Royal Borough Of Kensington And Chelsea - Changes To The Provision Of Motorcycle Parking Places

ROYAL BOROUGH OF KENSINGTON AND CHELSEA
CHANGES TO THE PROVISION OF MOTORCYCLE PARKING PLACES

The Kensington and Chelsea (Charged-For Parking Places) (Amendment No. *) Order 2024 and The Kensington and Chelsea (Free Parking Places, Loading Bays and Waiting, Loading and Stopping Restrictions) (Amendment No. *) Order 2024

1. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Council of the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea proposes to make 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.
2. The general effect of the Orders would be to:
(a) replace all residents’ permit holder motorcycle parking places in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea with shared-use solo motorcycle parking places;
(b) provide that the hours of operation of the parking places would be dependent on the location in which the parking place is situated and would be the same as for other pay on street parking places in the Borough, details of which can be found online: www.rbkc.gov.uk/parking-transport-and-streets/ visitor-parking-and-pay-phone/paybyphone
(c) introduce pay on-street charges for the use of the shared-use solo motorcycle parking places; the charges would be as follows: (i) one day: £2;
(ii) one month: £20; (iii) one year: £200;
(d) provide that payment of the parking charge would allow motorcyclists to park in any number of shared-use solo motorcycle parking places in the Borough during the period paid for;
(e) provide that there would be no charge for the use of the shared-use solo motorcycle parking places in respect of fully electric motorcycles;
(f) provide that the shared-use solo motorcycle parking places would also be available to motorcycles that have been granted a residents’ motorcycle bay only solo motorcycle permit or a residents combined solo motorcycle parking permit, the charges for which would remain unchanged; and
(g) provide that in locations where motorcycle parking 
places have been available to Westminster City Council resident motorcycle parking permit holders, they would continue to be so.
3. A copy of the proposed Orders and other documents giving more detailed particulars of the scheme may be obtained via email by contacting trafficorders@rbkc.gov.uk quoting reference: “Shared-use motorcycle parking” and can be inspected at the Pembroke Road Council Offices, 37 Pembroke Road, London, W8 6PW between 9am and 5pm on Mondays to Fridays inclusive.
4. Anyone who wishes to support or object to this proposal or make any other representations in respect of it, should send a statement in writing to that effect, and in the case of an objection, stating the grounds thereof to: trafficorders@rbkc.gov.uk or Traffic Orders, Room 308, Council Offices, The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, 37 Pembroke Road, London, W8 6PW, quoting reference “Shared-use motorcycle parking” by 20th March 2024.
5. If you would like to discuss or obtain further information about this proposal, please telephone Chris Eales (Team Manager - Parking Policy and Traffic Management Orders) on 020 7361 2553 or email trafficorders@rbkc.gov.uk
6. Under the Local Government (Access to Information) Act 1985, any letter you write to the Council in response to this Notice may be made available to the press and to the public, who would be entitled to take copies of it if they so wished.

Dated 7th February 2024

ANDREW BURTON Director of Transport and Regulatory Services