London Borough of Southwark - Digitisation of Traffic Management Orders

London borough of Southwark

Digitisation of Traffic Management Orders

The London Borough of Southwark (Moving Traffic restrictions and Speed Limit) (Map-based) Traffic Order 202*

The London Borough of Southwark (Charged-For Parking Places) (Map-based) Order 202*

The London Borough of Southwark (Free Parking Places, Loading Places and Waiting, Loading and Stopping Restrictions) (Map-based) Order 202*

The London Borough of Southwark (Off-street Parking Places) (Map-based) Order 202*

The London Borough of Southwark (Housing estate roads and car parks) (Map-based) Order 202*

1. Southwark Council hereby GIVES NOTICE that it proposes to make the above Traffic Management Orders under sections 6, 45, 46, 49, 63 and 124 of and Part IV of Schedule 9 to the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, as amended.

2. The general effect of the Traffic Management Orders would be to:-

a) clarify and, where necessary, update the provisions of all existing permanent Traffic Management Orders in force within the London Borough of Southwark relating to parking places, waiting, loading and stopping restrictions, moving traffic restrictions and prohibitions, bus and cycle facilities, speed limits, housing estate roads and car parks, and other off-street traffic management measures;

b) formalise within the proposed Orders all restrictions, prohibitions, parking places and traffic management measures currently indicated by traffic signs, road markings or other authorised traffic control devices and having effect on roads within the London Borough of Southwark;

c) update the terms and conditions, exemptions, exceptions, permit requirements, eligibility criteria and applicable charges relating to parking places and traffic management measures so as to reflect current legislation, traffic signing requirements, enforcement practices and the Council’s current transport, parking and highway management policies;

d) clarify and update the provisions relating to off-street parking places, housing estate roads and housing estate car parks, including the conditions governing their use, permit arrangements, applicable charges and any relevant exemptions;

e) provide for the use of ‘map-based’ schedules, to be read in conjunction with the proposed Orders, describing the location, nature and extent of parking places, restrictions, prohibitions and other traffic management measures, together with the classes of vehicles affected, hours of operation, permit requirements and any applicable exemptions or signed exceptions; and

f)  revoke and replace existing Orders relating to the matters described above and re-enact their provisions, with such amendments as are considered necessary, within the proposed map-based Orders.

NOTE: there would be no change to the type or to the existing layout in the street of the restrictions or prohibitions detailed in paragraph 2 above, or to the terms of use thereof (and any applicable fees and charges) as is currently published online by the Council, as a result of the making of these Orders.

3.       This is an administrative exercise to clarify existing ‘static’, ‘moving’ and ‘speed limit’, ‘estate roads’ and ‘off-street’ traffic restrictions and prohibitions in a map-based format, incorporating the Council’s current parking policies and payment methods. The Orders would not introduce any material changes on the ground to existing restrictions. Any schemes currently implemented on a trial basis through Experimental Traffic Management Orders would continue to be progressed, evaluated and, where appropriate, made permanent in due course.

4.      For more information about these proposals please contact the Council's Highways Traffic Management Orders team – traffic.orders@southwark.gov.uk 

5.      Copies of the supporting documents (this Notice, the proposed Orders, and a statement of Southwark Council's reasons for making the Orders) may be requested by emailing traffic.orders@southwark.gov.uk or inspected by appointment only at: Highways, Southwark Council, Environment, Sustainability & Leisure, 3rd floor hub 2, 160 Tooley Street, London SE1 2QH (Mon to Fri 9am-5pm excluding Bank holidays) - from the date of this Notice until the end of a period of six weeks from the date on which the Orders are made. Email traffic.orders@southwark.gov.uk  (or call 07731 324 742) for booking details.

6. Anyone wishing to object to or make any other representations regarding the proposals, may use the form labelled 'Parking - Road traffic and highway schemes - responding to statutory consultation notices' at www.southwark.gov.uk/statutoryconsultationnotices  or send a statement in writing to: Traffic Order Consultations, Highways, Southwark Council, Environment, Sustainability & Leisure, P.O. Box 64529, London SE1P 5LX or traffic.orders@southwark.gov.uk  quoting reference ‘TMO-2627-008 Digitisation’ by 6 August 2026. Please note that if you wish to object to these proposals, you must state the grounds on which your objection is made.

7. Under requirements of current access to information legislation, any letter, form or e-mail sent to the Council in response to this Notice may be subject to publication or disclosure, or both, including communication to other persons affected.

Dated    16 July 2026

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