1. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Council of the London Borough of Camden ('the Council') propose to make the above Orders under sections 6, 45, 46, 49 and 124 of and Part IV of Schedule 9 to the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, as amended (‘the 1984 Act’).

2. The general nature and effect of the Orders would be:

(a) in PHOENIX STREET, to remove the existing waiting restrictions and prohibit all vehicles except pedal cycles from entering Phoenix Street at its junctions with Charing Cross Road and Stacey Street (the existing one-way traffic working therein to be revoked);

(b) in ST. GILES PASSAGE, in that part which lies between New Compton Street and Shaftesbury Avenue, to remove the existing waiting restrictions and prohibit all vehicles except pedal cycles from entering at its junctions with New Compton Street and Shaftesbury Avenue;

(c) in STACEY STREET:

(i) to provide ‘at any time’ loading restrictions: (A) on the north-east side: (I) between a point 8 metres north-west of the north-western kerb-line of New Compton Street and a point 5 metres south-east of the south-eastern kerb-line of New Compton Street; and (II) between the north-western kerb-line of Shaftesbury Avenue and a point 14 metres north-west of that kerb-line; and (B) on the south-west side: (I) between a point 1 metre south-east of the south-eastern kerb-line of Phoenix Street and a point 1 metre north-west of the north-western kerb-line of Phoenix Street; and (II) between the north-western kerb-line of Shaftesbury Avenue and a point 12.5 metres north-west of that kerb-line;

(ii) at its junction with Shaftesbury Avenue: (A) to prohibit vehicles from turning left into Shaftesbury Avenue, with exception provided for vehicles having a maximum gross weight of less than 7.5 tonnes; and (B) to prohibit all vehicles except pedal cycles from entering from Shaftesbury Avenue;

(iii) to introduce one-way south-eastbound traffic working, with contra-flow north-westbound working for pedal cycles between the south-eastern kerb-line of New Compton Street and its junction with Shaftesbury Avenue; and

(iv) to provide an e-scooter and cycle hire parking place on the footway on the south-west side of the carriageway, between a point 5.8 metres south-east of the south-eastern kerb-line of Phoenix Street and a point 11.6 metres south-east of that kerb-line;

(d) in ST. GILES HIGH STREET, to provide ‘at any time’ loading restrictions, between the north-western kerb-line of New Compton Street and a point 18.8 metres north-west of that kerb-line;

(e) in NEW COMPTON STREET:

(i) on the north-west side: (A) outside Pendrell House: (I) to convert 30 metres of paid-for parking to CA-C resident permit holders parking; and (II) to convert 13 metres of paid-for parking to a loading place operating ‘at any time’; and (B) outside Nos. 42 and 45 New Compton Street: (I) to convert two 5 metre lengths of paid-for parking to CA-C resident permit holders parking; (II) to convert 5 metres of paid-for parking to car club parking; (III) to remove 5.2 metres of paid-for parking and provide controlled hours waiting restrictions in order to install two pedal cycle hangars; and (IV) to convert CA-C resident permit holders parking to a 10-metre loading place operating ‘at any time’;

(ii) on the south-east side, between a point 5 metres south-west of the south-western kerb-line St. Giles Passage and a point 21.5 metres south-west of that kerb-line, convert CA-C resident permit holders parking to a loading place operating ‘at any time’;

(iii) provide ‘at any time’ loading restrictions: (A) on the north-west side: (I) between the north-eastern kerb-line of Stacey Street and a point 5 metres north-east of that kerb-line; and (II) between the southern kerb-line of St. Giles High Street and a point 12.5 metres south-west of that kerb-line; and (B) on the south-east side: (I) between the north-eastern kerb-line of Stacey Street and a point 5 metres north-east of that kerb-line; (II) between a point 5 metres south-west of the south-western kerb-line of St. Giles Passage and a point 5 metres north-east of the north-eastern kerb-line of St. Giles Passage); and (III) between the southern kerb-line of St. Giles High Street and a point 12.5 metres south-west of that kerb-line;

(iv) to introduce one-way south-westbound traffic working with contra-flow north-eastbound traffic working for pedal cycles between its junctions with Stacey Street and St. Giles High Street; and

(f) in SHAFTESBURY AVENUE:

(i) on the north-west side: (A) replace waiting and loading restrictions with a 16-metre loading bay operating ‘at any time’ outside the Odeon Cinema, 135 Shaftesbury Avenue; (B) remove the paid-for parking (45 metres) and car club parking (5 metres) outside Nos. 151 to 177 Shaftesbury Avenue; and (C) provide ‘at any time’ waiting restrictions: (I) between the north-eastern kerb-line of Stacey Street and a point 16.5 metres north-east of that kerb-line; (II) between a point 6 metres south-west of the south-western kerb-line of St. Giles Passage and a point 12.5 metres south-west of that kerb-line; and (III) between a point 13.8 metres south-west of the common boundary of No. 151 Shaftesbury Avenue and Nos. 167 to 177 Shaftesbury Avenue and a point 17.5 metres north-east of that common boundary; and

(ii) on the south-east and east side: (A) provide a 13.3-metre loading bay operating ‘at any time’ outside Nos. 172 to 176 Shaftesbury Avenue; (B) change the hours of operation of the loading bay outside Nos. 194 and 196 Shaftesbury Avenue so that it operates ‘at any time’; and (C) provide ‘at any time’ waiting and loading restrictions: (I) between a point 2.3 metres south-west of the south-western kerb-line of Mercer Street and a point 24.1 metres south-west of that kerb-line; (II) between a point 7.5 metres north-east of the common boundary of No. 166 Shaftesbury Avenue and Nos. 172 to 176 Shaftesbury Avenue and a point 11.8 metres north-east of that common boundary; (III) between a point 25.1 metres north-east of the common boundary of No. 166 Shaftesbury Avenue and Nos. 172 to 176 Shaftesbury Avenue and a point 40 metres north-east of that common boundary; and (IV) between a point 15.5 metres north-east of the north-eastern kerb-line of St. Giles High Street and a point 53 metres north-east of that kerb-line.

3. FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Council, under section 23 of the 1984 Act, have approved the provision of parallel pedestrian and cycle crossings, in SHAFTESBURY AVENUE: (a) between a point 10.5 metres north-east of the north-eastern kerb-line of Mercer Street and a point 19 metres north-east of that kerb-line (note: the ‘zebra’ pedestrian crossing outside the Odeon Cinema, 135 Shaftesbury Avenue would be removed); and (b) between the common boundary of Nos. 184 and 186 Shaftesbury Avenue and a point 7 metres north-east of that common boundary. 'Zig-zag' markings, on which vehicles would be prohibited from stopping at all times, would be laid on both sides of the road, extending for a distance of 17 metres either side of the above crossings.

4. FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Council, under sections 90A-F of the Highways Act 1980 and in accordance with the Highways (Road Humps) Regulations 1999, propose to construct:-

(a) flat-topped speed tables comprising, the full width of the carriageway and at a height level with the adjoining footway, on which the parallel crossings referred to in paragraph 3 preceding would be situated in SHAFTESBURY AVENUE, at the following locations: (i) between a point 5.8 metres north-east of the north-eastern kerb-line of Mercer Street and a point 22.7 metres north-east of that kerb-line (including the ramps); and (ii) between a point 5 metres south-west of the common boundary of Nos. 184 and 186 Shaftesbury Avenue and a point 15.2 metres north-east of that common boundary (including the ramps).

(b) ‘Copenhagen-style’ blended crossings / raised entry/exit tables, in the following locations: (i) in MERCER STREET, at its junction with Shaftesbury Avenue, between the south-eastern kerb-line of Shaftesbury Avenue and a point 7.9 metres south-east of that kerb-line; (ii) in STACEY STREET, at its junction with Shaftesbury Avenue, between the north-western kerb-line of Shaftesbury Avenue and a point 7.2 metres north-west of that kerb-line; and (iii) in NEW COMPTON STREET, at its junction with St. Giles High Street, between the southern kerb-line of St. Giles High Street and a point 7.2 metres south of that kerb-line.

5. FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Council, under section 65 of the Highways Act 1980, propose to:

(a) construct a cycle track reserved for the use of pedal cycles only in SHAFTESBURY AVENUE: (i) adjacent to the east side of the carriageway, southbound, between a point 60 metres south-east of the south-eastern kerb-line of New Oxford Street and a point 15.5 metres north-east of the north-western kerb-line of St. Giles High Street; (ii) adjacent to the south-east side of the carriageway, south-westbound, between a point 7.5 metres north-east of the common boundary of Nos. 198 and 200 Shaftesbury Avenue and a point 12.1 metres south-west of the common boundary of Nos 158 and 160 Shaftesbury Avenue; and (iii) adjacent to the north-west side of the carriageway, north-eastbound, between a point 20.4 metres south-west of the common boundary of Nos. 115 and 117 Shaftesbury Avenue and the north-eastern wall of No. 65 St. Giles High Street; and

(b) provide a shared footway and cycle track: (i) on the existing footway on the north-west side of SHAFTESBURY AVENUE, between the north-eastern wall of Nos. 167 to 177 and a point 9.5 metres north-east of that wall; (ii) on the existing footway on the south-east side of SHAFTESBURY AVENUE, between a point 2 metres south-west of the common boundary of Nos. 184 and 186 Shaftesbury Avenue and the north-western kerb-line of Monmouth Street; and (iii) on the existing footway on the north-west side of MONMOUTH STREET, between a point 6.8 metres north-east of the common boundary of Nos. 2 and 2a Monmouth Street and the south-eastern kerb-line of Shaftesbury Avenue.

6. FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN as a courtesy measure that the Council intend to provide: (a) a mandatory south-westbound with-flow cycle lane, operating at all times, on the south-east side of the carriageway of SHAFTESBURY AVENUE, extending from the common boundary of Nos. 148-150 and 152-154 Shaftesbury Avenue south-westward for a distance of 14 metres; and (b) a cycle parking stand on the footway under section 63 of the 1984 Act, on the south-west side of STACEY STREET, between a point 0.5 metres south-east of the south-eastern kerb-line of Phoenix Street and a point 2.5 metres south-east of that kerb-line.

7. Copies of the proposed Orders, plans indicating the proposals, and other related documents may be obtained by contacting traffic.orders@camden.gov.uk or inspected either: online at camden.gov.uk/recently-advertised-proposals, or by prior appointment in person at 5 Pancras Square, London N1C 4AG - during normal office hours. Any person wishing to object or make representations in respect of the proposals should send comments in writing, quoting reference ‘TMO2526-0022’ and giving reasons for any objection, to the e-mail address above or by post to ‘FREEPOST LBC TRANSPORT STRATEGY’, to be received by the end of 19 December 2025.

Peter Mardell – Head of Parking Operations

27 November 2025