. The main effect of the Orders will be to introduce a controlled parking zone “CW5” to include Colwood Gardens only.

3. The general effect of the ‘Parking Places’ Order will be to: -

(a) designate parking places that will operate Mondays to Saturdays between the hours of 8.30 a.m. and 9.00 p.m. inclusive in certain lengths of Colwood Gardens;

(b) specify that:-

(i) each parking place may be used, subject to the provisions of the Order, for the leaving during permitted hours of such vehicles as are passenger vehicles, goods carrying vehicles, or invalid carriages displaying a valid permit. Motor cycles and vehicles displaying a “blue badge” will park free;

(ii) a maximum of 3 permits per residential address will be issued by the Council or its agents to persons whose usual place of abode is in the lengths of roads specified in the Schedule to this Notice. Subject to sub-paragraphs (iv) to (vi) below, the charges will be £65 per annum or £32.50 for six months for the first permit, £110 per annum or £55 for six months for the second permit and £140 per annum or £70 for six months for the third permit;

(iii) charges for other permits will be, subject to sub-paragraphs (iv) to (vi) below, as follows: resident address permits will charged at the same rate as residents’ permits, free for housebound or registered disabled applicants; business permits will be £331 for 6 months, annual visitor permits (one per household) will be £140, residents will be entitled to half day temporary visitors’ permits at a charge of £1.50 per permit or full day temporary visitors’ permits at a charge of £2.50 per permit; teacher permits will be £180 per annum and all zone trader permits will be £900 per annum, £600 for 6 months, £375 for 3 months, £150 for 1 month and £50 for 1 week;

(iv) there may be an additional £25 charge for the administration of new permits issued and renewals of permits. This charge will be waived if the successful applicant is granted a permit within 4 weeks of the Order coming into operation and when a permit holder applies for a renewal within 4 weeks of the permit expiring;

(v) an additional charge (diesel surcharge) will apply to resident, business, teacher and trade parking permits for all diesel vehicles. This will be phased in over a 3 year period in CW5 controlled parking zone as follows:-

(i) £90 annual surcharge until 31 March 2018;

(ii) £115 annual surcharge from 1 April 2018;

(iii) £150 annual surcharge from 1 April 2019.

Permits issued for a duration of less than a year will be subject to the surcharge on a pro-rata basis;

(vi) the resident parking permit charge for electric vehicles will be set at a discounted rate of £25 per annum and a £40 per annum reduction will apply to business, teacher and trade parking permit charges for electric vehicles, pro rata for a minimum of 6 months.

4. The general effect of the ‘Waiting and Loading’ Order will be to introduce waiting restrictions operating “at any time” or between the hours of 8.30 a.m. and 9.00 p.m. Mondays to Saturdays inclusive in Colwood Gardens.

5. A copy of each of the Orders, which will come into force on 29 January 2018, and other documents giving more detailed particulars of the Orders, including a plan specifying the lengths of road affected by the Orders, can be inspected during normal office hours on Mondays to Fridays inclusive until the end of six weeks from the date on which the Orders were made at Merton Link, Merton Civic Centre, London Road, Morden, Surrey, SM4 5DX.

6. Any person desiring to question the validity of the Orders or of any provision contained therein on the grounds that it is not within the relevant powers of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, or that any of the relevant requirements thereof, or of any relevant regulations made thereunder has not been complied with in relation to the Orders may, within six weeks from the date on which the Orders were made, make application for the purpose to the High Court.

Dated: 24 January 2018.

Paul McGarry, Head of futureMerton, London Borough of Merton, Merton Civic Centre, London Road, Morden Surrey, SM4 5DX