Road Traffic Acts
CITY OF WESTMINSTER 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 26th May 2023 made the following 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:
• The City of Westminster (Free Parking Places) (Disabled Persons) (Amendment No. 83) Order 2023;,
• The City of Westminster (Loading Bays) (Amendment No. 51) Order 2023;
• The City of Westminster (Motorcycle Parking Places) (Amendment No. 135) Order 2023;
• The City of Westminster (Parking Places) (G Zone) (Amendment No. 78) Order 2023;
• The City of Westminster (Prescribed Routes) (No. 11) Traffic Order 2023; and
• The City of Westminster (Waiting and Loading Restriction) (Amendment No. 508) Order 2023.
2. The Orders will continue in force indefinitely the provisions of the following experimental Orders insofar as they affect roads or lengths of roads within the City of Westminster:
• The Camden and City of Westminster (Prescribed Routes) (No. 1) 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.
3. The general effect of the Orders will be to continue in force indefinitely the amendments to permitted vehicle movements, parking provisions, and waiting and loading restrictions introduced under the experimental Covent Garden Traffic Management Scheme on 8th December 2021, as set out in the Schedule to this Notice.
4. The Orders, which will come into force on 5th June 2023, and other documents giving more detailed particulars of the Orders are available for inspection until 7th July 2023 at https://westminstertransportationservices.co.uk/notices 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. 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.
Dated 31st May 2023
JONATHAN ROWING, Head of Parking (The officer appointed for this purpose)
SCHEDULE
| Street | Extent / location | Amendment to be continued indefinitely |
| 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 |
| Endell Street | 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 goods vehicle 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 Shelton Street and Long Acre | reversal of the existing one-way working so that all vehicles must proceed south-eastbound, except for cycles |
| Rose Street | entire length | prohibition of motor vehicles, except for loading between 7.00 a.m. and 11.00 a.m. and for access |
| 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 |