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THE CITY OF WESTMINSTER (TAXI RANK) (NO. 1) ORDER 2011

  • 1 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Westminster City Council on 27th September 2011 made the above Order under sections 6 and 124 of, and Part IV of Schedule 9 to, the Legislation: Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, as amended.
  • 2 The general effect of the Order will be to formalise all existing taxi ranks and taxi rank clearways in the City of Westminster into a single Traffic Management Order. The existing hours of operation and on-street markings will remain unchanged, unless it is necessary to make minor changes for compliance and enforcement purposes.
  • 3 The streets in which there are:-
    • a taxi ranks where waiting is limited to taxis only but where loading/unloading and stopping to allow passengers to board or alight is permitted are listed in Schedule 1 to this Notice; and
    • b taxi rank clearways where no stopping is permitted except for taxis are listed in Schedule 2 to this Notice.

Please note that for the purposes of the Order, taxi means a “licensed hackney carriage”.

  • 4 The Order, which will come into force on 3rd October 2011, and of other documents giving more detailed particulars of the Order are available for inspection until the 7th November 2011 between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. on Mondays to Fridays inclusive at West One, 10th Floor, Westminster City Hall, 64 Victoria Street, London, SW1E 6QP .
  • 5 Any person desiring to question the validity of the Order or of any provision contained therein on the grounds that it is not within the relevant powers of the Legislation: Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 or that any relevant requirements thereof or any relevant regulations made thereunder has not been complied with in relation to the Order may, within six weeks from the date on which the Order was made make application for the purpose to the High Court.

Dated 30 th September 2011

Martin Low

City Commissioner of Transportation

(The officer appointed for this purpose)

SCHEDULE 1

Streets with taxi ranks

Air Street, Aldwych (2 ranks), Argyll Street, Arlington Street, Arundel Street, Berkeley Square (2 ranks), Berkeley Street, Broadway, Bryanston Street, Cavendish Square, Dover Street, Elgin Avenue, Gillingham Street, Hamilton Place (2 ranks), Harewood Avenue, Haymarket, Hyde Park Street, Millbank, Montpelier Street, Old Park Lane, Oxendon Street (4 ranks), Queensway, Regent Street (5 ranks), Russell Street, St. James’s Street (2 ranks), Stanhope Gate, Warwick Avenue (3 ranks), Wellington Street and Whitcomb Street.

SCHEDULE 2

Streets with taxi rank clearways

Acacia Road, Adam’s Row, Albermarle Street, Aldwych, Arlington Street, Baker Street, Belgrave Square (3 clearways), Berkeley Street (2 clearways), Berners Street (2 clearways), Bishop’s Bridge Road (2 clearways), Bolsover Street, Brewer Street, Brick Street (2 clearways), Brook Street, Bryanston Street (3 clearways), Buckingham Gate, Burlington Gardens, Bury Street, Carlos Place, Cavendish Square, Caxton Street, Charles Street, Chelsea Bridge Road, Conduit Street, Coventry Street (2 clearways), Cranbourn Street (2 clearways), Curzon Street (3 clearways), Davies Street, Devonshire Place, Dover Street (2 clearways), Duke Street, Eccleston Place (2 clearways), Embankment Place (3 clearways), Exeter Street, George Street, George Yard, Gerrard Place, Granville Place, Great Cumberland Place (2 clearways), Great Marlborough Street (2 clearways), Great Portland Street, Grosvenor Crescent, Grosvenor Gardens (2 clearways), Grosvenor Street, Half Moon Street, Hamilton Place (2 clearways), Harley Street, Harrowby Street, Haymarket (3 clearways), Inverness Place, Jermyn Street (2 clearways), Kensington Gore, Kensington Road (2 clearways), King Street, Lancaster Gate (2 clearways), Leinster Gardens, Lowndes Street, Lupus Street, Mandeville Place, Marylebone High Street, Matthew Parker Street, Mount Row, New Bond Street (2 clearways), New Burlington Street, New Cavendish Street, North Wharf Road (2 clearways), Nutford Place, Old Bond Street, Old Compton Street, Orchard Street, Pall Mall, Park Lane, Park Street, Piccadilly, Porchester Road, Porchester Terrace, Portland Place, Portman Square, Praed Street, Queensborough Terrace, Rathbone Street, Regent Street, St George's Square (2 clearways), St James’s Square (2 clearways), St. Martin’s Lane, Seymour Street, Smith Square, South Wharf Road, Strand (3 clearways), Stratton Street (3 clearways), Suffolk Place, Temple Place (2 clearways), Tenterden Street, Upper Berkeley Street, Upper St. Martin’s Lane (2 clearways), Wardour Street (3 clearways), Welbeck Street (3 clearways), Wellington Place (2 clearways), Wellington Street, Wells Street, West Halkin Street, Westbourne Street, Whitcomb Street, Whitehall Court, Whitehall Place and Wilton Place.