We Asked, You Said, We Did

We asked

We asked for your views on a proposed Experimental Controlled Parking Zone (ECPZ) on Claremont Road, Whitefield Avenue, Marble Drive, Prayle Grove, Amber Grove and Wallcote Avenue (Zone BB). The ECPZ proposals aim to address existing parking issues and prevent non-resident parking in the area.

You said

We wrote to 756 residents and businesses inviting them to have their say on introducing a CPZ on their road, and what hours of restriction they would like to see. During our one-month consultation, 163 people visited the online consultation and we received a total of 28 responses (online, paper and telephone responses).

• Out of 28 responses, 71% (20 respondents) are in favour of introducing a CPZ on their road, whilst 25% (seven respondents) are against it. One respondent (4%) who said no to a CPZ said they would support the proposal if neighbouring streets were included in a CPZ.

Hours of operation

• Out of 22 responses to the question of what operation times the CPZ should have, 86% (19 respondents) said they wanted the operation times to be longer than four hours, whereas 14% (three respondents) want the operation times to be shorter than four hours.

Days of operation

• Out of 22 responses to the question of when the CPZ should operate, 73% (16 respondents) said they would want the scheme to operate seven days a week (Monday to Sunday), four would prefer Monday to Saturday, and two would prefer Monday to Friday.

We did

The most common issues raised in this consultation were unauthorised parking on roads, residents having their driveways blocked by other cars, and the lack of parking controls.

Based on the feedback, which members of the project team have carefully reviewed, we will be implementing an Experimental Controlled Parking Zone, which will be installed during August, and operational from early September 2025. In line with neighbouring zones recently implemented, (Zone BA: Clitterhouse Crescent, Clitterhouse Road and a section of Claremont Road), the parking controls will be operational from Monday to Sunday from 9am to 6pm. The controls are designed to address the concerns raised by residents, and the hours and days are a balance of the range of responses we received, including those who responded with ‘other’.

As part of the implementation plans, there will be ‘permit holders past this point’ entry signs at the beginning of the ECPZ area, instead of marked bays. This helps maximise as much space as possible for permit holders within an area. Disabled parking places will be provided in suitable locations, as well as pay by phone bays.

As this is an ECPZ, there will be a statutory consultation period for the first six months whilst it is operational, and you will have the opportunity to share your feedback on the controls during this period. After that, we will review the impact of the measures and use this feedback to help determine the future of the scheme.

Please note that there is no action needed from you now and we will write to you in August about how to apply for a parking permit. If you would like to see the permit costs, click here.

You can read our FAQs, as well as more information about the consultation responses and how we are managing parking in the area by visiting our website Transformingbx.co.uk/cpz