1. Southwark Council hereby GIVES NOTICE that on 27 March 2025 it has made the above Order under sections 6, 45, 46, 49 and 124 of and Part IV of Schedule 9 to the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, as amended.

2. The general effects of the Order, with the intention of improving the availability and turnover of kerbside loading (at times and locations of peak demand), are:-

(a) to revoke The London Borough of Southwark (Dynamic loading places) (No. 2) Experimental Traffic Order 2023, which in effect removes the 5 trialled bookable ‘permit loading places’ in WALWORTH ROAD;

(b) to provide a new type of loading facility on the highway – which may be pre-booked and charged (currently the charge will be £0.00 per permit, for any class of permitted vehicle), online or via a software application, by the user (an ‘authorised permit-holder’) in respect of a specific vehicle, location and time period;

(c) to make provision for the application for and grant of permits in respect of certain vehicles for the purpose of permitting waiting, only when loading, and for loading and unloading in designated bookable ‘permit loading places’, or where applicable, by virtue of an exception to waiting or waiting and loading restrictions, whilst those permits remain valid, and to set the terms and conditions of use and charges for those permits;

(d) to amend the provisions of the London Borough of Southwark (Free Parking Places, Loading Places and Waiting, Loading and Stopping Restrictions) (Map-based) Order 2021, so as to provide an exception to waiting or waiting and loading restrictions at certain locations and at certain times in relation to authorised permit-holders’ vehicles – known as ‘bookable permit loading places’; and

(e) to designate new bookable permit loading places, replacing existing loading places, for the use of authorised permit-holders’ only at all times, at the following locations (note that all measurements are in metres and are approximate):-

(i) WALWORTH ROAD north-east side, from a point 55.5 metres south-east of the south-eastern kerb-line of Browning Street south-eastward for a distance of 6.5 metres;

(ii) WALWORTH ROAD north-east side, from a point 62 metres south-east of the south-eastern kerb-line of Browning Street south-eastward for a distance of 6.5 metres;

(iii) WALWORTH ROAD north-east side, from a point 68.5 metres south-east of the south-eastern kerb-line of Browning Street south-eastward for a distance of 6.5 metres;

(iv) WALWORTH ROAD south-west side, from a point 18 metres south-east of the south-eastern kerb-line of Manor Place south-eastward for a distance of 7 metres; and

(v) WALWORTH ROAD south-west side, from a point 25 metres south-east of the south-eastern kerb-line of Manor Place south-eastward for a distance of 14 metres.

3. Permits for the use of bookable permit loading places (currently the charge will be £0.00 per permit, for any class of permitted vehicle), or for exception to waiting or waiting and loading restrictions in relation to authorised permit-holders’ vehicles shall be granted with validity periods of either 15 minutes, 30 minutes or 1 hour, subject to availability.

4. Copies of the Order, which will come into force on 31 March 2025, and of all other relevant documents are available for inspection at Highways, Southwark Council, Environment, Sustainability & Leisure, 3rd floor hub 2, 160 Tooley Street, London SE1 2QH, by appointment only. E-mail traffic.orders@southwark.gov.uk or call 077 3132 4742 for booking details.

5. Any person desiring to question the validity of the Order, or of any provision contained therein, on the grounds that it is not within the relevant powers of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 or that any of the relevant requirements thereof or of any relevant regulations made thereunder has not been complied with in relation to the Order may, within six weeks of the date on which the Order was made, make application for the purpose to the High Court.

Dated 27 March 2025

Steven Grayer Interim Head of Service - Highways, Environment, Sustainability & Leisure