Road Traffic Acts

NewhamE16 2QU51.5077030.047287Road Traffic Regulation Act 19842024-11-252026-03-022026-03-042026-03-09TSO (The Stationery Office), customer.services@thegazette.co.uk507087765008

London Borough of Newham

LOW TRAFFIC NEIGHBOURHOOD - AREA 8 ‘WEST HAM PARK’ PEOPLE FRIENDLY STREET SCHEME

THE NEWHAM (PRESCRIBED ROUTES) (NO. 3) TRAFFIC ORDER 2026

THE NEWHAM (PEDESTRIAN AND CYCLE ZONE) (NO. 2, 2022) (AMENDMENT NO. 1) 2026

THE NEWHAM (STRATFORD) (PARKING PLACES) (NO. 1, 2014) (AMENDMENT NO. 33) ORDER 2026

THE NEWHAM (STRATFORD NORTH EAST) (PARKING PLACES) (NO. 1, 2010) (AMENDMENT NO. 21) ORDER 2026

THE NEWHAM (STRATFORD NORTH EAST) (SHARED USE PARKING PLACES) (NO. 1, 2013) (AMENDMENT NO. 7) ORDER 2026

THE NEWHAM (WAITING AND LOADING RESTRICTION) (AMENDMENT NO. 197) ORDER 2026

1. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Council of the London Borough of Newham on 2 March 2026 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 effect of the Orders will be to continue in force indefinitely the provisions of the Newham (Fairland Road, Ham Park Road, Margery Park Road, Tavistock Road and Vicarage Road) (Low Traffic Neighbourhood) Experimental Traffic Order 2024 which came into force on 25 November 2024 and introduced road closures as detailed below, suspended certain parking controls and waiting restrictions and replaced them with the restrictions also detailed below:

a) road closures (except for virtual access permit holders WHP01) and compulsory turns. Enforcement is via the use of CCTV at:

i. Ham Park Road,

a. at the eastern kerb-line of Margery Park Road, requiring eastbound traffic on Ham Park Road to make a compulsory left turn into Margery Park Road and for southbound traffic on Margery Park Road to make a compulsory right turn into Ham Park Road;

b. at the common boundary of Nos. 63 and 65 Ham Park Road;

ii. Tavistock Road, at its junction with Vicarage Road; and

iii. Vicarage Road, at its junction with Fairland Road.

b) conversion of short lengths of parking places to no waiting and no loading at any time restrictions in:

i. Fairland Road, the south-west side outside No. 47 Fairland Road;

ii. Ham Park Road, the south side opposite Nos. 173 and 175 Ham Park Road;

iii. Tavistock Road, the south-west side, parking place closest to Vicarage Road junction; and

iv. Vicarage Road; both sides, parking places closest to Fairland Road junction adjacent to Nos. 45 and 47 Fairland Road.

c) conversion of lengths of waiting restrictions to no waiting and no loading at any time in:

i. Fairland Road, the south-west side, at its junction with Vicarage Road between the parking places;

ii. Ham Park Road, both sides, between the north-eastern flank wall of No. 66 Ham Park Road and the western back wall of No. 67 Fairland Road, and outside and opposite Nos. 173 and 175 Ham Park Road;

iii. Tavistock Road, both sides, from its junction with Vicarage Road adjacent to Nos. 41 and 43 Vicarage Road; and

iv. Vicarage Road; both sides, from its junction with Fairland Road adjacent to Nos. 45 and 47 Fairland Road and at its junction with Tavistock Road outside and opposite Nos. 39 to 43 Vicarage Road.

3. Exemptions to the road closures apply to:

a) pedal cycles;

b) Newham Passenger Transport motor vehicles whilst undertaking statutory obligations for the transport of a person with a special education need and disability;

c) refuse collection vehicles; and

d) vehicles being used:

(i) for ambulance, fire brigade or police purposes;

(ii) in the service of the local authority for the purpose of collecting refuse or street cleansing;

(iii) in connection with the removal of any obstruction to traffic;

(iv) in connection with the maintenance, improvement or reconstruction of the highway;

(v) in connection with the placing, maintenance, improvement, reconstruction or removal of any street furniture including bus stop infrastructure; or

(vi) for the provision of a universal postal service.

