Royal Borough of Greenwich - various roads - free parking places, waiting, loading and stopping restrictions, bus only routes
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ROYAL BOROUGH OF GREENWICH
The Greenwich (Prohibition of Motor Vehicles, One-way and No Entry) (Various Roads) Experimental Traffic Order 2024
The Greenwich (Bus Only Routes) Traffic Order 2001 (Amendment No. 23) Experimental Traffic Order 2024
The Greenwich (Free Parking Places, Loading Places and Waiting, Loading and Stopping Restrictions) (Amendment No. 136) Experimental Order 2024
The Greenwich (Charged For-Parking Places) (Amendment No. 143) Experimental Order 2024
1. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Council of the Royal Borough of Greenwich (hereinafter referred to as “the Council”) has made the above-mentioned Experimental Orders under sections 9 and 10 of and Part IV of Schedule 9 to the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, as amended. The Orders will come into operation on 27th November 2024.
2. The general effect of the Orders will be to:
a) Introduce a no entry except cycles on Lindsell Street for vehicles travelling from Greenwich South Street into Lindsell Street.
b) Revoke the existing one-way on King George Street from its junction with Crooms Hill to its junction with Royal Place.
c) Introduce a one-way contraflow cycle lane restrictions on Burney Street from its junction with Stockwell Street to its junction with Royal Hill in a south-westerly direction.
d) prohibit all motor vehicles Mon-Fri 7.00–10.00am and 3.00-7.00pm except authorised vehicles including emergency Vehicles, refuse vehicles, blue badge holders who are also free individual circumstance exemption permit holders, taxi's and Private Hire Vehicles and free individual circumstance exemption permit holders, from entering into, exiting from or proceeding in:
i) Halstow Road, at a point 30 metres north of its junction with Humber Road.
ii) Maze Hill, at the southern boundary of No. 1 Park Vista.
iii) Vanbrugh Park, at its junction with St Johns Park.
iv) St Johns Park, at a point 10.11 metres east of its junction with Vanbrugh Park.
v) Langton Way, at its junction with Old Dover Road.
vi) Crooms Hill, at its junction with Stockwell Street.
vii) Circus Street, at its junction with Royal Hill.
viii) Royal Hill, at the southern boundary of No. 50 Royal Hill.
ix) Royal Hill, at the south-western kerbline of its junction with Point Hill.
x) Winforton Street, at its junction with Point Hill.
xi) Maidenstone Hill, at its junction with Point Hill.
e) introduce a bus, pedal cycle, taxi and authorised vehicles including emergency Vehicles, refuse vehicles, blue badge holders who are also free individual circumstance exemption permit holders, Private Hire Vehicles and free individual circumstance exemption permit holders route Mon-Fri 7.00–10.00am and 3.00-7.00pm at the following locations:
i) Vanbrugh Hill, both sides, at its junction with Restell Close.
ii) Westcombe Hill, both sides, at its junction with Station Crescent.
f) Replace the free parking places with No waiting at any time restrictions at the following locations:
i) St Johns Park, north side, from a point 10.11 metres east of its junction with Vanbrugh Park for 8.23 metres in an easterly location.
ii) St Johns Park, south side, from a point 10.11 metres east of its junction with Vanbrugh Park for 6.92 metres in an easterly location.
g) Replace the No Waiting Mon-Sat 9am-6.30pm with No waiting at any time restrictions at the following locations:
i) St Johns Park, south side, from a point 17.03 metres east of its junction with Vanbrugh Park for 2.17 metres in an easterly location.
ii) Langton Way, east side, from a point 8.8 metres south of its junction with Old Dover Road for 11.49 metres in a southerly direction.
iii) Langton Way, west side, from a point 11.5 metres south of its junction with Old Dover Road to its junction with St Johns Park.
iv) St Johns Park, north side, from its junction with Langton Way for 9 metres in a westerly direction.
h) Replace the No Waiting Mon-Sat 9am-5pm & Sun 9am-6pm with No waiting at any time restrictions at the following locations:
i) Stockwell Street, south-west side, from its junction with Burney Street for 8.6 metres in a north-westerly direction.
