Barnet - Parking & Waiting Restriction Changes - New No-Entry Restrictions

THE LONDON BOROUGH OF BARNET
The Barnet (Free Parking Places, Loading Places, Waiting, Loading And Stopping Restrictions) (Amendment No.323) Order 2026 - The Barnet (Charged-For Parking Places) (Amendment No.219) Order 2026 - The Barnet (Prescribed Route) (No.7) Order 2026

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that THE COUNCIL OF THE LONDON BOROUGH OF BARNET have made on 22nd October 2026 the above-mentioned Orders under sections 6, 32, 35 and 49 to the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 and all other enabling powers.

1. As part of variety of measures in the borough to deter obstructive parking, improve sightlines, traffic flow and road safety, the general effect of the Orders will be to introduce new lengths of ‘at any time’ waiting restrictions at the following locations below:
a) By upgrading lengths of waiting restrictions operating 9:00am to 5:00pm Monday to Saturday at the junctions of Gainsborough Road N12 and Lodge Lane and at the junction of Albert Street N12 and Lodge Lane.
b) By converting lengths of waiting restrictions operating 8:00am to 6:30pm Monday to Saturday between the junction of Albert Street and the common boundary of Nos.44/46 Lodge Lane N12 and between No.56 Lodge Lane and Nos.1 to 7 Robert House, Lodge Lane.
c) By converting lengths of waiting restrictions operating 9:00am to 5:00pm Monday to Saturday between the eastern flank wall of the Lodge Lane Post Office on Lodge Lane and the common boundary of 77/79 Lodge Lane, between Nos.63 to 65 Lodge Lane N12 and between Nos 37 to 45 Lodge Lane N12.
d) By converting lengths of resident permit holder only parking bays operating 9:00am to 5:00pm Monday to Saturday outside Nos.45 Lodge Lane, outside Nos.65 to 77 Lodge Lane and outside Nos.1, 2 and 7 Robert House, Lodge Lane.

2. In order to mitigate for the loss of parking provision on Lodge Lane as a result of the measures being introduced above the general effect of the orders will be to:
a) introduce lengths of resident permit holder only parking bays operating 9:00am to 5:00pm Monday to Saturday outside Nos.19 to 27 Lodge Lane N12 and outside Nos. 46 to 56 Lodge Lane N12.
b) introduce a length of resident permit holder only parking bay operating 9:00am to 5:00pm Monday to Saturday outside No.78 Lodge Lane N12 (by converting a length of waiting restriction operating 9:00am to 5:00pm Monday to Saturday).

3. In order to reduce the level of cut-through traffic using side roads to avoid the main roads which will help improve road safety, the general effect of the Prescribed Route Order will be to:
a) introduce a point of no entry on Lodge Lane N12, at its junction with Gainsborough Road, which will prohibit motorists from entering Lodge Lane from southern lane Gainsborough Road.
b) introduce a point of no entry on northern lane of Gainsborough Road between the westernmost point and the easternmost point of the island site in the vicinity of the junction of Lodge Lane and Gainsborough Road which will prohibit motorists from entering Gainsborough Road from Lodge Lane N12.

The prohibition referred to in section 3 above will not apply in relation to anything done:-
(i) with the permission or at the direction of a police constable in uniform.
(ii) in accordance with traffic signs placed pursuant to Section 66 or Section 67 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984;
(iii) by any vehicle being used for ambulance, fire brigade or police purposes in an emergency.

Copies of the Orders, which will come into operation on Thursday 29th October 2026 and the Council’s Statement of Reasons for making the Orders can be obtained, for a period of 6 weeks from the date on which this notice is published, by emailing: parking.consultations@barnet.gov.uk, or by writing to: The Design Team, Highways Section, 2 Bristol Avenue, Colindale, London, NW9 4EW.

Any person wishing to question the validity of the Orders or any of their provisions on the grounds that they are not within the relevant powers of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 or that any of the relevant requirements thereof or any regulations made there under have not been complied with in relation to the Orders may, within six weeks of the date on which the Order was made, make application for the purpose to the High Court.

Ian Edser Director Of Highways And Transportation,
Environment Directorate
Dated: 22nd October 2026