Brent Cross Cricklewood UC5 (GG) Zone – experimental CPZ consultation

Key dates

Consultation opens
15 December 2025

Consultation closes
15 June 2026

Feedback due
30 September 2026

Background

In Barnet, like many other local authorities, we have a system of parking bays and parking permits that prioritises parking for local residents, businesses and their visitors and customers. These systems are called Controlled Parking Zones.

In March 2024, after 12 months of consultation we made the first phase of the CPZ permanent, which covers Brent Terrace, Clitterhouse Crescent, Clitterhouse Road and a section of Claremont Road NW2. This was implemented to address existing parking issues and prevent non-resident parking in the area. More information can be found here

Barnet Council has monitored the impact on parking through surveys that took place in November 2023, June 2024 and August 2024. The results of the surveys collectively show that there has been an increase in the levels of parking on most of the roads in the area over the last 12 months;

Roads covered by the survey. The survey identified the following:

There was high parking demand on Cotswold, Chiltern, Cheviot and Mendip Gardens as well as Pennine and Purbeck Drives in November 2023. Potential impact from the CPZ in Brent Terrace, Clitterhouse Crescent Terrace and Clitterhouse Road could exacerbate demand.
There was parking stress in the Weekday on Cotswold, Cleveland, Cheviot and Malvern
Gardens as well as Pennine and Purbeck Drives in June 2024. There was parking stress at the Weekend on Cleveland, Chiltern and Cheviot Gardens as well as Pennine and Purbeck Drives in June 2024. This maybe due to additional demand from the opening of Brent Cross West Station.
In August 2024 there was still parking stress all week in Cheviot and Cleveland Gardens as well as Pennine and Purbeck Drive. Parking demand remained high in Chiltern and Cotswold Gardens.

In March 2025, we wrote to 1075 residents and businesses inviting them to have their say on introducing a CPZ on their road, and what hours of restriction they would like to see. During our one-month consultation, 385 people visited the online consultation and we received a total of 108 responses (online, paper and telephone responses). You can read the full results here.

The most common issues raised in the consultation included residents having their driveways blocked by other cars, abandoned vehicles on the road, commuter and commercial parking, and safety concerns due to narrow roads.

What we are proposing

We have reviewed all the comments received during the informal engagement and to address the majority of residents’ parking issues, it has been agreed to progress with the implementation of an experimental (trial) of the GG CPZ. The experimental CPZ will come into operation on Monday 15 December 2025.

When and how the scheme will be implemented

Implementation of the scheme will start in December 2025. This will include ‘permit holders past this point’ entry signs at the beginning of the ECPZ area, instead of marked bays. This helps maximise as much space as possible for permit holders within an area. Disabled parking places have been provided in suitable locations, as well as pay by phone bays.

Residents with properties within the Brent Cross Cricklewood UC5 (GG) CPZ area, that meet the correct criteria will need to apply for a parking permit or visitor parking permits. Your zone identifier code will be GG for residents and GZ for business permit holders.

A summary of the roads that are included in the zone, and a map of the CPZ are provided in the links below:

In line with neighbouring zones recently implemented, (Zone BA: Clitterhouse Crescent, Clitterhouse Road and a section of Claremont Road), the parking controls will be operational from Monday to Sunday, from 9am to 6pm.

The scheme will be implemented for a period of up to eighteen months, comments, received during the first six months will constitute as the statutory consultation.

How to have your say

If you wish to make any comments or objections regarding any of the above proposals, please send them in writing quoting reference number ‘Brent Cross ETRO UC5 – GG Zone’ by:

emailing TransformingBX@barnet.gov.uk or call 020 8359 3555.
alternatively, you can write to us at Brent Cross Team, London Borough of Barnet, 2 Bristol Avenue, Colindale, NW9 4EW.

In order for us to register your feedback, please ensure you provide your name, house number and address in the email. Clearly state in the subject line that you are responding to the ‘Brent Cross ETRO UC5 – GG Zone’ by 15 June 2026.

What happens after the consultation closes?

The council will use the consultation findings to inform our final decision. We will publish the results of the consultation, our decision and how we are acting on the results of the consultation on this web page by 30 September 2026.