Waltham Forest - Experimental Extension and Conversion of Controlled Parking Zones

LONDON BOROUGH OF WALTHAM FOREST (LBWF)

EXPERIMENTAL EXTENSION OF HALE END (HE) CONTROLLED PARKING ZONE (CPZ)

ROADS BETWEEN TREVORSE ROAD AND THE A406, E17 ROADS (E11a(25)) AND

CONVERSION OF ROADS FROM EXISTING CPZ TO NEW CPZ: LEYTONSTONE EAST (LSE)

ROADS TO LEYTONSTONE CENTRAL (LC), E11 ROADS (E11b(25))

1. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the LBWF (the Council) on 11th December 2025 made: The Waltham Forest (Parking Places, Loading Places and Waiting, Loading and Stopping Restrictions) (Amendment No. 7) Experimental Order 2025 (HE) and The Waltham Forest (Parking Places, Loading Places and Waiting, Loading and Stopping Restrictions) (Amendment No. 8) Experimental Order 2025 under sections 9 and 10 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 (RTRA 1984). The Orders will come into operation on 19th December 2025 and may continue in force until 18th June 2027 (18 months).

2. The general effect of the experiment order:

(a) extend the existing boundary of the HE CPZ to include Hale End Rd E17 (section between No. 125 to 177 Hale End Rd), Longacre Rd, Guildford Rd and Cobham Rd;

(b) introduce new permit holder parking places, single yellow line ‘controlled hours’, and double yellow line ‘at any time’ waiting restrictions into the streets mentioned in paragraph 2(a) of this notice;

(c) to provide that the “controlled hours” of the permit parking places and single yellow lines mentioned in paragraph 2(b) of this notice will be between 10am and 4pm on Mondays to Fridays inclusive;

(d) provide that the properties eligible to apply for permits in the HE CPZ are specified in Schedule 1 of this Notice.

(e) Provide that the properties eligible to apply for visitor permits in the HE CPZ are specified in Schedule 3 of this Notice.

3. The general effect of the experiment order will also be:

(a) to remove certain E11 roads within the LSE CPZ and include these into a new CPZ namely Leytonstone Central (LC) comprising Aylmer Rd, Carlton Rd, Dacre Rd and Barfield Road.

(b) to convert all permit holder parking places in the roads mentioned in paragraph 3(a) of this Notice from LSE permit holders parking places to LC permit holder parking places;

(c) to provide that the “controlled hours” of the permit parking places and single yellow lines mentioned in paragraph 3(b) of this Notice will be between 8am and 8pm on Mondays to Fridays inclusive in all roads except for a 10-metre parking place outside the Mosque in Dacre Rd.

(d) to provide that the hours outside the Mosque operating in Dacre Rd operating between 10am and 2pm on Thursdays and 10am and 12.30pm Fridays.

(e) to provide disabled persons parking places outside the Mosque in Dacre Rd operating “at all times” (6.6m in length);

(f) to provide that the properties eligible to apply for permits in the LC CPZ are specified in Schedule 2 of this Notice.

(g) to provide that the properties eligible to apply for visitor permits in the LC CPZ are specified in Schedule 3 of this Notice.

4. The Orders will also provide that:

(a) residents’ permits, business permits, charity permits, visitors’ permits, school staff term-time only permits, residents’ foreign vehicle permits and essential user/carers permits may be issued, on payment of the appropriate charge, to a person who is the keeper of a passenger vehicle (having 8 passenger seats or less), certain goods carrying vehicles and invalid carriages, providing that in the case of –

(i) a residents’ permit, they are a resident of a property eligible to purchase permits as listed in the relevant Schedule to this Notice and their vehicle is UK registered to that address;

(ii) a foreign vehicles residents’ permit, they are a resident of a property eligible to purchase permits as listed in the relevant Schedule to this Notice and their vehicle is registered outside of the UK;

(iii) a business/charity permit/business visitor’s permit, they have a business in a property eligible to purchase permits as listed in the relevant Schedule to this Notice and that the permit is for a vehicle which is essential to the operation of that business/charity and is used in the purchase and sale of goods or services in connection with that business/charity;

(iv) an essential users/carers permit, they are a doctor or carer who has a surgery in or works in the LBWF, or employed by or contracted to the Council, or employed by or contracted to a health authority, or employed by the Metropolitan Police, or employed by the London Fire and Civil Defence Authority, or a company that services fire-fighting appliances and for whom the use of a vehicle is essential to the carrying out of their public service duties in a street or part of a street specified in paragraph 2 or 3 above;

(v) a school staff term-time only permit, they are a registered member of staff at a primary or secondary school situated in a street or part of a street specified in paragraph 2 or 3 above, who has a bona fide reason to drive to that school and who lives or is based outside the Borough.

