Camden Council are continually suspending large swathes of Residents Parking in Belsize Park, often for many days at a time. They recently suspended the entirety of Belsize Park Gardens, first down one side and then immediately afterwards down the other side, for cabling. They are now proposing to suspend parking in 2 local roads, for 6 days for road works. They have only just done this in Belsize Square.  This is of course in addition to the constant suspensions for "domestic removal", tree works, lighting works etc etc, There is always some reason why parking is suspended. Frequently, during these suspensions there is no one to be seen working on the site.

These lengthy periods of suspension result in insufficient Residents Parking being available. This makes it extremely difficult to find somewhere to park and many households have multiple vehicles which contributes to the problem. The council are only too quick to tow away any offending vehicle (at an extortionate cost). Given the high cost of purchasing Residents Parking, which we pay in addition to our council tax, we request that when these suspensions are in place, residents are permitted/authorised to use the visitors parking spaces, for free. It should also be incumbent upon the council to ensure that these works are carried out in a timely manner and that the contractors involved should be obliged to work every day, including weekends.

A change in the regulations for residents parking permits would benefit all car owning residents. The imposing of strict conditions on contractors would minimise disruption and obstruction on the local roads, permitting free flow of traffic