4. A holder of a valid disabled person’s blue badge is eligible to register one nominated motor vehicle, without charge, for a WHP01 virtual (electronic) access permit for the addresses specified in Schedule 1 to this notice; and those addresses will apply to Newham Passenger Transport motor vehicles whilst undertaking statutory obligations for the transport of a person with a special education need and disability.

5. While the road closures in Ham Park and Vicarage Road are in place, H7 virtual (electronic) access permits (to the ‘Park Primary – pedestrian and cycle zone’) will be granted without charge to those occupiers who keep vehicles at addresses specified in Schedule 2 to this notice.

6. Copies of the Orders, which will come into force on 9 March 2026, and documents giving more detailed particulars of the Orders are available for inspection by appointment during normal office hours at Newham Dockside, 1000 Dockside Road E16 2QU, by telephoning 020 3373 6415 or by emailing traffic.orders@newham.gov.uk for a period of six weeks from the date on which the Orders were made.

7. If any person wishes to question the validity of any of the Orders or of any of their provisions on the grounds that it or they are not within the powers conferred by the Act, or that any requirement of the Act or of any instrument made under the Act has not been complied with, that person may, within six weeks from the date on which the Order is made, apply for the purpose to the High Court.

Dated 4 March 2026

REBECCA JOHNSON, Corporate Director of Environment & Sustainable Transport

SCHEDULE 1

DISABLED PERSON'S BLUE BADGE HOLDER AND NEWHAM PASSENGER TRANSPORT MOTOR VEHICLES ADDRESSES ELIGIBLE FOR WHP01 VIRTUAL ACCESS PERMIT

1. Amity Road - all addresses

2. Bolton Road - all addresses

3. Chaucer Road - all addresses

4. Crosby Road - all addresses

5. Devenay Road - all addresses

6. Disraeli Road - all addresses

7. Dunbar Road - all addresses

8. Dyson Road - all addresses

9. Edward Temme Avenue - all addresses#

10. Eleanor Road - all addresses

11. Elm Road - all addresses

12. Evesham Road - all addresses

13. Fairland Road - all addresses

14. Faraday Road - all addresses

15. Ferns Road - all addresses

16. Flint Close - all addresses

17. Gower Road - all addresses

18. Ham Park Road - all addresses

19. Hartland Road - all addresses

20. Holness Road - all addresses

21. Knox Road - all addresses

22. MacArthur Close - all addresses

23. Maitland Road - all addresses

24. Margery Park Road - all addresses

25. Mathews Park Avenue - all addresses

26. Meeson Road - all addresses

27. Morton Road - all addresses

28. Nursery Lane - all addresses

29. Old School Crescent - all addresses

30. Portway – Nos. 69 to 81 (odd numbers), No. 122B and No. 168B

31. Reginald Road - all addresses

32. Romford Road - Nos. 84 to 306 (even numbers)

33. Salisbury Road, E7 - all addresses

34. Skelley Road - all addresses

35. Skelton Road - all addresses

36. Stork Road - all addresses

37. Sylvan Road - all addresses

38. Tavistock Road - all addresses

39. Townley Court - all addresses

40. Upton Lane - Nos. 2 to 242 (even numbers)

41. Vaughan Road - all addresses

42. Vicarage Lane, E15 - Nos. 1 to 195 (odd numbers)

43. Vicarage Road - all addresses

44. Vine Road - all addresses

45. Warwick Road, E15 - all addresses

46. Wyatt Road - all addresses

47. York Road - all addresses

SCHEDULE 2

ADDRESSES ELIGIBLE FOR PARK PRIMARY SCHOOL H7 VIRTUAL ACCESS PERMITS

1. Fairland Road - Nos. 46 to 52 (even numbers) and Nos. 47 to 59 (odd numbers)

2. Ham Park Road – Nos. 63 to 67 (odd numbers)