Stratford, Parking, Loading & Traffic Direction Changes

LONDON BOROUGH OF NEWHAM

WESTFIELD AVENUE HIGHWAY INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENT SCHEME – (PHASES A & B)

CHANGES TO PARKING PLACES AND TAXI RANKS, NEW LOADING BAYS, CHANGES TO WAITING & LOADING RESTRICTIONS, NEW TURNING MOVEMENTS AND ONE-WAY WORKING

The Newham (East Village) (Free Parking Places) (No. 1, 2015) (Amendment No. 3) Order 2025

The Newham (Disabled Persons) (Community Parking) (No. 1, 2007) (Amendment No. 26) Order 2025

The Newham (Motor Cycle Parking Places) (No. 1, 2015) (Amendment No. 1) Order 2025

The Newham (Prohibition of Stopping on Taxi Ranks) (No. 1) Traffic Order 2025

The Newham (Loading Bays) (No. 1, 2020) (Amendment No. 1) Order 2025

The Newham (Prescribed Routes) (No. 3) Traffic Order 2025

The Newham (Waiting and Loading Restriction) (Amendment No. 193) Order 2025

1. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Council of the London Borough of Newham on 22 September 2025 made the above-mentioned Orders under Sections 6, 45, 46, 49 and 124 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, as amended.

2. The general effect of the Free Parking Places Order will be to install new inset footway 20 minutes maximum stay parking place with no return within 1 hour, operating on all days on the north-east side of Westfield Avenue, between a point 5.4 metres north-west of the north-western kerb-line of Turing Street and a point 8.6 metres south-east of that kerb-line.

3. The general effect of the Disabled Persons Community Parking Place Order will be to install new inset footway community disabled persons parking places in Westfield Avenue for the use of blue badge holders only, operating “at any time” on all days at the following locations:

   a) the north-east side, from a point 39 metres south-east of the south-eastern kerb-line of Layard Street south-eastward for a distance of 14 metres;

   b) the south-west side, from a point 34 metres north-west of the north-western kerb-line of Montfichet Road north-westward for a distance of 6.9 metres;

   c) the south side, from a point 5.8 metres west of the western kerb-line of an unnamed access road (opposite International Way) that extends southward to Stratford Cross property development site westward for a distance of 7 metres; and

   d) the south side, from a point 18 metres west of the western kerb-line of the above defined (as in para 3 c)) unnamed access road westward for a distance of 14 metres.

4. The general effect of the Motor Cycle Parking Places Order will be to install a new inset footway Motor Cycle Parking Place, operating “at any time” on all days, on the north-east side of Westfield Avenue, from a point 19.8 metres south-east of the north-western kerb-line of Layard Street north-westward for a distance of 6.9 metres.

5. The general effect of the Prohibition of Stopping On Taxi Ranks Order will be to prohibit stopping by vehicles “at any time” on all days, except taxis, at new Taxi Rank locations with a footway layby on the north-east side of Westfield Avenue from a point 25.4 metres north-west of the south-eastern kerb-line of Redman Road westward for a distance of 11.5 metres.

6. The general effect of the Loading Bays Order will be to relocate existing loading bays and install new loading bays at Westfield Avenue operating “at any time” on all days for vehicles to load or unload only with a maximum stay of 1 hour and no return within 1 hour at the following locations:

   a) Relocate two existing loading bays, on the south-west side, between its junctions with Montfichet Road and Layard Street to the following locations:

   i) from a point 40.9 metres north-west of the north-western kerb-line of Montfichet Road north-westward for a distance of 13.9 metres; and

   ii) from a point 12.6 metres south-east of the south-eastern kerb-line of Layard Street south-eastward for a distance of 18 metres;

   b) to install new inset footway loading bays at the following locations:

   i) the north-east side, between a point 8.1 metres north-west of the north-western kerb-line of Layard Street and a point 1.9 metres south-east of that kerb-line;

   ii) the south-west side:

   A) from a point 4.4 metres south-east of the south-eastern kerb-line of Turing Street south-eastward for a distance of 14.4 metres; and

   B) from a point 35.8 metres north-west of the south-eastern kerb-line of Four Dials north-westward for a distance of 15.7 metres.

