Oldfield Park and Westmoreland RPZ: Traffic Regulation Order (TRO) consultation

Contents

• Introduction and policy background
• Scheme overview
• What this scheme means for you
• Traffic Regulation Order (TRO) documents
• Have your say
• Project timeline

Project timeline

Update on proposed additional visitor bays

A decision has been made to make the additional visitor parking bays in the Oldfield Park and Westmoreland RPZ (zone 28) permanent under a standard Traffic Regulation Order (TRO). These additional bays have already been trialled as a six-month experimental traffic regulation order (ETRO) alongside a public consultation.

From 16 January 2025, a 21-day notice of the TRO is published, during which time the public can submit objections and representations with respect to the proposals, together with the grounds on which they are made. This must be sent by 6th February 2025. Details on how to do this are published within the TRO notice. A final decision will then be made by the Director of Place Management on whether they additional bays will become permanent.

View the Traffic Regulation Order and notice

View the outcomes of the ETRO public consultation in the Single Member Decision Report

The timeline below shows each stage of the proposed RPZ project, including those already completed, the current (active) stage, and future activity.

1. Public consultation

   Completed 21 Oct to 11 November 2021

   The first stage of the consultation set out our initial proposals for Oldfield Park and Westmoreland.
   
   This stage of the consultation is now closed.

2. Consultation feedback and decision

   CompletedApril 2022

   Read the feedback report on the consultation results.

   A decision has been taken to proceed to the next stage of consultation. There will be some modifications to the proposals as a result of the feedback from the first stage of consultation. We will provide more detail when the next stage of consultation starts in June.

3. Traffic Regulation Order (TRO) consultation

   Completed June 2022

   We amended the RPZ proposals, taking into account the feedback we received in the initial consultation.

   We launched a second public consultation, allowing residents to comment on a Traffic Regulation Order (TRO) and the detailed proposals for the RPZ in this area.

4. Final decision

   Completed December 2022

   Following the feedback we received in the TRO consultation, we have decided to introduce an RPZ in this area.

   View the consultation feedback report

   Read the press release

   Final design (approved December 2022)

   You can explore the details of the original, final design on our interactive map below. We have decided the locations of proposed parking bays and parking restrictions based on detailed safety assessments of the roads covered by the scheme, and your feedback from our previous consultations.

   Warning We have temporarily amended this final design for a minimum of six months from 29 August 2023, in order to trial more short stay visitor bays. View our consultation web page for the latest map of the zone and for details of the trial.

5. Zone introduction

   Completed End of August 2023

   The zone was launched on 29 August 2023. From this date, residents will need to have a valid permit to park in the zone.

   Permits are available in durations of 1, 3, 6 and 12 months and the cost is based on the emissions of your vehicle. As a resident, you can also purchase digital visitor permits even if you are not a permit holder.

6. ETRO consultation on additional visitors bays

   Completed 29 Aug 2023 to to 29 Feb 2024

   From the launch of the zone (29 August 2023), we trialled additional short-stay visitor bays in the zone to help prioritise parking for residents while also ensuring adequate provision for visitors to local amenities, such as the GP surgery.

   We did this through an Experimental Traffic Regulation Order (ETRO), which temporarily amends the final, approved design for a minimum of 6 months (until 29 February 2024), during which time we invited people to have their say.

   A decision must be reached on the trial within 18 months of its start date. Until a decision is reached, the trial bays will remain in place. See Decision on ETRO trial below.

   Find out more

   View the ETRO notice

7. Monitoring and amendments

   Completed End Feb 2024

   We undertook parking surveys in the wider area before and after the RPZ was installed.

   We also monitored the use of the trial short-stay visitor bays as part of our ETRO consultation (see above).

   An annual review of the zones will help us to address any minor issues.

8. Decision on on additional visitor bays (ETRO trial)

   Active Expected mid March 2025

   Having considered the outcomes of the ETRO trial, the Cabinet Member for Highways has confirmed support to make the additional visitor bays in this RPZ permanent under a formal statutory Traffic Regulation Order (TRO).

   You can view the decisions and the outcomes of the ETRO public consultation in the Single Member Decision Report.

9. TRO consultation on additional visitor bays

   Active 16 Jan to 6 Feb 2025

   Objections and representations with respect to proposals for additional visitor bays (already trialled under an ETRO consultation) can be made between 16 January and 6 February 2025. Details on how to do this are published within the TRO notice.

   View the Traffic Regulation Order and notice.

   We will then reach a final decision on whether to make the the additional visitor bays permanent.