1. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Council of the London Borough of Merton, on 17 June 2024, made the above-mentioned Orders under sections 6, 45, 46, 49 and 124 of, and Part IV of Schedule 9 to, the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, as amended.

2. The main effect of the Orders will be to introduce a controlled parking zone “GC4” in Streatham Road and The Driftway, CR4.

3. The general effect of the ‘GC4 Parking Places’ Order will be to: -

(a) designate parking places that will operate Mondays to Fridays between the hours of 8.30am and 6.30pm inclusive in the lengths of road listed in the Schedule to this Notice,

(b) specify that:-

(i) each parking place may be used, subject to the provisions of the Order, for the leaving during permitted hours of such vehicles as are passenger vehicles, goods carrying vehicles, or invalid carriages displaying a valid permit or for which permits are registered as paid for in the electronic payment system. Motorcycles and vehicles displaying a “blue badge” will park free;

(ii) permits per residential address will be issued by the Council or its agents to persons whose usual place of abode is in Streatham Road, Nos. 55 to 67 or The Driftway and subject to sub-paragraphs (iv) to (vi) below, the charges will be £80 per annum or £40 for six months for the first permit, £130 per annum or £65 for six months for the second permit, £180 per annum or £90 for six months for the third permit and an additional £50 per annum or an additional £25 for six months for each subsequent residential permit;

(iii) charges for other permits will be, subject to sub-paragraphs (iv) to (vi) below, as follows: free for housebound or registered disabled applicants; business permits will be £331 for 6 months, annual visitor permits (one per household) will be £360, reduced to £20 for all-electric vehicles, residents will be entitled to 50 full day temporary visitors’ permits at a charge of £3, 100 half day temporary visitors’ permits at a charge of £2 per permit valid between 8.30am and 2pm Mondays to Fridays inclusive or 12noon and 6.30pm Mondays to Fridays inclusive; teacher permits will be £188 per annum and all zone trader permits will be £900 per annum, £600 for 6 months, £375 for 3 months, £150 for 1 month and £50 for 1 week;

(iv) there may be an additional £25 charge for the administration of new permits issued and renewals of permits which will be waived if the successful applicant is granted a permit within 4 weeks of the Order coming into operation and when a permit holder applies for a renewal within 4 weeks of the permit expiring;

(v) an additional charge (diesel surcharge) of £150 will apply to resident, business, teacher and trade parking permits for all diesel vehicles. Permits issued for a duration of less than a year will be subject to the surcharge on a pro-rata basis;

(vi) the resident and teacher parking permit charge for all-electric vehicles will be set at a discounted rate of £20 per annum and a reduction of £40 per annum will apply to business and trade parking permit charges for electric vehicles, pro-rata for a minimum of 6 months.

4. The general effect of the ‘Waiting and Loading’ Order will be to introduce waiting restrictions operating “at any time” or between the hours of 8.30am and 6.30pm Mondays to Fridays (otherwise than for the purpose of delivering or collecting goods or loading or unloading a vehicle for 40 minutes) in Streatham Road outside Nos. 55 to 67 or in The Driftway.

5. The general effect of the ‘Free Parking Places’ Order will be to amend the Merton (Free Parking Places) (Disabled Persons) (No. 1) Order 1977 so as to reflect the current layout of the disabled persons parking place in The Driftway.

6. A copy of each of the Orders, which will come into force on 3 July 2024, and other documents giving more detailed particulars of the Orders, including a plan which indicate the roads or lengths of road to which the Orders relate, can be inspected during normal office hours Mondays to Fridays, until the end of six weeks from the date on which the Orders were made, at Merton Link, Merton Civic Centre, London Road, Morden. Documents may also be viewed at https://www.merton.gov.uk/cpzgc4.

7. Any person desiring to question the validity of the Orders or of any provision contained therein on the grounds that it is not within the relevant powers of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, or that any of the relevant requirements thereof, or of any relevant regulations made thereunder has not been complied with in relation to the Orders may, within six weeks from the date on which the Orders were made, make application for the purpose to the High Court.

Dated: 17 June 2024

RAJ MISTRY

Interim Director of Public Realm

London Borough of Merton

Merton Civic Centre

London Road

Morden SM4 5DX

SCHEDULE

1. STREATHAM ROAD, the south-east side, from a point 0.5 metres south-west of the common boundary of Nos. 63 and 65 Streatham Road south-westward for a distance of 44 metres.

2. THE DRIFTWAY, the north-east side, from a point 12.6 metres south-east of the south-eastern kerb-line of Streatham Road south-eastward for a distance of 14.7 metres.

3. THE DRIFTWAY, the south-west side, from a point 4.5 metres south-east of the south-eastern kerb-line of Streatham Road, south-eastward for a distance of 20 metres.