Bristol - District Off-Street Parking Places With Charges Order

CITY OF BRISTOL

(DISTRICT OFF-STREET PARKING PLACES WITH CHARGES) (PART I) ORDER 2026

The City Council of Bristol hereby gives NOTICE that on 3rd September 2026 it made a traffic order, the effect of which would be:-

1. to introduce parking charges and revise regulating restrictions in the existing free of charge 8 am to 6 pm Monday to Saturday for vehicles (maximum period 3 hours stay – no return within 3 hours, except for motor cycles) off-street parking places at Beechwood Road (Fishponds), Callington Road (Brislington), Chalks Road (Redfield), Derby Street (Redfield), Ducie Road (Lawrence Hill), Machin Road (Henbury), Repton Road (Brislington), Stoke View (Fishponds) and Waverley Road (Shirehampton) as specified in the Schedule to this Notice;

2. to introduce a business permit regime whereby local businesses may apply for Business Permits at a charge of £280 per year for use in the off-street parking places as specified in column 1 of the Schedule to this Notice;

3. to introduce a medical permit regime whereby local healthcare centres may apply for:-

(a) parking bays within the off-street parking places as specified in column 1 of the Schedule to this Notice for use by Medical Permit holders only at a charge of £280 per year;

(b) parking bays in the off-street parking places at Brunel Lock, Charles Place, Diamond Street, Hereford Street, Little Paradise (South), McAdam Way, Oldfield Place and Sheene Road; and

(c) Medical Permits for staff use in Medical Permit only bays at a charge of £5 per year;

4. to introduce within the off-street parking places specified in the Schedule to this Notice provision for:-

(a) pay & display parking bays for use by electric vehicles while connected to a charger only, and subject to any parking charges and regulating restrictions as specified therein;

(b) parking bays for use by Business Permit holders only;

(c) parking bays for use by Medical Permit holders only;

(d) parking bays for unrestricted use by motor cycles and pedal cycles only;

(e) parking bays for unrestricted use by disabled persons’ vehicles only;

5. to introduce within the off-street parking places at Brunel Lock, Charles Place, Diamond Street, Hereford Street, Little Paradise (South), McAdam Way, Oldfield Place and Sheene Road provision for parking bays for use by Medical Permit holders; and

6. to remove provision for the off-street parking places at Clayton Street, Avonmouth (Land at the south west side of Clayton Street), Little Paradise North, Bedminster (Land at Little Paradise) and Queens Road, Withywood (Land at the junction of Queen’s Road and Three Wells Road, Withywood) consequent upon development of the land.

This Order gives effect only to part of the original Order as proposed (published 20th November 2025 – Ref. CAE/RGW/P-1337) and is made by virtue of Regulation 19 of the Local Authorities’ Traffic Orders (Procedure) (England and Wales) Regulations 1996.

The implementation of the measures at Westbury Hill Car Park has been deferred to allow the scheme to be introduced alongside planned Residents’ Parking Schemes in the area. Consultation on Residents’ Parking Schemes is due to start in the autumn and an implementation date will be confirmed when the outcomes of the consultation are realised.

The order will come into operation on 5th October 2026 and a copy thereof, together with plans, copies of the orders being varied and revoked and a Statement of the Council’s Reasons for making the order may be inspected at the Citizen Service Point, 100 Temple Street, Bristol, BS1 6AG, between 10:00 and 16:00 Monday to Friday. The draft order, plans and Statement of Reasons are also available to view on the City Council website at www.bristol.gov.uk/trafficorders.

Any person who desires to question the validity of, or of any provision contained in the order on the grounds that it is not within the relevant powers of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 as amended, or on the grounds that any of the relevant requirements of that Act has not been complied with in relation to the order, may within six weeks after the date on which the order was made, apply to the High Court for this purpose.

SCHEDULE

ALEX HEARN, Director: Economy of Place. Traffic Regulation Order (TRO) Comments, PO Box 3399, Bristol, BS1 9NE