Council changing road access

Tilt2000

Hi all,

Firstly, apologies if this is the wrong forum.

My council - Lambeth - is changing the access to my road. There's a school on it and, quite sensibly, they're looking at ways of decreasing traffic and air pollution. I applaud the scheme although the road never seems that busy.

They are putting barricades up across each end of the road and preventing all traffic between 8-9am and 4 and 5pm. The info we've been sent says residents are only allowed EXIT. I often use my car during these times (for example to take my elderly neighbour to the local library).

I pay £120 annually for a parking permit which seems excessive if i cna't park outside my house during key times of the day.

More importantly I'm worried about any effect this will have on the house price. Will the house price decrease if you can no longer access the street during peak times? Do I have any recourse if this is the case?

Many thanks

davidmcn

Assuming the council have gone through the correct procedures to make the relevant Traffic Regulation Order then no, you don't have any recourse. If it's still at the stage of being proposed then you can make representations about it. After the event you can of course still make your views known (maybe via your councillor(s)), but you don't have any particular right to drive down your road at the time you want, park outside your house or even to find a space within the parking zone.

As for house prices, I suppose it stops the road being clogged up with the school run, and many buyers would rarely want to drive home at those hours anyway.

markin

And what are disabled drivers and passengers meant to do?


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sevenhills

They are changing speed limits in my area to 20mph, I understand that these things have to pass the planning permission stage. You could object?

Section106

Tilt2000 wrote: »

They are putting barricades up across each end of the road and preventing all traffic between 8-9am and 4 and 5pm. The info we've been sent says residents are only allowed EXIT. I often use my car during these times (for example to take my elderly neighbour to the local library).

I pay £120 annually for a parking permit which seems excessive if i cna't park outside my house during key times of the day.

The council need to make an order to do this. Have they done that yet?

There are restrictions on what the order can do, I don't think they can stop people accessing property which can only be accessed using that road.

But it sounds like you park on the road, in which case I'm not sure you have any specific right. If you or any neighbours on the street do have driveways then you might have a chance of preventing the council doing this.

markin also makes a good point about people with blue badges. Will they be exempted in the order?

AnotherJoe

I think a bigger problem might be, people with disabilities who need to be picked up at those times. Those with blue badges/ cars who are leaving at those times would have no issue.

bouicca21

How is this to be enforced?

Sibz

davidmcn wrote: »

Assuming the council have gone through the correct procedures to make the relevant Traffic Regulation Order with many councils that's a pretty big assumption then no, you don't have any recourse. If it's still at the stage of being proposed then you can make representations about it. After the event you can of course still make your views known (maybe via your councillor(s)), but you don't have any particular right to drive down your road Public highway at the time you want, park outside your house I'd say the permit she purchased from the council fundamentally suggests otherwise or even to find a space within the parking zone.

As for house prices, I suppose it stops the road being clogged up with the school run, and many buyers would rarely want to drive home at those hours anyway. But I'd bet they'd all expect the option and ability to do so if they wished to

OP - Is this the ONLY access way to your residence? I'd suggest that you have grounds to protest this on H&S grounds if so. I expect these barriers would inhibit access for emergency services during those times, without an alternative route that is a very real risk.
Clearly areas around schools need to be made more safe for children and as you've said these measures are good - but they have to be implemented correctly which in some circumstances will require creating other routes where necessary/possible

da_rule

A potentially interesting article:

https://www.buckles-law.co.uk/site/library/planning-news/common-issues-challenging-traffic-regulation-orders

Doodles

I would challenge them over it and make sure the have gone through the proper legal channels and also contact your councillors.

I lived in Lambeth for nearly 20 years and they were the most incompetent council I have ever had the misfortune to live under!

Marvel1

I live near a school, no parking issue it's more traffic issue and i avoid travelling school hours, wouldn't bother me.