• Combine the Smithfield Zone and the main City Controlled Parking Zone into one zone.

• Change the hours of operation of the Controlled Parking Zone so that it operates between 7 a.m. and 7 p.m. on Mondays to Fridays inclusive and between 7 a.m. and 11 a.m. on Saturdays. (N.B. the restrictions in the streets and lengths of streets in the area adjacent to Smithfield Market would remain the same).

• In the new zone only two periods of waiting restrictions would apply i.e. the new controlled parking hours (single yellow lines) and At any time (double yellow lines). In the streets and lengths of streets specified in the Schedule to this Notice, the restrictions on waiting by vehicles would be changed to apply At any time

• Change the period when vehicles may wait on a street for the purpose of deliveries etc. (unless otherwise prohibited) from twenty minutes to forty minutes

• At Pay and Display parking places the maximum permitted stay would be increased from two to four hours. Also, between 7 a.m. and 8 a.m. on Monday to Saturdays inclusive, parking would be free of charge, whilst on Saturdays a flat rate charge of £2 would be introduced for any period of parking between 8 a.m. and 11 a.m.

• At coach parking places the operational hours would be increased to 24 hours a day throughout the week and the maximum permitted stay would be increased from two to four hours. The parking places in Silk Street and Fore Street would be free of charge whilst the charging period for the parking places in Queen Victoria Street and St.Pauls Churchyard would change to between 8 a.m. and 7 p.m. on Mondays to Fridays inclusive and between 8 a.m. and 11 a.m. on Saturdays.

• 4 A copy of the proposed orders, of the Common Councils statement of reasons for proposing to make the orders and of plans showing the affected streets can be inspected during normal office hours on Monday to Fridays inclusive within a period of 28 days from the date on which this Notice was published at the Department of Planning and Transportation, Guildhall. London EC2P 2EJ.
• 5 Further information may be obtained from the Department of Planning and Transportation at the above address.
• 6 Persons desiring to object to the proposed measures should send a statement of their objection and the grounds thereof to the Director of Planning and Transportation at the above address within the afore-mentioned period of 28 days quoting the reference P&T/LTP/CPZ.

Dated 1 September 2008

Peter Wynne Rees

City Planning Officer

SCHEDULE

Alderman’s Walk; Artillery Lane; Bread Street, between Cannon Street and Queen Victoria Street; Brushfield Street, the south side; Bury Street, the south-east side; Cannon Street; Cornhill; Creechurch Lane, the west side, between Leadenhall Street and Bury Street; Cutler Street; Eldon Street; Fenchurch Street; Fleet Street; Gravel Lane, the west side; Great Swan Alley; Harrow Place, the east side; High Holborn; Holborn; Jewry Street, between Aldgate and Carlisle Street; Minories, between Portsoken Street and Goodmans Yard; Mitre Street, the south-west side; New Change, between Watling Street and Cannon Street; Queen Victoria Street; St.Mary Axe, the east side, between Houndsditch and Bevis Marks; St.Pauls Churchyard; Stoney Lane, the east side; White Kennet Street; Widegate Street.