ii) Crooms Hill, south-west side, from its junction with Burney Street for 7 metres in a south-easterly direction
iii) Burney Street, north-west side, from its junction with Stockwell Street for 7 metres in a south-westerly direction.
iv) Burney Street, south-east side, from its junction with Crooms Hill for 7.57metres in a south-westerly direction.
v) Burney Street, north-west side, from its junction with Royal Hill for 13.1 metres in a north-easterly direction.
vi) Burney Street, south-east side, from its junction with Royal Hill for 15.4 metres in a north-easterly direction.
vii) Gloucester Circus, both sides, from its junction with Royal Hill for 9 metres in a north-easterly direction.
viii) Circus Street, both sides, from its junction with Royal Hill for 12.3 metres in a south-westerly direction.
ix) Royal Place, north-east side, from its junction with Royal Hill for 8.3 metres in a south-easterly direction.
x) Royal Place, south-west side, from its junction with Royal Hill for 7.2 metres in a south-easterly direction
xi) Royal Hill, south-east side, from a point 11.5 metres south-west to a point 5 metres north-east of its junction with Point Hill.
xii) Point Hill, north-east side, from its junction with Royal Hill for 10.8 metres in a south-easterly direction.
xiii) Point Hill, south-west side, from its junction with Royal Hill for 7.3 metres in a south-easterly direction.
xiv) Royal Hill, north-west side, from a point 5.45 metres south-west to a point 10 metres north-east of its junction with Prior Street.
xv) Prior Street, north-east side, from its junction with Royal Hill for 5.8 metres in a north-westerly direction.
xvi) Prior Street, south-west side, from its junction with Royal Hill for 7.5 metres in a north-westerly direction.
xvii) Winforton Street, north side, from its junction with Point Hill for 10.8 metres in a westerly direction.
xviii) Winforton Street, south side, from its junction with Point Hill for 13.3 metres in a westerly direction.
xix) Point Hill, west side, from a point 7.8 metres south to a point 6.3 metres north of its junction with Winforton Street.
xx) Point Hill, east side, from the southern boundary of No.25 Point Hill for 5.6 metres in a southerly direction.
xxi) Point Hill, west side, from the northern boundary of No.56 Point Hill to its junction with Maidenstone Hill.
xxii) Point Hill, east side, from the northern boundary of No.56 Point Hill to the northern boundary of No. 35 Point Hill.
xxiii) Maidenstone Hill, north side, from its junction with Point Hill for 8.1 metres in a westerly direction.
xxiv) Lindsell Street, north-east side, from its junction with Greenwich South Street for 10.9 metres in a south-easterly direction
xxv) Lindsell Street, south-west side, from its junction with Greenwich South Street for 9.8 metres in a south-easterly direction.
i) Replace the No Waiting Mon-Sat 8am-6.30pm and Sun 9am-6pm with No waiting at any time restrictions at the following locations:
i) Royal Hill, north-east side, from its junction with Burney Street for 10.75 metres in a north-westerly direction.
ii) Royal Hill, north-east side, from its junction with Burney Street for 10.4 metres in a south-easterly direction.
iii) Royal Hill, south-west side, from a point 8.2 metres north-west to a point 15 metres south-east of its junction with Circus Street.
iv) Royal Hill, north-east side, from a point 12.44 metres north-west to a point 7.7 metres south-east of its junction with Gloucester Circus.
v) Royal Hill, east side, from a point 7.2 metres south to a point 8.8 metres north of its junction with Royal Place.
vi) Royal Hill, west side, from the southern boundary of No. 44 Royal Hill to a point 1.7 metres south of the southern boundary of No.56.
vii) Greenwich South Street, east side, from a point 7.1 metres south to a point 6.9 metres north of its junction with Lindsell Street.
j) Replace the Residents and Business Permit Holders Only Mon-Sat 9am-5pm and Sun 9am-6pm Zone G bay with No waiting at any time restrictions at the following locations:
i) Royal Hill, north-west side, from a point 1.6 metres south-west of the southern property boundary of No. 94 Royal Hill for 4.71 metres in a north-easterly direction.
