1. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Council of the London Borough of Brent propose to make 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 by section 8 of and Part 1 of Schedule 5 to the Local Government Act 1985, the Parking Acts of 1986 and 1989 and the Traffic Management Act 2004.

2. The general effect of the ‘Electric Vehicle Charging Points' Order would be to make minor drafting amendments to the existing parking restriction in certain roads to conform with the current on-site layout.

3. The general effect of the 'Disabled Persons Parking Places' Order would be to make minor drafting amendments to the existing parking restrictions in certain roads to conform with the current on-site layout;

4. The general effect of the ‘Parking Places’ Order would be to:-

(a) designate parking places that would operate between 10.00 a.m. and 3.00 p.m. Mondays to Fridays in the streets specified 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 the permitted hours of such vehicles as are passenger vehicles, goods carrying vehicles, or invalid carriages displaying a valid parking ticket or for which payment has been made using the "pay by phone" system. Motor cycles park free;

(ii) the maximum parking period for which a vehicle, displaying a valid parking ticket may be left during the permitted hours in the parking places specified in paragraph 4(a) above would be 2 hours;

(iii) the charge for short term parking in the parking place specified in paragraph 4(a) above would be:-

(a) for payment by phone - 20 pence for every 6 minutes (short stay up to 15 minutes would be charged at 20 pence only), £1.00 for 30 minutes, £2.00 for 60 minutes;

(b) for payment other than by phone - 20 pence for every 6 minutes (short stay up to 15 minutes would be charged at 20 pence only), £1.50 for 30 minutes, £2.50 for 60 minutes, the tickets for which would be issued by pay and display machines. There would be a 50 pence supplementary charge for cash payments (excluding short stay up to 15 minutes);

(iv) the interval before a vehicle may again be left in a parking place after the expiration of the period for which a parking charge was incurred would be 2 hours;

(v) any resident whose usual place of abode is in any street specified in Schedule 2 to this Notice may apply to the Council for the issue of a residents permit valid for use in the parking places specified in Schedule 1 to this Notice, a £100 per annum surcharge would apply for the grant or issue of new or renewed residents’ permits in respect of diesel vehicles;

(vi) a maximum of 3 permits per residential postal address would be issued by the Council or its agents, to persons whose usual place of abode is in any street specified in Schedule 2 to this Notice. The charge would be based on a carbon dioxide emissions based sliding charge for passenger vehicles registered on or after 1st March 2001 and on engine size based sliding charge for passenger vehicles registered before 1st March 2001 and qualifying goods carrying vehicles, as specified in Schedule 3 to this Notice. Fully electric vehicles would fall under Band 1;

(vii) car club cars displaying a car club all zone permit would be permitted to park in any permit parking place;

(viii) any resident whose usual place of abode is in any street specified in Schedule 2 to this Notice may apply to the Council for the issue of a household visitor permit valid for use in the street for which it is issued for the period between 10.00 a.m. and 3.00 p.m. Mondays to Fridays inclusive. The charge would be based on a carbon dioxide emissions based sliding charge for passenger vehicles registered on or after 1st March 2001 and on engine size based sliding charge for passenger vehicles registered before 1st March 2001 and qualifying goods carrying vehicles, as specified in Schedule 4 to this Notice;

(ix) any resident whose usual place of abode is in any street or part of street specified in Schedule 2 to this Notice may apply to the Council for the issue of visitor's e-permits valid for the period between 10.00 a.m. and 3.00 p.m. Mondays to Fridays inclusive, at a cost of £1.55 per visitor’s e-permit for a parking period of up to 2 hours on the day of use during permitted hours, £3.10 per visitor’s e-permit for a parking period of up to 4 hours on the day of use during permitted hours and £4.65 per visitor’s e-permit for a parking period exceeding 4 hours on the day of use during permitted hours. No refunds would be made;

(x) any person who occupies premises in any street specified in Schedule 2 to this Notice and who uses such premises for non-residential purposes may apply to the Council for the issue of a general business permit valid for use in the parking places specified in Schedule 1 (Maximum 3 Permits). The charge for each general business permit would be £462 per annum (£278 for 6 months, £185 for 3 months);

(xi) any person who occupies premises in any street specified in Schedule 2 to this Notice and who uses such premises for non-residential purposes may apply to the Council for the issue of a business address permit granted or issued so as to be transferable between multiple vehicles used by one business user in the parking places specified in Schedule 1. The charge for each business permit would be £564 per annum (£339 for 6 months, £225 for 3 months);

(xii) permits issued by the Council to essential users would be valid for use in all the parking bays provided for resident and business users in the QH zone. The charge for an essential user permit issued in respect of a vehicle used by a person employed by either the NHS, a care organisation recognised by the Council or a registered charity would be £347 per annum, and the charge for an essential user permit issued in respect of a vehicle used by any person would be £462 per annum;

(xiii) any resident of a "car free" development as defined in a section 106 agreement made under the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 would not be eligible for a residents permits in the QH zone;

(xiv) any school who occupies premises in any street specified in Schedule 2 to this Notice and who uses such premises for non-residential purposes may apply to the Council for the issue of a school permit in respect of a vehicle used by a person employed by the school would be £347 per annum running from the beginning of the month in which a permit becomes first valid, provided that a school permit shall only be deemed valid during an academic term.

