QMPRA has had many complaints from residents about access to Orchard Hill (that’s all the earlier development and the Bovis and Bellway builds) since the school and the new houses were built. We took this to London Borough of Sutton (LBS) and requested action, suggesting the possibility of a one way system.
LBS responded by carrying out a survey. The report to the council rejected the one way system on the grounds of suitability and cost. However it did acknowledge that there was a problem and tabled a suggestion for some parking restriction. The cost of this was approved by the Council at a meeting in January, subject to consultation with residents.
We are advised by the Highways Department that an advertisement will be placed in local papers in April and those people who are affected will be personally contacted, we expect by a leaflet delivery.
Once the consultation is complete , and assuming there are no problems or objections, it is expected that the scheme will be completed by end – July.
We have made our views clear to the council. This parking problem is the result of planning permission for building proposals that provided too many units with too little parking; this was pointed out by QMPRA at the time. While the proposed restrictions may be necessary it seems unfair to those people who will be affected by restrictions on parking outside their property.
We hope this will improve the situation. However we are seeing more parking on the Kings Avenue side of the school roundabout, which causes congestion; we have an open line to the council so please let us know if you have any comments or suggestions.
Below is the proposed areas that will have parking restrictions enforced.
