For decades residents of Colepits Wood Road, Crown Woods Way, Rennets Wood Road and environs as well as users of Eltham Crematorium have suffered from 300 commuters parking for Falconwood Station each working day.

- Air quality is impacted

- Roads are dangerous both for drivers and pedestrians (poor visibility, difficulty exiting and entering drives, few passing places/people taking chances when rushing to catch trains)

- Residents drives are blocked

- Funeral courteges are frequently delayed and altercations occur at a sensitive time

- Residents are woken by loud stereos and doors banging early in the morning

Bexley Council has again objected to the Falconwood (Eltham Heights) CPZ which has led to the matter being escalated to the Mayor of London for a second time (first time was in 2013)

In Southeast London Falconwood is the nearest train station to the City which still has free on street parking nearby.

New and extended CPZs in many nearby areas such as Kidbrooke, Blackheath, Central Eltham and Abbey Wood are pushing more and more commuter parking into Eltham Heights as the last remaining bastion of free on street parking for commuters.

Bexley already have their own CPZ in place around Falconwood station. Moreover roads which border the borough boundary (Boundary Road and Parish Gate Drive) beyond Greenwich’s proposed CPZ have very limited free parking (approx. 15 spaces).

Councillors and Eltham Heights residents have timed walking from the nearest free on street parking spaces in Bexley to Falconwood Station. A reasonable pace would see a 20 minute walk from these approx. 15 parking spaces.

It is therefore seemingly extremely unlikely that allowing Greenwich Council to implement the Falconwood CPZ would cause overspill parking into Bexley.

Indeed, allowing the Falconwood CPZ to be implemented would succeed in encouraging many commuters onto the train. This will improve air quality, cut congestion and see more revenue for public transport.

Up to 300 cars would no longer be able to park near Falconwood Station. Each one of those car journeys would be shortened by taking a train further back. Indeed, some commuters would opt to take the train for their whole journey.

Funeral corteges on the approach to Eltham Crematorium would no longer be delayed or disrupted where roads are impassible for hearses or horse drawn carts.

The currently frequent altercations would stop. These are unacceptable for residents and extremely distressing for mourners at such a sensitive time.

Council waste trucks would no longer have difficulty navigating Eltham Heights.  Cllr Matt Clare worked a refuse collection shift and saw first-hand the hostile environment operatives have to work in there with up to 7 vehicles queuing behind the refuse truck due to it not being possible to pass.

Please sign to urge that Greenwich Council be given approval to implement the long overdue Falconwood CPZ without further delay. Residents, Eltham and Bexley's environment and amenity have suffered enough.