1. Southwark Council hereby GIVES NOTICE that it proposes to make the above Order 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 general effects of the Order, with the intention of improving the availability and turnover of kerbside loading (at times and locations of peak demand), would be:-

(a) to revoke The London Borough of Southwark (Dynamic loading places) (No. 2) Experimental Traffic Order 2023, which in effect removes the 5 trialled bookable ‘permit loading places’ in WALWORTH ROAD;

(b) to provide a new type of loading facility on the highway – which may be pre-booked and charged (currently the charge will be £0.00 per permit, for any class of permitted vehicle), online or via a software application, by the user (an ‘authorised permit-holder’) in respect of a specific vehicle, location and time period;

(c) to make provision for the application for and grant of permits in respect of certain vehicles for the purpose of permitting waiting, only when loading, and for loading and unloading in designated bookable ‘permit loading places’, or where applicable, by virtue of an exception to waiting or waiting and loading restrictions, whilst those permits remain valid, and to set the terms and conditions of use and charges for those permits;

(d) to amend the provisions of the London Borough of Southwark (Free Parking Places, Loading Places and Waiting, Loading and Stopping Restrictions) (Map-based) Order 2021, so as to provide an exception to waiting or waiting and loading restrictions at certain locations and at certain times in relation to authorised permit-holders’ vehicles – known as ‘bookable permit loading places’; and

(e) to designate new bookable permit loading places, replacing existing loading places, for the use of authorised permit-holders’ only at all times, at the following locations (note that all measurements are in metres and are approximate):-

(i) WALWORTH ROAD north-east side, from a point 55.5 metres south-east of the south-eastern kerb-line of Browning Street south-eastward for a distance of 6.5 metres;

(ii) WALWORTH ROAD north-east side, from a point 62 metres south-east of the south-eastern kerb-line of Browning Street south-eastward for a distance of 6.5 metres;

(iii) WALWORTH ROAD north-east side, from a point 68.5 metres south-east of the south-eastern kerb-line of Browning Street south-eastward for a distance of 6.5 metres;

(iv) WALWORTH ROAD south-west side, from a point 18 metres south-east of the south-eastern kerb-line of Manor Place south-eastward for a distance of 7 metres; and

(v) WALWORTH ROAD south-west side, from a point 25 metres south-east of the south-eastern kerb-line of Manor Place south-eastward for a distance of 14 metres.

3. Permits for the use of bookable permit loading places (currently the charge will be £0.00 per permit, for any class of permitted vehicle), or for exception to waiting or waiting and loading restrictions in relation to authorised permit-holders’ vehicles shall be granted with validity periods of either 15 minutes, 30 minutes or 1 hour, subject to availability.

4. For more information contact the Council's Highways team Highways@southwark.gov.uk

5. Copies of the supporting documents (this Notice, the proposed Order, and a statement of the Council's reasons for making the Order) may be found online at https://consultation.appyway.com/southwark; and paper or digital copies of a plan showing the location and effect of the Order and the supporting documents may be requested by emailing traffic.orders@southwark.gov.uk, or inspected by appointment only at: Highways, Southwark Council, Environment, Sustainability & Leisure, 3rd floor hub 2, 160 Tooley Street, London SE1 2QH - from the date of this Notice until the end of a period of six weeks from the date on which the Order is made. Email traffic.orders@southwark.gov.uk (or call 077 3132 4742) for booking details.

6. Anyone wishing to make any representations either for or to object to the proposals, may use our consultation portal at https://consultation.appyway.com/southwark; or send a statement in writing to: Traffic Order Consultations, Highways, Southwark Council, Environment, Sustainability & Leisure, P.O. Box 64529, London SE1P 5LX or traffic.orders@southwark.gov.uk quoting reference ‘TMO2425-038 Bookable loading Walworth Rd’ by 13 March 2025. Please note that if you wish to object to this proposal you must state the grounds on which your objection is made.

7. Under requirements of current access to information legislation, any letter, form or e-mail sent to the Council in response to this Notice may be subject to publication or disclosure, or both, including communication to other persons affected.

Dated 20 February 2025

Steven Grayer Interim Head of Service - Highways, Environment, Sustainability & Leisure