Brent, Multiple Traffic Notices, Parking Places, Waiting and Loading Restrictions

Brent

LONDON BOROUGH OF BRENT, THE BRENT (PARKING PLACES) (ZONE VF) (NO. 1) ORDER 2023, THE BRENT (WAITING AND LOADING RESTRICTION) (AMENDMENT NO. 626) ORDER 2023

1. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Council of the London Borough of Brent on 11th December 2023 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 by section 8 of and Part 1 of Schedule 5 to the Local Government Act 1985, the Parking Acts of 1986 and 1989 and the Traffic Management Act 2004.

2. The general effect of the 'Parking Places' Order will be to:-

(a) designate parking places that will operate between 10.00 a.m. and 3.00 p.m. Mondays to Fridays in the streets specified in Schedule 1 to this Notice;

(b) specify that-

(i) each parking place may be used, subject to the provisions of the Order, for the leaving during the permitted hours of such vehicles as are passenger vehicles, goods carrying vehicles, or invalid carriages displaying a valid parking ticket or for which payment has been made using the "pay by phone' system. Motor cycles park free;

(ii) the maximum parking period for which a vehicle, displaying a valid parking ticket may be left during the permitted hours in the parking places specified in paragraph 4(a) above will be 2 hours;

(iii) the charge for short term parking in the parking place specified in paragraph 4(a) above will be:-

(a) for payment by phone - 20 pence for every 6 minutes (short stay up to 15 minutes will be charged at 20 pence only), £1.00 for 30 minutes, £2.00 for 60 minutes;

(b) for payment other than by phone - 20 pence for every 6 minutes (short stay up to 15 minutes will be charged at 20 pence only), £1.50 for 30 minutes, £2.50 for 60 minutes, the tickets for which will be issued by pay and display machines. There will be a 50 pence supplementary charge for cash payments (excluding short stay up to 15 minutes);

(iv) the interval before a vehicle may again be left in a parking place after the expiration of the period for which a parking charge was incurred will be 2 hours;

(v) any resident whose usual place of abode is in any street specified in Schedule 2 to this Notice may apply to the Council for the issue of a residents permit valid for use in the parking places specified in Schedule 1 to this Notice, a £100 per annum surcharge will apply for the grant or issue of new or renewed residents' permits in respect of diesel vehicles;

(vi) a maximum of 3 permits per residential postal address will be issued by the Council or its agents, to persons whose usual place of abode is in any street specified in Schedule 2 to this Notice. The charge will be based on a carbon dioxide emissions based sliding charge for passenger vehicles registered on or after 1st March 2001 and on engine size based sliding charge for passenger vehicles registered before 1st March 2001 and qualifying goods carrying vehicles, as specified in Schedule 3 to this Notice. Fully electric vehicles will fall under Band 1;

(vii) car club cars displaying a car club all zone permit will be permitted to park in any permit parking place;

(viii) any resident whose usual place of abode is in any street specified in Schedule 2 to this Notice may apply to the Council for the issue of a household visitor permit valid for use in the street for which it is issued for the period between 10.00 a.m. and 3.00 p.m. Mondays to Fridays inclusive. The charge will be based on a carbon dioxide emissions based sliding charge for passenger vehicles registered on or after 1 st March 2001 and on engine size based sliding charge for passenger vehicles registered before 1 st March 2001 and qualifying goods carrying vehicles, as specified in Schedule 4 to this Notice;

(ix) any resident whose usual place of abode is in any street or part of street specified in Schedule 2 to this Notice may apply to the Council for the issue of visitor's e-permits valid for the period between 10.00 a.m. and 3.00 p.m. Mondays to Fridays inclusive, at a cost of £1.75 per visitor's e-permit for a parking period of up to 2 hours on the day of use during permitted hours, £3.50 per visitor's e-permit for a parking period of up to 2 hours on the day of use during permitted hours and £5.25 per visitor's e-permit for a parking period exceeding 2 hours on the day of use during permitted hours. No refunds will be made;

(x) any person who occupies premises in any street specified in Schedule 2 to this Notice and who uses such premises for non­residential purposes may apply to the Council for the issue of a general business permit valid for use in the parking places specified in Schedule 1 (Maximum 3 Permits). The charge for each general business permit will be £565 per annum (£340 for 6 months, £226 for 3 months);

(xi) any person who occupies premises in any street specified in Schedule 2 to this Notice and who uses such premises for non­residential purposes may apply to the Council for the issue of a business address permit granted or issued so as to be transferable between multiple vehicles used by one business user in the parking places specified in Schedule 1. The charge for each business permit will be £689 per annum (£414 for 6 months, £276 for 3 months);

