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South Mead / Corner Mead NW9 – proposed parking spaces in Colindale CPZ (CL2) consultation

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This consultation has now closed.

Overview

In Barnet, like many other local authorities, we have a system of parking bays and parking permits that prioritises parking for local residents, businesses, and their visitors and customers. These systems are called Controlled Parking Zones (CPZ).


What we are proposing

We are proposing to convert the land at the corner of South Mead / Corner Mead into parking bays. This land was formerly occupied by garages. This will provide more parking spaces for residents in the area.

The new parking spaces will be included within the existing Colindale Controlled Parking Zone (CPZ code CL2). Residents with CL2 permits

Overview

In Barnet, like many other local authorities, we have a system of parking bays and parking permits that prioritises parking for local residents, businesses, and their visitors and customers. These systems are called Controlled Parking Zones (CPZ).


What we are proposing

We are proposing to convert the land at the corner of South Mead / Corner Mead into parking bays. This land was formerly occupied by garages. This will provide more parking spaces for residents in the area.

The new parking spaces will be included within the existing Colindale Controlled Parking Zone (CPZ code CL2). Residents with CL2 permits and visitor vouchers will be eligible to park in the new parking areas during the hours of the CPZ operation which are Monday to Friday, 9am to 4pm.

You can view the layout plan of the proposed parking area below:

The new scheme will be introduced on an experimental basis for a maximum of 18 months and will become operational from 22 July 2024.


Your views are important to us

We want to hear your views on our proposals. We want to hear from residents, tenants, landlords, managing or letting agents, organisations, businesses and all other interested parties.

We welcome any views that you may have regarding the operations of the new parking areas during the first six months of its operation which will constitute statutory consultation.

We have written to all properties in the roads affected by the measures explaining our proposals in full and inviting them to take part in this consultation. You can view the letter sent out here. If you live in the area and have not received a letter, please contact us using the contact details below, quoting reference number SCR577.

Public notices will also be published in the local papers and The London Gazette on 11 July 2024 and similar copies of the notice will be displayed on the nearby streets.


How to have your say:

If you wish to make any comments or objections regarding the above scheme, please contact us, quoting reference number SCR577, by:

  • emailing parking.consultations@barnet.gov.uk
  • telephoning 020 8359 3555
  • writing to: Parking Design Team, Highways, L B Barnet, 2 Bristol Avenue, Colindale, London, NW9 4EW
  • visiting the council’s parking consultation website, Barnet TraffWeb, via barnet.traffweb.app.

If you would like someone to help you complete the questionnaire or need more information, please contact us using one of the above methods.

The closing date for submitting your views on the experimental scheme measures is 23 January 2025.


What happens after the consultation closes?

The council will use the consultation findings to inform our final decision. We will publish the results of the consultation, our decision and how we are acting on the results of the consultation by letter and on this web page in May 2025

This consultation has now closed.

  • We Asked, You Said, We Did

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    We asked

    We asked for your views on proposals to include 26 parking spaces created by converting the former garages in South Mead/Corner Mead into the Colindale CPZ (Zone CL2).

    The proposals were part of an agreed Barnet Homes and The Barnet Group planning permission relating to Little Strand to convert some of their land into parking areas to provide the area residents with more parking options.

    The Barnet Group gave consent to Barnet’s Highways service to formalise the parking spaces by including them in Colindale CPZ (Zone CL2) to enable enforcement.

    The experimental scheme became operational on 22 July 2024, with the first 6 months of the scheme's operation constituting the statutory consultation period

    In addition, we installed double yellow lines at the entrances to the parking area and other locations on the site to maintain access and provide sightlines.

    You said

    We wrote to 20 properties inviting them to take part in the statutory consultation and received 4 responses. Issues and objections raised included:

    • Insufficient parking provision on the estate
    • that parking controls should operate at weekends to prevent non-residents from parking on the estate outside the controlled parking hours
    • that parking should be protected or guaranteed for residents
    • increased traffic at school peak times
    • that the area is well served by public transport with a suggestion

    It was also suggested that we should improve public transport and a request for the introduction of measures that could reduce the need for car use.


    We did

    Having reviewed all feedback and monitored traffic and parking availability during the consultation period, we have decided to make the experimental extension to the Colindale CPZ Zone (CL2) permanent.

    The increase in parking availability during the trial period met the parking requirements of the area’s residents and their visitors, and therefore the experimental extension has helped in resolving issues that were present prior to changes.

    We will write to residents informing them of our decision to make the scheme permanent. Restrictions imposed during the experimental period will remain in place until the CPZ is made permanent.