(b) vehicles displaying any valid permit displaying the letters:

(i) HE may use the permit parking places provided in the streets specified in paragraph 2 above;

(ii) LC may use the permit parking places provided in the streets specified in paragraph 3 above;

5. The charges for permits and vehicle class are specified in Schedule 4 to this Notice.

6. Documents giving more detailed particulars of the experimental Traffic Order and other measures can be inspected on request by either emailing traffic.scheme@walthamforest.gov.uk, or visiting the Highways and Traffic Management office, Low Hall, Argall Avenue E10 7AS during normal office hours on Mondays to Fridays inclusive (by appointment) from 11th December 2025; or alternatively documents can be viewed online at: www.walthamforest.gov.uk/content/road-traffic-schemes-and-consultations

7. Where it appears necessary for certain purposes, an authorised officer of the Council may, in pursuance of section 10(2) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, modify or suspend any provision of the experimental Traffic Orders while they are in force.

8. The Council will be considering in due course whether the provisions of the experimental Orders should be continued in force indefinitely by means of permanent Orders made under sections 6, 45, 46 and 124 and Part IV of Schedule 9 to the RTRA 1984. Any person may force or object to the making of the permanent Orders for the purpose of such indefinite continuation within a period of six months beginning with the day 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 day on which the variation or modification or the latest variation or modification came into force. Any such objection must be made in writing and must state the grounds on which it is made and be sent to Traffic Orders, Highways, Low Hall, Argall Avenue, London, E10 7AS, or by emailing traffic.scheme@walthamforest.gov.uk quoting: ET11ab(25) – HE CPZ EXT 4 and LSE to LC CPZ.

Any objection may be communicated to, or be seen by, other persons who may be affected.

9. If any person wishes to question the validity of the Orders or of any of their provisions on the grounds that they are not within the powers conferred by the RTRA 1984, or that any requirement of that Act or any instrument made under that Act has not been complied with, that person may, within 6 weeks from the date on which the Orders is made, apply for the purpose to the High Court.

Dated 11th December 2025

Mr. J. Griffin, Director of Neighbourhoods, Traffic Orders, Low Hall, Argall Avenue, London, E10 7AS

For more information please telephone 020 8496 3000, quoting reference Traffic Orders and ref ET11ab(25) – HE CPZ EXT 4 and LSE to LC CPZ

Properties whose occupiers will be eligible to purchase permits to park in HE CPZ (see Schedule 1) and LC CPZ (see Schedule 2) (excepting any such property restricted from purchasing permits as part of a “‘car free” development, in any the roads, on and continuing from the date this Notice is published)

“Where no provision in the planning permission was granted for vehicle owners of such developments to apply for parking permits to park within a CPZ except for their visitor’s displaying visitor permits.”

Schedule 1 – Cobham Rd – Nos. 1, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9 and Nos. 11–23 (odds inc.); Guildford Rd – Nos. 1-53 and Nos. 55–61 (odds inc.); Hale End Rd – Nos. 74–122 (even inc.); Nos. 123–136, Nos. 138, 140 and Nos. 141–177; Longacre Rd – Nos. 1–40 (inc.)

Schedule 2 – Aylmer Rd – Nos. 1–14 inc. No. 10 Colts Yard; Barefield Rd – Nos. 1–15 and Nos. 17–35 (odds inc.); Carlton Rd – Nos. 1–26, Nos. 28–38 (even inc.); Dacre Rd – Nos. 1–8;

Schedule 3 – Visitors permit only – Manderley Mews E11 Nos. 1–9 (LC CPZ only); Guildford Road No. 54 and Longacre Road No. 42 (HE CPZ only)

Schedule 4 – (Permit charges)

FOR CHARGES AND DETAILS PLEASE DOWNLOAD THE NOTICE (pdf format) SHOWN AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS PAGE.

 Other permits

Business visitor permit – 1 hour (hr): £2.40, All-Zones Business visitor permit – 1 hr: £3.00; Business pool permit (1st permit) – 12 mths: £830, Business pool permit (2nd permit) – 12 mths: £1500, Business pool permit (3rd and subsequent permit) – 12 mths: £1900

Carers permit (requires qualifying evidence) – same as residents’ permit; Charity pool permit (1st permit) – 12 mths: £160, Charity pool permit (2nd permit) – 12 mths: £250, Charity pool permit (3rd permit) – 12 mths: £350

Essential User Permit – 1 mth: £190, Essential users pool (multiple vehicles) permit – 12 mths: £600

Residents’ pool permit (1st permit) – 12 mths: £210, Residents’ pool permit (2nd permit) – 12 mths: £350, Residents’ pool permit (3rd permit) – 12 mths: £475

Residents’ tradespersons permit – 7 days: £70, Residents’ tradespersons permit – 28 days: £210;

Residents’ visitor permits – 1 hr: £1.10p (90 permits per year free to over 60s)

Services charges for change of VRM: £10.00, for change of address: £22.50, for refunds: £27.50 (refunds under £1 not permitted) and lost or stolen permits: £25.