London Borough of Southwark - minor traffic schemes - Tranche 1 - various roads

LONDON BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK
MINOR TRAFFIC SCHEMES – 25/26 TRANCHE 1
The London Borough of Southwark (Charged-for parking places) (MTS 2526-Q1) Order 2025
The London Borough of Southwark (Free parking places, Loading places and Waiting, Loading and Stopping restrictions) (MTS 2526-Q1) Order 2025 The London Borough of Southwark (Prescribed routes) (Snowsfields and Weston Street) (No. 2) Traffic Order 2025

1.    Southwark Council hereby GIVES NOTICE that on 2 October 2025 it has made the above 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 effects of the (Prescribed routes) Orders are to remake an existing prescribed route Order to amend the existing 'no entry' in SNOWSFIELDS at its junction with Weston Street (eastbound toward St Thomas Street and Bermondsey Street) to add 'except cycles' plates to permit cycles to enter and encourage cycling routes.
3.    The effects of the (Charged-for parking places) Order are:-
(a)    in Controlled Parking Zone (‘CPZ’) 'C1' in UNION STREET reduce in length existing permit-holders only parking ('permit') on both sides by 5m per side (a total of 10m) south-west of its junction with Great Guildford Street (22m remain on the north-west side and 24.5m remain on the south-east side);
(b)    in CPZ 'G' (i) in DRUMMOND ROAD south-west side opposite its junction with Layard Square remove 5m existing 'permit' (104m remain), and (ii) in WILSON GROVE north-east side split and reduce  existing 'permit' (a total of 46.5m remain), and opposite Nos. 52 and 53 Wilson Grove reduce existing 'permit' by 11.5m (21m remain);
(c)    in CPZ 'J' in FIELDING STREET north-west side o/s No. 26 Fielding Street extend existing 'permit' by 4m (new length 63.5m); and
(d)    in CPZ 'K' in COMBER GROVE west side o/s Nos. 1 - 61 Cameron House (Comber Estate) extend existing 'permit' by 1m (new length 21m).
4.    The effects of the (Free parking places, Loading places and Waiting, Loading and Stopping restrictions) Order are:-
(a)    in DRUMMOND ROAD south-west side opposite its junction with Layard Square add 5m new free motorcycle only parking;
(b)    in FIELDING STREET north-west side o/s No. 26 Fielding Street remove 4m existing free motorcycle only parking;
(c)    in COMBER GROVE west side o/s Nos. 1 - 61 Cameron House (Comber Estate) remove 1m of existing ‘timed’ waiting restrictions (single yellow lines ‘SYLs’);
(d)    in SUMNER AVENUE add contiguous ‘SYLs’ behind the existing 'School Keep Clear' markings (26.5m) on all sides of the north-eastern extremity to clarify the operating times which would remain Monday - Friday between 8 am and 5 pm;
(e)    in WILSON GROVE convert a total of 87m existing ‘SYLs’ to new ‘at any time’ waiting restrictions (double yellow lines ‘DYLs’) on both sides between a point 15m south-east of the southern kerb-line of Pottery Street and a point 1.5m south-east of the common boundary of Nos. 51 and 52 Wilson Grove;
(f)    add new lengths or extend existing lengths of ‘DYLs’ (i) in ALLEYN PARK south-west side opposite Kingsdale School (38m), (ii) in BELFORT ROAD south-east side on either side of its junction with Gautrey Road (1m o/s No. 4 Belfort Road and 1m opposite No. 24 Belfort Road), (iii) BOXALL ROAD both sides south-east of its junction with Turney Road (by 4m o/s No. 29 Boxall Road and by 6m side of No. 266 Turney Road), (iv) in COLLEGE ROAD south-west side opposite No. 27 College Road Bell House (37m), and opposite Nos. 33 to 37 College Road (40m), (v) in GALLERY ROAD north-west side opposite Old College Lawn Tennis Club No. 10 Gallery Road (95m) and o/s No. 5 Gallery Road (32m), south-east side opposite No. 5 Gallery Road (47m), (vi) in GAUTREY ROAD south-west side opposite Nos. 1 to 11 Gautrey Road (42m), (vii) in REYNOLDS ROAD north-west side opposite Nos. 26 and 28 Reynolds Road (10m), (viii) in SUMNER AVENUE on both sides (10m, a total of 20m) north-eastward from the extent of the TfL (Transport for London) 'red route', (ix) in UNION STREET on both sides (5m, a total of 10m) south-west of its junction with Great Guildford Street, (x) in UPLAND ROAD on both sides (12m, a total of 24m) south-east of its junction with Barry Road, (xi) in VERNEY ROAD on both sides (a total of 73.5m) o/s John Keats Primary School on existing 'at any time' School Keep Clear markings, and (xii) in WILSON GROVE on both sides (a total of 52.5m) to accommodate parking changes and footway build-outs; and
(g)    The Council will also make the following changes to the map-based schedule of the Traffic Management Orders as an administrative exercise to more closely match what is in the street - please note that there will be no physical changes to the street at the following locations: (i) in HATCHAM ROAD amend existing ‘DYLs’ south-east side (between its junctions with Record Street and Penarth Street) to accommodate new kerb-lines and to add an existing inset loading place south-east side south of its junction with Record Street (2.4m in width, and 25m in length), and (ii) in RECORD STREET amend existing ‘DYLs’ on the west and south-west side (between its junctions with  Penarth Street and Hatcham Road) to accommodate new kerb-lines and to add two existing inset loading places south-west side south-east of its junction with Hatcham Road (both loading places are 2.4m in width, one loading place is 17.5m in length, and the other is 6m in length) – all three loading only places described in 4g operate Monday to Saturday between the hours of 7 am and 7 pm (40 minutes max stay, no return within 2 hours).

NOTES: (1) ‘permit’ refers to parking places for holders of valid parking permits within the Controlled Parking Zone (CPZ) listed. (2) ‘SYLs’ refer to timed waiting restrictions and ‘DYLs’ refer to 'at any time' waiting restrictions. (3) All measurements are in metres ‘m’ and are approximate. (4) Parking charges are listed on www.southwark.gov.uk/parking  
5.    Copies of the Orders, which will come into force on 6 October 2025, and of all other relevant documents are available for inspection at Highways, Southwark Council, Environment, Sustainability & Leisure, 3rd floor hub 2, 160 Tooley Street, London SE1 2QH, by appointment only. E-mail traffic.orders@southwark.gov.uk or call 077 3132 4742 for booking details.
6.    Any person desiring to question the validity of the Order/s, 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 the Order/s may, within six weeks of the date on which the Order was made, make application for the purpose to the High Court.

Dated 2 October 2025
Steven Grayer  Interim Head of Service - Highways, Environment, Sustainability & Leisure