7. The effect of the Prescribed Routes Order will be to:

   a) introduce left turn bans for vehicles:

   i) from Waterden Road into Olympic Park Avenue;

   ii) from the vehicle exit from No. 1 International Way into International Way;

   iii) from International Way into Roundhouse Lane;

   iv) from the access road to Westfield Service Yard into Westfield Avenue;

   b) introduce right turn bans for vehicles:

   i) from Westfield Avenue into Olympic Park Avenue*;

   ii) from an unnamed access road (opposite International Way) that extends southward to Stratford Cross property development site on the south into Westfield Avenue;

   c) introduce “U” turn bans in:

   i) International Way, at an island gap near the vehicle entrance to No. 1 International Way:

   A) for any vehicle, excluding taxis, proceeding in the northbound carriageway;

   B) for any vehicle proceeding in the southbound carriageway;

   ii) Westfield Avenue, for any vehicle, in any direction; and

   d) convert the existing two-way working for vehicular traffic in Olympic Park Avenue (between its junctions with Anthems Way and Westfield Avenue) to one-way working from north to south only.

   *Note – the notice of proposal published on 2 July 2025 contained a typographical error. This has been corrected to Westfield Avenue as shown above.

8. The general effect of the Waiting and Loading Order will be to introduce waiting and loading restrictions at the following locations:

   a) loading restrictions operating “at any time” (double kerb blips) in Westfield Avenue, both sides, excluding the lengths covered by the designated parking places and loading bays as detailed in paragraphs 2, 3, 4, and 6 above;

   b) waiting restrictions operating “at any time” (double yellow lines) in:

   i) Westfield Avenue, both sides;

   ii) Roundhouse Lane, both sides, for a distance of 10 metres from its junction with Westfield Avenue;

   iii) Montfichet Road, both sides, for a distance of 10 metres from its junction with Westfield Avenue;

   iv) Turing Street, both sides, for a distance of 10 metres from its junction with Westfield Avenue;

   v) Four Dials, both sides, for a distance of 10 metres from its junction with Westfield Avenue; and

   vi) International Way, both sides, for a distance of 10 metres from its junction with Westfield Avenue;

   vii) unnamed access road (opposite International Way), both sides, for a distance of 10 metres from its junction with Westfield Avenue; and

   viii) unnamed access road (Stratford Cross property development site) that extends southward from Westfield Avenue, both sides, for a distance of 10 metres from its junction with Westfield Avenue;

   ix) Layard Street, both sides, for a distance of 10 metres from its junction with Westfield Avenue; and

   x) Redman Road, both sides, for a distance of 10 metres from its junction with Westfield Avenue;

   xi) Olympic Park Avenue, both sides, for a distance of 10 metres from its junction with Westfield Avenue; and

   xii) Anthems Way, both sides, for a distance of 10 metres from its junction with Westfield Avenue.

9. Copies of the Orders, which will come into force on 29 September 2025 and documents giving more detailed particulars of the Orders are available for inspection by appointment during normal office hours at Newham Dockside, 1000 Dockside Road E16 2QU, by telephoning 020 3373 6415 or by emailing traffic.orders@newham.gov.uk for a period of six weeks from the date on which the Orders were made.

10. If any person wishes to question the validity of any of the Orders or of any of their provisions on the grounds that it or they are not within the powers conferred by the Act, or that any requirement of the Act or of any instrument made under the Act has not been complied with, that person may, within six weeks from the date on which the Order is made, apply for the purpose to the High Court.

Dated 24 September 2025

MICHAEL BENN

Acting Director of Highways, Parking and Transportation