Road Traffic Acts
DOCKLESS E-SCOOTER AND CYCLE HIRE PARKING TRIAL
1. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Westminster City Council on 15th July 2024 made the following Orders under section 9 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, as amended:
• The City of Westminster (A Zone) (No. 1) Experimental Order 2024;
• The City of Westminster (D Zone) (No. 3) Experimental Order 2024;
• The City of Westminster (E Zone) (No. 1) Experimental Order 2024;
• The City of Westminster (Parking Places) (B Zone) (No. 1) Experimental Order 2024;
• The City of Westminster (Parking Places) (C Zone) (No. 2) Experimental Order 2024;
• The City of Westminster (Parking Places) (F Zone) (No. 1) Experimental Order 2024;
• The City of Westminster (Parking Places) (G Zone) (No. 2) Experimental Order 2024;
• The City of Westminster (Free Parking Places) (Bicycles) (No. 1) Experimental Order 2024;
• The City of Westminster (Free Parking Places) (Disabled Permit Parking Places) (No. 1) Experimental Order 2024;
• The City of Westminster (Free Parking Places) (Disabled Persons) (No. 1) Experimental Order 2024;
• The City of Westminster (London Cycle Hire Scheme) (Parking Places) (No. 1) Experimental Order 2024; and
• The City of Westminster (Motorcycle Parking Places) (No. 1) Experimental Order 2024.
2. The general effect of the Orders will be, on an experimental basis, to introduce dockless e-scooter / cycle hire parking places or amend or suspend existing e-scooter / cycle hire parking places at various locations in the City of Westminster, as detailed in the Schedule to this Notice. The Schedule also includes details of revisions to current parking and waiting restrictions to facilitate the installation of and amendments to the e-scooter / cycle hire parking places.
3. E-scooter / cycle hire parking places can only be used by rental e-scooters available through the experimental trial being run by Transport for London, London Councils and participating London Boroughs (currently provided by Lime and Voi) and by authorised dockless e-bikes (currently provided by ‘(Human) Forest’ and Lime).
4. The Orders, which will come into force on 29th July 2024, and other documents giving more detailed particulars of the Orders are available for inspection until such time as the Orders cease to have effect, at https://westminstertransportationservices.co.uk/micromobility-3 and, in person by appointment only, at Westminster City Hall, 64 Victoria Street, London, SW1E 6QP, between 9.00 a.m. and 5.00 p.m. on Mondays to Fridays inclusive (except bank / public holidays). Please telephone 020 3116 9388 or email tmo.westminster@wsp.com to arrange an appointment.
5. The Orders shall provide that, subject to the provisions of section 10(2) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, the Council’s Head of Parking for the time being, or some person authorised in that behalf by him, may, if it appears to him or that person essential:
(a) in the interest of the expeditious, convenient and safe movement of traffic;
(b) in the interest of providing suitable and adequate parking facilities on the highway; or
(c) for preserving or improving the amenities of the area through which any road affected by the Order runs,
modify or suspend the Orders or the provisions contained therein.
6. 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 relevant requirements thereof or any relevant regulations made thereunder have 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.
7. The Council will consider in due course whether the provisions of the Experimental Orders should be continued in force indefinitely by means of Orders made under sections 6, 45, 46, 49, 63 and 124 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984. Any person may object to the making of the Orders for the purpose of such indefinite continuation within a period of six months, beginning from the date on which the Experimental Orders came into force or, if the Experimental Orders are varied by another Order or modified pursuant to section 10(2) of the 1984 Act, beginning with the date on which the variation or modification or the latest variation or modification comes into force. Any objection must be in writing, stating the grounds on which it is made, and sent to the Council’s agents, WSP Traffic Order Team, 3rd Floor, WSP House, 70 Chancery Lane, London, WC2A 1AF, or by email to tmo.westminster@wsp.com quoting reference 8010/LH/3.
