1. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Council of the London Borough of Merton, on 1 April 2019 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 “MTC1” to include the lengths of road specified in Schedule 1 to this notice.

3. The general effect of the ‘MTC1 Parking Places’ Order will be to: -

(a) designate parking places that will operate Mondays to Saturdays between the hours of 8.30am and 6.30pm inclusive in certain lengths of the roads listed in Schedule 1 to this Notice,

(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) the parking places in the lengths of road listed in Schedule 2 to this notice may also 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, motor cycles or invalid carriages displaying a valid parking ticket or for which payment has made using the “pay by phone” system. Motor cycles and vehicles displaying a “blue badge” will park free;

(iii) the maximum parking period for which a vehicle displaying a valid parking ticket or for which payment has been made using “pay by phone” may be left in a parking place in the lengths of roads referred to in Schedule 2 to this notice during the permitted hours will be 2 hours with no return for 1 hour;

(iv) the charge for parking in the parking places referred to in sub-paragraph 3(b)(ii) above will be one pound and twenty pence per hour (linear tariff of 10 pence for every 5 minutes, minimum payment 40 pence); any payment by phone will incur a supplementary 20 pence administration charge;

(v) 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 Schedule 1 to this Notice and subject to sub-paragraphs (vii) to (ix) 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;

(vi) charges for other permits will be, subject to sub-paragraphs (vii) to (ix) below, as follows: resident address permits will be 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 100 half day temporary visitors’ permits at a charge of £1.50 per permit valid between 8.30am and 2pm or between noon and 6.30pm Mondays to Saturdays inclusive; 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;

(vii) there may be an additional £25 charge for the administration of new permits issued and renewals of permits which 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;

(viii) an additional charge (diesel surcharge) of £150 will apply to resident, business, teacher and trade parking permits for all diesel vehicles. Permits issued for a duration of less than a year will be subject to the surcharge on a pro-rata basis;

(ix) set the resident parking permit charge for electric vehicles at a discounted rate of £25 per annum and apply a reduction of £40 per annum 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’ Orders will be to introduce waiting restrictions operating “at any time” or between the hours of 8.30am to 6.30pm Mondays to Saturdays in the roads or lengths of roads specified in Schedule 1 to this Notice.

5. The general effect of the ‘Free Parking Places’ Order will be to amend the Merton (Free Parking Places) (Disabled Persons) (No. 1) Order 1977 so as to better reflect the current layout of certain disabled persons parking places in the roads or lengths of roads specified in Schedule 1 to this Notice.

6. A copy of each of the Orders, which will come into force on 13 May 2019, and other documents giving more detailed particulars of the Orders, including plans specifying the lengths of roads 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.

7. 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: 1 April 2019.

Paul McGarry

Head of futureMerton

London Borough of Merton,

Merton Civic Centre,

London Road,

Morden Surrey, SM4 5DX

SCHEDULE 1

De’Arn Gardens

Love Lane, between the south-western kerb-line of Western Road and a point 13.5 metres north-east of a point in line with the south-western flank wall of the Gladstone Mission, Love Lane.

Pear Tree Close

Raleigh Gardens, between its junction with Love Lane and the cul-de-sac.

Taffy’s How

Walnut Tree Avenue

Westfield Road

SCHEDULE 2

Love Lane, the north-west side, from a point 15 metres south-west of the south-western kerb-line of Western Road south-westward for a distance of 10 metres.

Love Lane, the north-west side, from a point 1 metre north-east of the common boundary of Nos.123 and 125 Love Lane north-eastward for a distance of 25 metres.