1. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Council of the London Borough of Merton, on 24 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 and all other enabling powers.

2. The general effect of the 'Electric Vehicle Charging Points' Order would be to: -

(a) designate parking places for electric vehicle charging at the locations listed in the Schedules to this notice;

(b) provide that the parking places would operate at all times, unless otherwise stated;

(c) specify that the parking places in controlled parking zones referred to in the Schedule to this notice would be available for fully electric and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles only, for up to 12 hours, provided that during controlled parking zone operational hours the applicable charge for the relevant controlled parking zone permit has been paid with respect to the vehicle and that any electric vehicle is connected via a charging lead to a lamp column upgraded to enable electric charging at all times while it is left in a parking place. Electric vehicles having left a parking place for electric vehicle charging would be able to return after 4 hours have elapsed.

3. The general effect of the 'Parking Places Amendment' Orders would be to remove an existing length of parking place in the lengths of road listed in the Schedule to this notice to accommodate the introduction of a parking place designated for electric vehicle charging.

4. A copy of each of the Orders, which will come into force on 8 July 2024, and other documents giving more detailed particulars of the Orders, including plans 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.

5. 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.

Raj Mistry

Interim Director of Public Realm

London Borough of Merton

Merton Civic Centre

London Road

Morden SM4 5DX

Dated 24 June 2024

SCHEDULE

Electric Vehicle Charging Parking Places in Controlled Parking Zones – CPZ Permit Required

CPZ GC

ASCOT ROAD, SW17; the north-west side, from a point 5.5 metres south-west of the common boundary of No. 1 Ascot Road and No. 7 Links Road south-westward for a distance of 5.5 metres.

EASTBOURNE ROAD, SW17; the north-west side, from a point 4 metres south-west of the common boundary of No. 1 Eastbourne Road and No. 71 Links Road south-westward for a distance of 5.5 metres.

HAILSHAM ROAD, SW17; the north-west side, from a point 4.2 metres south-west of the north-east boundary of No. 121 Links Road south-westward for a distance of 6 metres.

LINKS ROAD, SW17; the north-east side, from a point 2 metres south-east of the common boundary of Nos. 29 and 31 Links Road south-eastward for a distance of 6 metres.

LINKS ROAD, SW17; the north-east side, from a point 5.5 metres north-west of the common boundary of Nos. 191 and 193 Links Road north-westward for a distance of 6 metres.

SIRDAR ROAD, CR4; the north-west side, from a point 6 metres north-east of its junction with Grenfell Road, north-eastward for a distance of 5.5 metres.

CPZ RPC1

COTTENHAM PARK ROAD, SW20; the north side, from a point 3 metres west of the westernmost wall of No. 100 Cottenham Park Road westward for a distance of 6 metres.

OAKWOOD ROAD, SW20; the south-west side, from a point 10 metres north-west of its junction with Cambridge Road north-westward for a distance of 5.5 metres.

CPZ VSW

SYCAMORE ROAD, SW19; the east side, from a point 2.5 metres north of a point in line with the northern flank wall of the block of flats at No. 37 to 47 Sycamore Road, northward for a distance of 6 metres.