Dated 17th July 2024
JONATHAN ROWING
Head of Parking
(The officer appointed for this purpose)
SCHEDULE
| Zone | Street | Location | Amendments to existing provisions |
| A | Bremner Road | the south side, adjacent to No. 188 Queen’s Gate | extend the residents’ parking place eastward, replacing the e-scooter and cycle hire bay (5 metres) |
| A | Montpelier Square | the south side, opposite No. 43 | extend the residents’ parking place westward, replacing the e-scooter and cycle hire bay (5 metres) |
| A | Montpelier Street | the west side, outside· Nos. 15 and 17 | new e-scooter / cycle hire bay, replacing 10 metres of residents’ parking |
| the west side, outside· No. 19 | extend the residents’ parking place southward, replacing 5.5 metres of single yellow line waiting restrictions | ||
| A | Queen’s Gate | the east side, outside No. 192 | new e-scooter / cycle hire bay, replacing 5 metres of residents’ parking |
| A | Rutland Gate | the east side of the north-westernmost north to south arm, opposite the eastern wall of Nos. 2 to 8 | extend the e-scooter / cycle hire bay northward, replacing 5 metres of motorcycle parking and 1.5 metres of single yellow line waiting restrictions |
| the west side of the north-westernmost north to south arm, adjacent to Nos. 2 to 8 | new motorcycle parking place, replacing 5 metres of residents’ parking | ||
| the east side of the north-westernmost north of south arm, opposite No. 24 | extend the residents’ parking place southward, replacing the e-scooter and cycle hire bay (5 metres) | ||
| B | Allsop Place | the south-west side, opposite the rear of Nos. 40 and 41 Cornwall Terrace Mews | new e-scooter / cycle hire bay, replacing 10 metres of pay-by-phone parking |
| the north-east side, opposite Crnwall House, No. 7 | extend the pay-by-phone parking place south-eastward, replacing the e-scooter and cycle hire bay (5 metres) | ||
| the south-west side, outsid Farley Court | new pay-by-phone parking bay, replacing 5 metres of double yellow line “at any time” waiting restrictions | ||
| B | Salisbury Street | the south-west side, adjacent to Wey House | new e-scooter / cycle hire bay, replacing 7 metres of residents’ parking |
| the south-west side, adjacent to Cherwell House | extend the residents’ parking place north-westward, replacing the “White Badge” disabled person’s personal parking bay (6.5 metres) which will be relocated north-westward, replacing the e-scooter and cycle hire bay (5 metres) | ||
| B | Tavistock Crescent | the east side, to the rear of No. 60 Great Western Road | new e-scooter / cycle hire bay, replacing 7 metres of single yellow line waiting restrictions |
| B | Tavistock Road | the north-west side, outside No. 2 | extend the residents’ parking place south-westward, replacing the e-scooter and cycle hire bay (6 metres) |
| C | Ordnance Hill | the south-west side, opposite Norfolk Road | new e-scooter / cycle hire bay, replacing 5 metres of residents’ parking |
| C | Prince Albert Road | the south-east side, opposite Primrose Court, Nos. 49-50 | new e-scooter / cycle hire bay, replacing 10 metres of residents’ parking |
| the south-east side, opposite St James’s Close | new residents’ parking place, replacing the e-scooter and cycle hire bay (5.4 metres) | ||
| D | Dartmouth Street | the south-east side, outside No. 21 | new e-scooter / cycle hire bay, replacing 5 metres of motorcycle parking and 1.5 metres of single yellow line waiting restrictions |
| D | Horseferry Road | the south side, opposite Belgravia House | new e-scooter / cycle hire bay, replacing 5 metres of residents’ parking |
| the south side, opposite Tufton Street | extend the residents’ parking place westward, replacing the e-scooter and cycle hire bay (5 metres) | ||
| E | Aldford Street | the south-western extremity | new e-scooter / cycle hire bay, replacing 5 metres of single yellow lines |
| E | Berkeley Square | the garden side of the north-eastern arm, opposite Nos. 17 and 18 | new e-scooter / cycle hire bay, replacing 6 metres of motorcycle parking and 2 metres of single yellow line waiting restrictions |
| the garden side of the north-eastern arm, opposite Nos. 8 and 10 | new motorcycle parking place and pay-by-phone parking bay, replacing the e-scooter and cycle hire bay | ||
| the garden side of the south-western arm, opposite No. 45 | new e-scooter / cycle hire bay, replacing 5 metres of pay-by-phone parking | ||
| E | Brook’s Mews | the north side, opposite No. 25a | new e-scooter / cycle hire bay, replacing 5 metres of residents’ parking and 3.5 metres of single yellow line waiting restrictions |
| E | Charles Street | the north-west side, outside No. 16 | new e-scooter / cycle hire bay, replacing 5 metres of single yellow line waiting restrictions |
| E | Chesterfield Gardens | the south-west side, opposite No. 4 | new e-scooter / cycle hire bay, replacing 6 metres of double yellow line “at any time” waiting restrictions |
