London Borough of Harrow

COMMUNITY & ENVIRONMENT SERVICES

THE HARROW (FREE PARKING PLACES) (DISABLED PERSONS) (AMENDMENT) ORDER

• 1 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Council of the London Borough of Harrow propose to make the above mentioned order under Sections 6, 124 and Part IV of Schedule 9 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 as amended by the Local Government Act 1985 and all other enabling powers.
• 2 The general effect of the order would be to amend the Harrow (Free Parking Places) (Disabled Persons) Traffic Order 2006 so as to:
  • a introduce free parking places for disabled persons lawfully displaying disabled person’s badges in the length of street specified in schedule 1 to this notice (these spaces to operate at any time);
  • b to remove the existing disabled persons parking spaces in the roads listed in schedule 2 to this notice;
  • c Alter the existing disabled persons parking spaces listed in schedule 3 to this notice.
• 3 The prohibitions referred to in paragraph 2 (a) above would not apply in respect of anything done at the direction of a police constable in uniform or a Traffic Warden or with the permission of a parking attendant or other person duly authorised by the council or in certain circumstances, including when:
  • a the vehicle is used for fire brigade, ambulance or police purposes or, not being a passenger vehicle, is being used in the service of a local authority in pursuance of statutory powers or duties provided that in all the circumstances it is reasonably necessary in the exercise of such powers or the performance of such duties for the vehicle to wait in the parking place in which it is waiting; or
  • b the vehicle is waiting while postal packets addressed to premises adjacent to the parking place in which the vehicle is waiting are being unloaded from the vehicle or, having been unloaded therefrom, are being delivered, or while postal packets are being collected for loading on the vehicle from premises or posting boxes adjacent to the parking place in which the vehicle is waiting or, having been so collected, are being loaded thereon.
• 4 A copy of the proposed order, the notice of intention, maps showing the effect of the order, and of the council’s statement of reasons for proposing to make the order can be inspected during normal office hours on Mondays to Fridays inclusive in the One Stop Shop at the address below, until 5 November 2008, the expiration of a period of 21 days from the date on which this notice is published. Further information can be obtained by telephoning Laura McIntosh on 020 8424 1996.
• 5 All objections and other representations relating to the proposed order must be made in writing and sent to the Traffic and Highway Network Manager, Community and Environment Services at the address given below quoting reference LM2008-17/92.05/37 not later than the date specified in paragraph 4 to this notice. All objections must specify the grounds on which they are made.