Further to correspondence sent to residents in September 2021 residents were informed of the approval of the introduction of new areas being allocated in the CPZ and the installation of areas of yellow lining in a number of roads across the area. There are many objections amongst residents in the Borough and these are set out below:
 
·     The CPZ is going to be implemented even in roads where the majority of residents disagreed in the 2020 consultation – for instance in Langham Road 65% of residents voted against the CPZ.
·     The consultation residents completed did not include the full scope of the proposal regarding additional yellow lines in a number of roads. The yellow lines proposed will force parking over to other roads. In the area south of Teddington High Street for instance yellow lines in Gomer Place and Gomer Gardens will lose approximately 20 parking spaces and all these cars will now (with permits) be expecting to park in the nearby roads which are already full so this will exacerbate the issue. On Park Road the yellow lining will reduce parking spaces which are already under stress from cars parking for access to Bushy Park and on York Road cars previously parking half on the pavement for the last 15-20 years are to be forced off the road altogether by new double yellow lines – this will remove 50% of parking spaces.
·     The yellow lines proposed in roads which are too narrow to allow for emergency vehicles could have parking spaces which partially sit on the pavement to create width as is already the case in some roads in the Borough but this has not been suggested as an option by the Council.
·     The implementation includes yellow lines in front of resident’s drives which always extends beyond the width of the dropped kerb and this will also reduce the number of spaces available. These yellow lines are to be the default position and residents will have to specifically ask for a CPZ bay to be implemented instead of these lines rather than the other way around which was not the case when the previous stage of CPZ lining took place.
·     The argument often put forward for all roads to be in the CPZ is not wanting to be the only road without it but if the CPZ is going to reduce the number of spaces this argument is negated as the whole area will have to fight for parking.
·     The Covid-19 pandemic has had a material and significant effect on parking in the area as a huge number of residents now work from home and this should necessitate the need for a new consultation as the parking landscape has significantly changed. The result of this petition should reaffirm this change in circumstances and attitudes among residents.
·     The Borough’s high streets have so far managed to withstand the economic downturn which has affected many shops and businesses around the country so it seems counterproductive to reduce places that potential customers can park in.
·     From a legal standpoint, The Road Traffic Act states that “raising revenue should not be an objective of civil parking enforcement, nor should authorities set targets for revenue or the number of Penalty Charge Notices (PCNs) they issue.” It also sets out strict guidance on the projects that revenue raised can be used for and residents will be interested to investigate how this is adhered to by the Council. https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1984/27/section/55 
·     The residents will also be interested to look at the council’s accounts with regard to revenue created by the CPZ as we understand from the judgement made in the Crown vs The London Borough of Barnet that these funds should be ring-fenced for highways and not siphoned into other areas of council spending. https://www.racfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/barnet_parking_case_judgment_220713.pdf
·     Finally the Road Traffic Act states that “The objective of civil parking enforcement should be for 100 per cent compliance, with no penalty charges.” If the council is creating a situation whereby this is impossible then the council cannot keep within the law.