Battersea Park Area CPZ review
We asked residents and businesses in the Battersea Park Area Controlled Parking Zone (CPZ) whether they felt any changes should be made to the operation of the zone.
Background
We listened to local concerns, including a petition, from residents of the Battersea Park Area CPZ about difficulties parking on street within the zone in the evening and at weekends when the CPZ is not in operation.
It had been reported that after 5pm and all weekend many visitors to Battersea Park chose to park in streets close to the park. This is to avoid paying in the car parks inside the park, especially during the summer months and when there are events taking place in the park as more people park in the local streets.
It had also been reported that on-street parking had become more difficult in the evening and all weekend since the opening of the Battersea Power Station development and the adjacent tube station as visitors can park for free and then walk to the power station site.
View a plan of the Battersea Park Area CPZ.
Consultation
We asked for your views about possible changes to the operational hours and days of the CPZ. For example, are you happy with the existing parking controls or would you wish to see them extended so that they operate later into the evening or at weekends?
The consultation opened on Monday 24 June 2024 and closed on Sunday 28 July 2024.
You can view or download a copy of the:
Results and decisions
Summaries of the results and our decision:
- Of the 4421 properties consulted, 504 were completed – a response rate of 11% across the whole of the B zone
- 312 (62%) of respondents are dissatisfied with the present parking controls in their street
- In response to the question about whether the operational days should be changed or retained, 345 (61%) support changing the current operational days compared with 218 (38%) supporting retaining the current Monday to Friday operational days
- The further question asking, “What days do you think the CPZ controls should operate?” resulted in support from 213 (37%) for retaining the existing operational days, with respondents (5%) supporting Monday to Saturday, and 324 (57%) supporting Monday to Sunday
- In response to the question about whether the operational hours should be retained or changed, 278 (49%) support retaining the existing hours (9am to 5pm), with 283 (50%) indicating they should be changed
- The further question about the operational hours shows that 271 (48%) prefer to keep the current hours (9am to 5pm), with 104 (18%) supporting a change to 9am to 6.30pm and 186 (33%) supporting a change to 9am to 8pm
A report taking into account the results of the consultation together with all relevant highway and traffic factors was considered by our Transport Committee at their meeting on Tuesday 19 November 2024.
The Transport Committee agreed that given the consultation results and the assessments made by officers, the operational days and hours should be changed so that they operate Monday to Sunday between 9am and 8pm, including bank and public holidays.
Our Executive at their meeting on Monday 9 December 2024 approved the decision to change the operational days and hours.
- View the Transport Committee report
- View the consultation results
What happens next
We will prepare to make the agreed changes to all streets within the Battersea Park Area B zone, including amending the Traffic Management Orders (TMOs), manufacturing replacement parking signs and refreshing existing bay markings.
As part of the implementation phase, we will be changing the existing single yellow lines at junctions and where parked vehicles would cause an obstruction, to double yellow lines indicating no waiting at any time.
It is anticipated that the changes will be introduced in late March or early April 2025, subject to any comments received during the statutory TMO consultation process.
Implementation
The revised operational days and hours (Monday to Sunday between 9am and 8pm, including bank and public holidays), will come into operation on Monday 24 March 2025.
- All bay signs will be replaced showing the new operational days and hours from Friday 21 March
- If you already hold a Battersea Park Area B zone resident or business parking permit, there is no need to buy a new one. You should display your permit in the usual way
- The pay and display machines and our pay by phone facility (RingGo) will be re-programmed to enable short-stay visitors to make payment during the extended days and hours
- Visitors needing to park in the B zone between 9am and 8pm, Monday to Sunday (including bank and public holidays) will need to display a pay and display ticket/pay-by-phone or a valid all-day resident visitor permit (scratch-card), paperless visitor permit (PVP) or a trade permit
- Disabled Blue Badge holders are entitled to park provided they display a valid Blue Badge
- All existing single yellow lines at junctions and where parked vehicles would cause an obstruction, will be changed to double yellow lines indicating no waiting at any time.
- From Monday 24 March until Sunday 6 April, vehicles without an appropriate permit displayed, or paperless equivalent, will be issued with a Warning Notice instead of a Penalty Charge Notice, during the extended operational days/hours. This concession is aimed at alerting drivers about the extended operational days and hours
Note: the change to double yellow lines at junctions and other locations where parking would be dangerous is part of a borough-wide project to improve road safety by preventing dangerous and obstructive parking.
More information
Contact
For any queries, email parkingpolicy@wandsworth.gov.uk.