Road Traffic Acts
CITY OF WESTMINSTER AND LONDON BOROUGH OF CAMDEN
COVENT GARDEN NEIGHBOURHOOD TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT SCHEME
1. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Westminster City Council, with the consent of the Council of the London Borough of Camden, on 22nd November 2021 made the following Orders under section 9 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, as amended:
• The Camden and City of Westminster (Prescribed Routes) (No. 1) Experimental Traffic Order 2021;
• The Camden (Covent Garden Kerbside Controls) Experimental Traffic Order 2021;
• The City of Westminster (Free Parking Places) (Disabled Persons) (No. 2) Experimental Order 2021;
• The City of Westminster (Loading Bays) (No. 2) Experimental Order 2021;
• The City of Westminster (Motorcycle Parking Places) (No. 1) Experimental Order 2021;
• The City of Westminster (Parking Places) (G Zone) (No. 2) Experimental Order 2021; and
• The City of Westminster (Waiting and Loading Restriction) (No. 3) Experimental Order 2021.
2. The general effect of the Orders will be, in connection with the introduction of a Neighbourhood Traffic Management Scheme in Covent Garden on an experimental basis, to make amendments to permitted vehicle movements, parking provisions, and waiting and loading restrictions in the streets and lengths of streets within the City of Westminster and the London Borough of Camden as set out in the Schedule to this Notice.
3. Notice is also given, in accordance with the provisions of section 23 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, that the Councils intend to extend the zig-zag “zebra” pedestrian crossing markings on the north-east side of Drury Lane, adjacent to No. 44 Great Queen Street, north-westward by 11.5 metres.
4. The Orders, which will come into force on 8th December 2021, and other documents giving more detailed particulars of the Orders are available for inspection until such time as the Orders cease to have effect, at: http://westminstertransportationservices.co.uk/coventgarden and, in person by appointment only, at Westminster City Hall, 64 Victoria Street, London, SW1E 6QP, between 9.00 a.m. and 5.00 p.m. on Mondays to Fridays inclusive (except bank / public holidays). Please telephone 020 3057 2156 or email tmo.westminster@wsp.com to arrange an appointment.
5. Further information on the Covent Garden Traffic Management Scheme may be obtained by visiting https://coventgarden.commonplace.is.
6. The Orders shall provide that, subject to the provisions of section 10(2) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, Westminster City Council’s Head of Parking for the time being, or some person authorised in that behalf by him, may, if it appears to him or that person essential:
(a) in the interest of the expeditious, convenient and safe movement of traffic;
(b) in the interest of providing suitable and adequate parking facilities on the highway; or
(c) for preserving or improving the amenities of the area through which any road affected by the Orders run,
modify or suspend the Orders or the provisions contained therein.
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 relevant requirements thereof or any relevant regulations made thereunder have 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.
8. Westminster City Council, with the consent of the Council of the London Borough of Camden, will consider in due course whether the provisions of the Experimental Orders should be continued in force indefinitely by means of Orders made under sections 6, 22C, 45, 46, 49 and 124 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984. Any person may object to the making of the Orders for the purpose of such indefinite continuation within a period of six months, beginning from the date on which the Experimental Orders came into force or, if those Experimental 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 objection must be in writing, stating the grounds on which it is made, and sent to the Councils’ agents by using the Find out more > Share your views option at https://coventgarden.commonplace.is or by writing to WSP Traffic Order Team (Westminster), 3rd Floor, WSP House, 70 Chancery Lane, London, WC2A 1AF quoting reference 7655/PJ. Please note that objections and other representations about the proposals will be shared between Westminster City Council and the Council of the London Borough of Camden as part of the consultation review process.