ii) Winforton Street, north side, from the eastern boundary of No.25 Winforton Street for 4.35 metres in a westerly direction.
iii) Winforton Street, south side, from a point 3.3 metres east of the western boundary of No.25 Winforton Street for 0.7 metres in an easterly direction.
k) Replace the Residents and Business Permit Holders Only Mon-Sat 9am-5pm and Sun 9am-6pm Zone G bay with No Waiting Mon-Sat 9am-5pm & Sun 9am-6pm restrictions at the following locations:
i) Winforton Street, south side, from a point 3.3 metres east of the western boundary of No.25 Winforton Street for 4.5 metres in a westerly direction.
l) Replace the Resident Permit Holders Only Mon-Sat 9am-5pm and Sun 9am-6pm Zone G with No waiting at any time restrictions at the following locations:
i) Point Hill, east side, from the southern boundary of No.25 Point Hill for 17.2 metres in a northerly direction.
ii) Point Hill, east side, outside No. 35 Point Hill.
m) Replace part of the Pay & Display 4 Hours No Return 2 Hours Mon-Sat 9am-5pm and Sun 9am-6pm with No waiting at any time restrictions on Royal Place, south-west side, from a point 7.2 metres south-east of its junction with Royal Hill for 1.9 metres in a south-easterly direction.
n) ‘Free individual circumstance exemption permit’ may be issued to Permit Holders by the Council at their discretion, to allow any vehicle authorised by the Council who have registered their vehicle for an exemption to the prohibition of motor vehicles and Bus gate introduced in this Order on the list maintained by the Council and have been issued a free individual circumstance exemption permit at the discretion of the Council. The individuals who can apply for a free individual circumstance exemption permit authorised by the Council for a vehicle include:
i) a Blue Badge holder or an organisation that qualifies for a Blue Badge
ii) if you or a child you're travelling with has a chronic health condition that means sitting in a car on a longer journey causes additional distress
iii) if you're a professional carer whose ability to help the person they care for is impacted by a neighbourhood management scheme
iv) if your organisation is to transport disabled people or people with access needs
v) School Buses
vi) Any vehicle authorised by the Council who have registered their vehicle for an exemption on the list maintained by the council at the Councils discretion
3. To view a copy of the Orders and/or a statement of the Council’s reasons for making these experimental Orders please email traffic.management@royalgreenwich.gov.uk requesting electronic copies.
4. The Orders provide that in pursuance of section 10(2) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, the Assistant Director of Transport at Greenwich Council, or some person authorised by him, may, if it appears to him or that person essential in the interests of the expeditious, convenient and safe movement of traffic or for preserving or improving the amenities of the area through which any road affected by the Orders extends, modify or suspend the Orders or any provision thereof.
5. The Orders are to be on an experimental basis for a maximum period of 18 months and the Council will consider in due course whether the provisions of the Orders should be continued in force indefinitely by means of a permanent Orders made under sections 6 and 124 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984. Any person may object to the making of the permanent Orders for the purpose of such indefinite continuation, within a period of six months beginning with the date on which the experimental Orders come into force or, if the Orders are varied by another Order or modified pursuant to section 10(2) of the 1984 Act, beginning with the date on which the variation or modification or the latest variation or modification comes into force. Any such objection must be made in writing and must state the grounds on which it is made and be sent by email to traffic.management@royalgreenwich.gov.uk (quoting reference 11-24 West and East Greenwich).
6. If any person wishes to question the validity of the Orders or of any of the provisions contained therein on the grounds that they are not within the powers conferred by the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, or that any requirement of that Act or of any instrument made under that Act has not been complied with, that person may, within six weeks from the date on which the Orders were made, apply for that purpose to the High Court.
7. Persons objecting to the Orders should be aware that in view of the Local Government (Access to Information) Act 1985, this Council would be legally obliged to make any comments received in response to this Notice, open to public inspection.
Assistant Director, Transport,
Communities, Environment and Central,
Royal Borough of Greenwich
Dated 20th November 2024
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