| E | Hamilton Place | west side, outside No. 6 | the new e-scooter / cycle hire bay, replacing 5 metres of single yellow line waiting restrictions |
| E | Park Lane | the south-west side, opposite No. 22 | new e-scooter / cycle hire bay replacing 2 metres of double yellow line “at any time” waiting restrictions |
| E | South Audley Street | the south side of the north-western arm | new e-scooter / cycle hire bay, replacing 8.6 metres of residents’ parking, 4 metres of motorcycle parking and 3.9 metres of single yellow line waiting restrictions – the motorcycle parking place will be relocated westward |
| E | St. James’s Square | the garden side of the south-western arm, opposite No. 20 | new e-scooter / cycle hire bay, replacing 5 metres of motorcycle parking |
| the south-east side of the south-eastern arm, outside No. 22a | extend the residents’ parking place south-westward, replacing the e-scooter and cycle hire bay (5 metres) | ||
| E | Upper Grosvenor Street | the north side, adjacent to No. 37 Park Street | extend the e-scooter / cycle hire bay westward, replacing 5 metres of shared-use parking |
| the south side, outside No. 30 | extend the residents’ parking place eastward and westward, replacing a combined 5 metres of single yellow line waiting restrictions | ||
| F | Baker Street | the west side, outside No. 107 | new e-scooter / cycle hire bay, replacing 5 metres of pay-by-phone parking |
| F | Blandford Street | the north-west side, opposite Nos. 73 and 75 | new e-scooter / cycle hire bay, replacing 12 metres of single yellow line waiting restrictions |
| F | Brendon Street | the south-west side, outside No. 39 | new e-scooter / cycle hire bay, replacing 4 metres of motorcycle parking and 1 metre of single yellow line waiting restrictions – 5.5 metres of single yellow line waiting restrictions will be introduced opposite No. 38, replacing the cycle stands |
| F | Chiltern Street | the west side, outside No. 83 | extend the residents’ parking place southward, replacing the e-scooter and cycle hire bay (5 metres) |
| F | Devonshire Street | the south-east side, outside No. 38 | new pay-by-phone parking bay, replacing the e-scooter and cycle hire bay (5 metres) |
| F | Eastcastle Street | the north-west side, outside No. 1 | new e-scooter / cycle hire bay, replacing 5 metres of pay-by-phone parking and 2.3 metres of single yellow line waiting restrictions |
| F | Newman Street | the south-west side, outside Nos. 78 and 79 | extend the pay-by-phone parking place south-eastward, replacing 5 metres of single yellow line waiting restrictions |
| the north-east side, outside No. 20 | new length of single yellow line waiting restrictions, replacing the e-scooter and cycle hire bay (5 metres) | ||
| F | Nottingham Street | the south side, adjacent to No. 25 Luxborough Street | new e-scooter / cycle hire bay, replacing 4.5 metres of motorcycle parking |
| F | Porter Street | the south-east side, adjacent to No. 10 Chiltern Street | new pay-by-phone parking bay, replacing 5 metres of residents’ parking |
| F | Weymouth Street | the north-west side, adjacent to No. 1 Upper Wimpole Street | new e-scooter / cycle hire bay, replacing 5 metres of pay-by-phone parking and 3 metres of single yellow line waiting restrictions |
| G | Greek Street | the south-west side, opposite Nos. 20 and 21 | new e-scooter / cycle hire bay, replacing 5 metres of double yellow line “at any time” waiting restrictions |
| G | Long Acre | the north-west side, outside No. 132 | new e-scooter / cycle hire bay, replacing 5 metres of residents’ parking |
| G | Mercer Street | the north-east side, at the rear of No. 5 Mercer Walk | extend the residents’ parking place north-westward, replacing the e-scooter and cycle hire bay (5 metres) |
| G | Soho Square | the south-western corner, outside Nos. 31 to 34 | new e-scooter / cycle hire bay, replacing 16 metres of residents’ parking |
| the garden side of the north-western arm, opposite Soho Street | extend the pay-by-phone parking place north-eastward, replacing the e-scooter and cycle hire bay (4 metres) | ||
| the garden side of the south-western arm, opposite No. 37 | extend the residents’ parking place north-westward, replacing the e-scooter and cycle hire bay (2.3 metres) | ||
| the garden side of the south-eastern arm, opposite No. 29 | extend the residents’ parking place north-eastward, replacing the e-scooter and cycle hire bay (2.3 metres) | ||
| G | St. Martin’s Lane | the east side, outside Nos. 68 to 69 | new e-scooter / cycle hire bay, replacing 10 metres of double yellow line “at any time” waiting restrictions |
| G | Robert Street | the north-east side, 2 metres south-east of John Adam Street | new e-scooter / cycle hire bay, replacing 5 metres of residents’ parking |