London Borough of Southwark - School Streets Programme - Dulwich Hill area

London Borough of southwark

School Streets Programme: Dulwich Hill area

Goodrich Community Primary School and St Anthony's Catholic Primary School

The London Borough of Southwark (Pedestrian and cycle zones) (Goodrich Community Primary School) (No. 2) Traffic Order 2025

The London Borough of Southwark (Pedestrian and cycle zones) (St Anthony’s RC Primary School) (No. 1) Traffic Order 2025

The London Borough of Southwark (Prescribed routes) (Friern Road) (No. 2) Traffic Order 2025

1.      Southwark Council hereby GIVES NOTICE that on 4 December 2025 it has made the above Orders under sections 6 and 124 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, as amended.

2.      The effects of the (Pedestrian and cycle zones) Orders are:-

(a)     to extend an existing ‘School Street’ timed pedestrian and cycle zone in the vicinity Goodrich Community Primary School in which all motor vehicles except ‘SC8’ permit holders would be prohibited from entering or proceeding within the existing ‘school street’ (operating between the part of DUNSTANS ROAD which lies between the south-western kerb-line of Goodrich Road and a point 6.5 metres north-east of the north-eastern kerb-line of Mount Adon Park) and also (i) in that part of GOODRICH ROAD that lies between the north-western kerb-line of Dunstans Road and a point 2 metres south-east of the south-eastern kerb-line build-out of Upland Road, and (ii) in that part of UPLAND ROAD that lies between the south-western kerb-line of Goodrich Road and a point 1.5 metres south-west of the common boundary of Nos. 336 and 338 Upland Road (as measured from the north-western kerb-line of Upland Road) between 8.30 am and 9.15 am and between 3.15 pm and 4.00 pm (Monday to Friday, during school term time, as determined by Goodrich Community Primary School); and

(b)     to introduce a new ‘School Street’ timed pedestrian and cycle zone in the vicinity of St Anthony’s RC Primary School in which all motor vehicles except ‘SC29’ permit holders would be prohibited from entering or proceeding (i) in that part of FRIERN ROAD that lies between the south-western kerb-line of Goodrich Road and the north-eastern kerb-line of Lordship Lane, and (ii) in the entirety of ETHEROW STREET (which has an existing north-westward ‘one-way’ working) between 8.00 am and 9.00 am and between 3.00 pm and 4.00 pm (Monday to Friday, during school term time, as determined by St Anthony’s RC Primary School).

Permits allowing vehicles to enter the ‘School Streets’ timed pedestrian and cycle zones would be available to residents of premises located within each zone, to registered carers or residents of premises located within each zone, to disabled person’s blue badge holders who are school staff to the schools within each zone, carers or dropping off and/or collecting pupils to the school within that zone and to SEND (Special Educational Needs and Disabilities) vehicles, by application to the Council. Exemptions would also apply in respect of emergency service vehicles.

3.      The effects of the (Prescribed routes) Order are to introduce a timed ‘bus gate’ restriction in FRIERN ROAD at its junction with Lordship Lane, operating between 8.00 am and 9.00 am and between 3.00 pm and 4.00 pm of every Monday to Friday throughout the year, which would prohibit all vehicles entering from Lordship Lane into the north-westbound lane of Friern Road except for buses, cycles, taxis (black cabs only) and any ‘authorised vehicles’ (vehicles that have previously arranged access from Southwark Council via submitting their licence and vehicle registration details).

4.      Copies of the Orders, which will come into force on 8 December 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.

5.      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  4 December 2025

Polyvios Polyviou  Head of Highways and Sustainable Transport Policy - Highways, Environment, Sustainability & Leisure