(xii) permits issued by the Council to essential users will be valid for use in all the parking bays provided for resident and business users in the VF zone. The charge for an essential user permit issued in respect of a vehicle used by a person employed by either the NHS, a care organisation recognised by the Council or a registered charity will be £424 per annum, and the charge for an essential user permit issued in respect of a vehicle used by any person will be £565 per annum;

(xiii) any resident of a "car free" development as defined in a section 106 agreement made under the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 will not be eligible for a residents' permits in the VF zone;

(xiv) any school who occupies premises in any street specified in Schedule 2 to this Notice and who uses such premises for non­residential purposes may apply to the Council for the issue of a school permit in respect of a vehicle used by a person employed by the school will be £424 per annum running from the beginning of the month in which a permit becomes first valid, provided that a school permit shall only be deemed valid during an academic term.

3. The general effect of the 'Waiting and Loading Restriction' Order will be further to amend the Brent (Waiting and Loading Restriction) Order 1979, so that: -

(a) waiting by vehicles (otherwise than for the purpose of delivering or collecting goods or loading or unloading a vehicle) will be prohibited at any time in certain lengths of streets specified in Schedule 5 to this Notice;

(b) waiting by vehicles (otherwise than for the purpose of delivering or collecting goods or loading or unloading a vehicle) will be prohibited at any time in certain lengths of streets specified in Schedule 5 to this Notice, and between 10.00 a.m. and 3.00 p.m. Mondays to Fridays in certain lengths of streets specified in Schedule 6 to this Notice;

(c) waiting by vehicles for the purpose of delivering or collecting goods or loading or unloading a vehicle for a period of more than 40 minutes in the same place will be prohibited throughout the week in certain lengths of streets specified in Schedule 5 to this Notice, and between 10.00 a.m. and 3.00 p.m. Mondays to Fridays in certain lengths of streets specified in Schedule 6 to this Notice;

(d) the sale or offer for sale of goods from a vehicle will be prohibited (except on Sundays in certain lengths of streets specified in Schedules 5 and 6 inclusive to this Notice) unless there is in force a valid licence issued by the Brent Borough Council or the goods are immediately taken into or delivered at premises adjacent to the vehicle from which the sale is effected;

(e) the use of any vehicle or of any animal or the wearing of fancy dress or other costume, wholly or mainly for the purpose of advertising will be prohibited in certain lengths of streets specified in Schedules 5 and 6 inclusive to this Notice;

(f) any existing prohibition on the waiting by vehicles, the sale or offer for sale of goods from a vehicle or the use of any vehicle or animal or the wearing of fancy dress or other costume wholly or mainly for the purpose of advertising in certain lengths of streets specified in Schedules 5 and 6 inclusive to this Notice will be revoked.

4. The prohibitions referred to in sub-paragraphs 3(a) to (c) above will not apply in respect of anything done with the permission or at the direction of a police constable in uniform or in certain circumstances, e.g., the picking up or setting down of passengers; the carrying out of statutory powers or duties; the taking in of petrol, etc., from roadside petrol stations; to licensed street traders, etc. The usual exemption relating to vehicles displaying a disabled person's "Blue Badge" will apply.

5. A copy of the Orders, which will come into operation on 22nd December 2023, of maps of the relevant areas and of the relevant Orders of 1979 (and of any Orders which have amended that Order) can be inspected during normal office hours on Mondays to Fridays inclusive until the end of six weeks from the date on which the Orders were made at Brent Customer Services, Brent Civic Centre, Engineers Way, Wembley, Middlesex, HA9 0FJ.

6. Copies of the Orders may be purchased from the address mentioned in paragraph 5 above.

7. Any person desiring to question the validity of any of the Orders or of any provision contained therein on the grounds that it is not within the relevant powers of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 or that any of the relevant requirements thereof or of any relevant regulations made thereunder has not been complied with in relation to any of the Orders may, within six weeks of the date on which the Orders were made, make application for the purpose to the High Court.

Dated 11th December 2023.

Sandor Fazekas Head of Healthy Streets and Parking (The officer appointed for this purpose).

SCHEDULE 1

Pay and Display. Business. Essential / Special user and Resident / Visitor Parking Places

Crundale Avenue, Mersham Drive and Valley Drive.

SCHEDULE 2

Streets eligible for the issue of permits Crundale Avenue, Mersham Drive and Valley Drive.

SCHEDULE 3

SCHEDULE 4

 SCHEDULE 5

Zone VF Waitng and Loading Restrictions (At any time)

Crundale Avenue, Mersham Drive and Valley Drive

SCHEDULE 6

Zone VF Waiting and Loading Restrictions (10.00 am and 3.00pm Mondays to Fridays)

Crundale Avenue, Mersham Drive and Valley Drive