5. The general effect of the 'Waiting and Loading Restriction' Order would be further to amend the Brent (Waiting and Loading Restriction) Order 1979, so that: -

(a) waiting by vehicles (otherwise than for the purpose of delivering or collecting goods or loading or unloading a vehicle) would be prohibited at any time in certain lengths of streets specified in Schedule 5 to this Notice;

(b) waiting by vehicles (otherwise than for the purpose of delivering or collecting goods or loading or unloading a vehicle) would be prohibited between 10.00 a.m. and 3.00 p.m. Mondays to Fridays in certain lengths of streets specified in Schedule 6 to this Notice;

(c) waiting by vehicles for the purpose of delivering or collecting goods or loading or unloading a vehicle for a period of more than 40 minutes in the same place would be prohibited throughout the week in certain lengths of streets specified in Schedule 5 to this Notice, and between 10.00 a.m. and 3.00 p.m. Mondays to Fridays in certain lengths of streets specified in Schedule 6 to this Notice;

(d) the sale or offer for sale of goods from a vehicle would be prohibited (except on Sundays in certain lengths of streets specified in Schedules 5 and 6 inclusive to this Notice) unless there is in force a valid licence issued by the Brent Borough Council or the goods are immediately taken into or delivered at premises adjacent to the vehicle from which the sale is effected;

(e) the use of any vehicle or of any animal or the wearing of fancy dress or other costume, wholly or mainly for the purpose of advertising would be prohibited in certain lengths of streets specified in Schedules 5 and 6 inclusive to this Notice;

(f) any existing prohibition on the waiting by vehicles, the sale or offer for sale of goods from a vehicle or the use of any vehicle or animal or the wearing of fancy dress or other costume wholly or mainly for the purpose of advertising in certain lengths of streets specified in Schedules 5 and 6 inclusive to this Notice would be revoked.

6. The prohibitions referred to in sub-paragraphs 5(a) to (c) above would not apply in respect of anything done with the permission or at the direction of a police constable in uniform or in certain circumstances, e.g., the picking up or setting down of passengers; the carrying out of statutory powers or duties; the taking in of petrol, etc., from roadside petrol stations; to licensed street traders, etc. The usual exemption relating to vehicles displaying a disabled person's "Blue Badge" would apply.

7. Copies of the proposed Orders, of the relevant Orders of 1979, 2001 and 2020 (and of the Orders which have amended those Orders), of the Council's statement of reasons for proposing to make the Orders and of maps which indicate each length of road to which the Orders relate can be inspected during normal office hours on Mondays to Fridays inclusive until the end of a period of 6 weeks from the date on which the Orders are made or the Council decides not to make the Orders at Brent Customer Services, Brent Civic Centre, Engineers Way, Wembley, Middlesex, HA9 0FJ.

8. Further information may be obtained by telephoning the Highways and Infrastructure Service, telephone number 020 8937 5600.

9. Persons desiring to make representations or to object to any of the proposed Orders, or to any of the proposals, send a statement in writing of their representations or objections, and the grounds thereof, via email to trafficorders@brent.gov.uk, or in writing to the Head of Highways and Infrastructure, Highways and Infrastructure Service, 5th Floor North Wing, Brent Civic Centre, Engineers Way, Wembley, Middlesex, HA9 0FJ, quoting the reference TO/12/274/NP, to arrive no later than 21 days from the date of publication of this notice.

Dated 25th November 2021

Tony Kennedy

Head of Highways and Infrastructure

(The officer appointed for this purpose).

SCHEDULE 1

Pay and Display, Business, Essential / Special user and Resident / Visitor Parking Places

Birchwood Court, Holmstall Avenue, Limesdale Gardens, Oakleigh Court and Redhill Drive.

SCHEDULE 2

Streets eligible for the issue of permits

Birchwood Court, Holmstall Avenue, Limesdale Gardens, Oakleigh Court and Redhill Drive.

SCHEDULE 3

SCHEDULE 4

SCHEDULE 5

Zone QH Waiting Restrictions (At any time)

Birchwood Court, Holmstall Avenue, Limesdale Gardens, Oakleigh Court and Redhill Drive.

SCHEDULE 6

Zone QH Waiting Restrictions (10.00 a.m. and 3.00 p.m. Mondays to Fridays)

Birchwood Court, Holmstall Avenue, Limesdale Gardens, Oakleigh Court and Redhill Drive.