Southend-on-Sea - Proposed Merger of Parking Zones and Changes to Parking Restrictions

SOUTHEND-ON-SEA CITY COUNCIL

PUBLIC NOTICE

THE SOUTHEND BOROUGH COUNCIL (WAITING, LOADING, STOPPING AND PARKING PLACES) (MAP BASED) (CONSOLIDATION) ORDER 2021

THE SOUTHEND-ON-SEA CITY COUNCIL (WAITING, LOADING, STOPPING AND PARKING PLACES) (MAP BASED) (MILTON AREA – ZONE AT)

AMENDMENT NO.* ORDER 2026

Southend-on-Sea City Council (hereinafter referred to as “the Council”) in exercise of its powers under Sections 1, 2, 4 and 122 under the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 (as amended) (“the 1984 Act”) and the Traffic Management Act 2004 (“the 2004 Act”) and of all other enabling powers, and after consultation with the Chief Officer of Police in accordance with Part III and Part IV of Schedule 9 to the 1984 Act, hereby give notice that it intends to make the following Amendment Orders:

(a) Merge the existing Milton Resident Parking Scheme (Zone M) and Milton West Resident Parking Scheme (Zone MW) to form a single new Milton Area Controlled Parking Zone and make associated changes to parking, waiting, loading and permit arrangements within the area.

(b) Standardise the operating hours across the merged area to 8am to 6pm, Monday to Sunday, as follows:

• Zone M: change from 9am to 6pm, Monday to Saturday and 11am to 5pm on Sunday, to 8am to 6pm, Monday to Sunday; and

• Zone MW: retain the existing operating hours of 8am to 6pm, Monday to Sunday.

(c) Introduce and amend permit-holder, payment parking and shared-use parking places, including shared-use bays available to resident permit holders for the new parking zone or to other motorists on payment of the applicable Zone 2A parking tariff, as shown on the proposed plans.

(d) Introduce or amend business permit, disabled, limited-waiting, loading and motorcycle parking places, including:

• Loading Only parking operating at all times, where shown on the proposed plans;

• a Goods Vehicle Loading Only bay on Queens Road, operating at all times, with a maximum stay of 30 minutes and no return within 2 hours;

• Limited Waiting parking with a maximum stay of 1 hour and no return within 4 hours, where shown on the proposed plans; and

• Motorcycles Only parking with a maximum stay of 20 minutes and no return within 1 hour, where shown on the proposed plans.

The proposed parking and waiting arrangements are summarised in Table 1.

(e) Introduce, amend or revoke waiting and loading restrictions at locations shown on the proposed plans, including No Waiting at Any Time restrictions and No Waiting, Monday to Sunday, 8am to 6pm restrictions, and remove existing restrictions where these are being replaced by revised parking or waiting arrangements.

(f) Apply the Council’s existing Zone 2A on-street payment parking tariff, as set out in Table 3, to the payment parking element of the designated shared-use parking places.

(g) Retain resident permit eligibility for properties currently eligible within Zones M and MW, extend eligibility to additional residential properties specified in the proposed Eligible Property Schedule, and apply the Council’s applicable permit and visitor voucher fees and charges to the new parking zone, as set out in Table 2.

(h) Allow existing valid Zone M and Zone MW resident and visitor permits to continue to be used within the new parking zone following the merger. Existing resident permits will not need to be replaced solely as a result of the merger and will be issued as permits for the new parking zone when next renewed.

(i) Install, replace or reposition the necessary entry and exit signs, parking signs, road markings and associated equipment to reflect the proposed arrangements.

Table 1 – Proposed Parking Arrangements

Table 2 – Resident Parking Permit Charges

The current Council-approved permit and visitor voucher charges proposed to apply to the new parking zone are set out below.

Visitor Vouchers (Book of 20)

* Voucher validity is subject to the applicable period and conditions of use, including the zone’s operational hours.

** Maximum 12 books per household per year across all voucher types.

Table 3 – On-Street Payment Parking Charges

The payment parking element of the designated shared-use parking places will be charged in accordance with the Council’s existing Zone 2A tariff during the applicable operational hours. Vehicles using a valid permit for the new parking zone, in accordance with the applicable permit conditions will not be required to pay the on-street parking charge.

Existing Permits and Resident Permit Eligibility

• Existing Zone M and Zone MW resident and visitor permits will continue to be valid for use within the new parking zone as described at paragraph (h) above.

• The proposed Eligible Property Schedule consolidates the existing Zone M and Zone MW eligibility lists and includes the additional residential properties proposed for eligibility. The full Eligible Property Schedule is included as a Schedule to the draft Amendment Order and forms part of the deposited documents available for inspection during the consultation period.

Please note:

• If a property number is on this list, any flats, maisonettes or other homes that already exist within that property are also included, unless stated otherwise.

• Hotels, guesthouses, hostels, holiday accommodation and business premises are not included unless they are specifically listed.

• If a property or land is later extended, converted or redeveloped to create new homes, those new homes will not automatically qualify for a parking permit.

The precise locations and extents of the proposed parking places, waiting restrictions, loading restrictions and other changes are shown on the plans forming part of this consultation.

All existing parking, waiting and loading restrictions that are not shown as being changed will remain unchanged.

Copies of the Notice of Intent (NOI), proposed draft Amendment Orders, the Statement of Reasons for proposing to make the Orders and designs showing the proposals are available for inspection:

• Online via our map based Order system, TraffWeb App using the following link: https://southend.traffweb.app

• Online via the Councils website using the following link, under the ‘Static Traffic Regulation Orders (TROs) – Public Consultation’ heading: https://www.southend.gov.uk/transport-policies-traffic-regulation-orders/traffic-regulation-orders-consultations/2 and,

• At the Civic Centre, Victoria Avenue, Southend-on-Sea, SS2 6ER.

The public consultation period will be live from 6th November 2026 to 27th November 2026. Any persons desiring to make a comment on the proposals, only within the given dates, can do so by: making a comment on TraffWeb system under ‘Public Consultation’ using the following link, https://southend.traffweb.app/traffweb/2/PublicConsultation, or by emailing traffweb@southend.gov.uk, or stating the grounds thereof in writing addressed to the Traffic Management Team to the address stated above.

The relevant scheme reference must be quoted: PTO1319 – Milton Area Controlled Parking Zone (Zone AT).

A copy of the proposed Amendment Order can be found online under the ‘Static Traffic Regulation Orders (TROs) – Public Consultation’ heading, using the following link: https://www.southend.gov.uk/tro.

Date: 6th November 2026