Dated 24th November 2021
JONATHAN ROWING
Head of Parking
(The officer appointed for this purpose)
SCHEDULE
| Street | Extent / location | Experimental amendment |
| Burleigh Street | between Exeter Street and Tavistock Street | prohibition of motor vehicles, except for access |
| Covent Garden | all arms within the piazza | prohibition of vehicles, except for loading between 5.00 a.m. and 11.00 a.m. on Mondays and between 7.00 a.m. and 11.00 a.m. on Tuesdays to Sundays |
| Drury Lane | between Parker Street and Long Acre / Great Queen Street | reversal of the existing one-way working so that all vehicles must proceed south-eastbound, except for cycles using the new mandatory contraflow cycle lane |
| junction with Great Queen Street / Long Acre | “no entry” from Great Queen Street / Long Acre or from the length of Drury Lane south-east of that junction into the length of Drury Lane lying north-west of that junction, except for cycles | |
| Dryden Street | entire length | prohibition of motor vehicles, except for loading between 7.00 a.m. and 11.00 a.m. and for access |
| Earlham Street | between Tower Street and Neal Street | introduction of contraflow cycling eastbound (combination of mandatory and advisory markings) |
| between Seven Dials and Neal Street | removal of all parking places except the loading / “Blue Badge” bay outside No. 41 | |
| Endell Street | between High Holborn and Betterton Street | introduction of contraflow cycling north-westbound (combination of mandatory and advisory markings) |
| between Betterton Street and Shelton Street | one-way working south-eastbound, except for cycles using the new mandatory contraflow cycle lane | |
| between Long Acre and Shelton Street | one-way working north-westbound, except for cycles using the new mandatory contraflow cycle lane | |
| Floral Street | between Garrick Street and James Street | prohibition of motor vehicles, except for loading between 7.00 a.m. and 11.00 a.m. and for access |
| Henrietta Street | entire length | prohibition of motor vehicles, except for loading between 7.00 a.m. and 11.00 a.m. in marked loading bays outside Nos. 12 to 13 and 34 (maximum stay of 20 minutes, no return within 1 hour) or on the south-east side of the road (all parking places in this road will be removed) |
| King Street | entire length | prohibition of motor vehicles, except for loading between 7.00 a.m. and 11.00 a.m. on the north-west side of the road and for access |
| Maiden Lane | entire length | prohibition of motor vehicles, except for loading between 7.00 a.m. and 11.00 a.m. on the north-west side of the road outside Nos. 28 to 35 and Sussex Mansions, Nos. 36 / 37 to 38 / 39 (the pay-by-phone parking place outside Sussex Mansions will be removed) |
| Mercer Street | between Shaftesbury Avenue and Seven Dials | reversal of the existing one-way working so that all vehicles must proceed south-eastbound, except for cycles |
| introduction of residents’ parking (CA-C) on the north-east side, adjacent to the Mountbatten Hotel, replacing the pay-by-phone parking place | ||
| between Seven Dials and Shelton Street | introduction of contraflow cycling south-eastbound (combination of mandatory and advisory markings) | |
| between Shelton Street and Long Acre | reversal of the existing one-way working so that all vehicles must proceed south-eastbound, except for cycles | |
| Monmouth Street | between Shaftesbury Avenue and Tower Street | introduction of double yellow line “at any time” waiting restrictions throughout, except in the residents’ parking place (CA-C) outside Nos. 5 to 13 which will be retained |
| between Seven Dials and Shaftesbury Avenue | introduction of contraflow cycling northbound (combination of mandatory and advisory markings) | |
| between Tower Street and Seven Dials | reversal of the existing one-way working so that all vehicles must proceed northbound, except for cycles | |
| between Tower Street and Shelton Street | prohibition of motor vehicles (indicated by two lines of bollards) | |
| Neal Street | between Monmouth Street and Shelton Street | introduction of advisory contraflow cycling south-eastbound |
| Newton Street | between Parker Street and Great Queen Street | one-way working south-eastbound, except for cycles using the new advisory contraflow cycle lane |
| Rose Street | entire length | prohibition of motor vehicles, except for loading between 7.00 a.m. and 11.00 a.m. and for access |
| Shaftesbury Avenue | junction with Mercer Street | banned right turn from Shaftesbury Avenue into Monmouth Street |
| junction with Monmouth Street | banned left turn from Shaftesbury Avenue into Monmouth Street | |
| Short’s Gardens | between Seven Dials and Neal Street | introduction of double yellow line “at any time” waiting restrictions outside Nos. 2 to 6 (replacing the shared-use residents’ parking place / loading bay and residents’ parking place) and opposite Nos. 23 and 25 (replacing the shared-use residents’ parking place / loading bay) |
| introduction of single yellow line waiting restrictions (operating between 8.30 a.m. and 6.30 p.m. on Mondays to Saturdays) opposite Nos. 15 to 19 (replacing the shared-use residents’ parking place / loading bay) | ||
| between Seven Dials and Endell Street | reversal of the existing one-way working so that all vehicles must proceed north-eastbound, except for cycles | |
| between Endell Street and Drury Lane | introduction of contraflow cycling north-eastbound (combination of mandatory and advisory markings) | |
| Southampton Street | between Tavistock Street and Henrietta Street | prohibition of motor vehicles, except for loading between 7.00 a.m. and 11.00 a.m. (the pay-by-phone parking place outside Nos. 22 / 25 to 28 and the motorcycle parking place outside Nos. 22 / 25 will be removed) |
| outside Nos. 30 / 32 to 34 | introduction of three “Blue Badge” disabled persons’ parking bays (each 6.6 metres), replacing four pay-by-phone parking bays | |
| both sides of junction with Tavistock Street and outside Nos. 10 to 14 | introduction of “at any time” loading restrictions | |
| Tavistock Street | between Southampton Street and Wellington Street | prohibition of motor vehicles, except for access |
| reinstatement of two-way working | ||
| north-west side, between Southampton Street and Burleigh Street | introduction of double yellow line “at any time” waiting restrictions | |
| south-east side, between Southampton Street and Burleigh Street and both sides of junction with Southampton Street | introduction of “at any time” loading restrictions |