Colindale South (CLS) experimental controlled parking zone (CPZ) consultation

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.

Engagement was carried out between 19 November 2024 and 5 January 2025 and we sought views on proposals to introduce a residential permit parking scheme (CPZ) in the Colindale South area.

You can view the findings from this previous informal parking engagement in the “We asked, you said, we did” section of the Colindale South NW9 parking engagement.

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) CPZ scheme. The experimental CPZ will be named Colindale South (CLS) and will come into operation on 15 December 2025.

Where and how the experimental CPZ Scheme will operate

 A summary of the roads that are included in the Colindale South experimental CPZ, a map of the CPZ and our final detailed drawings are provided in the links below:

You can also view the restrictions by searching your road name on the Barnet TraffWeb website and selecting Traffic Orders on the left-hand side of the page.

The experimental CPZ will operate from:

• Monday to Friday between 8am and 6.30pm

Parking restrictions (single and double yellow lines) will be implemented in areas of concern to improve road safety.

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.

This experimental scheme enables officers time to consider any comments received, assess the effectiveness of the parking controls, and make changes if required. Parking stress surveys will be undertaken three months after the implementation of the scheme to determine if there are locations within the CPZ that are underutilised.

When and how the scheme will be implemented

Implementation of the scheme will start week commencing 3 November 2025. The works will include the installation of:

• parking bays, yellow lines and erecting signs and posts
• permit parking area (PPA) signs at the start of each road. This allows us to remove the need for marked parking bays and posts and signs, whilst maximising kerb space and reducing the
• double yellow lines at junctions and bends where parking currently reduces access for larger vehicles such as emergency services
• resident parking bays and some Pay to Park (cashless) marked bays

Before works begin, we will erect warning notices on lamp columns in the affected streets to advise residents to keep some areas free from parked vehicles (usually 10 metres from road junctions and across driveways).

Applying for a permit

Residents and businesses with properties within the Colindale South (CLS) area, that meet the correct criteria, can apply for a parking permit from 24 November 2025. Your zone identifier code will be (CLS/CLX)

Residents residing within a private road, private development, or are included within a car free or car restrained development will not be permitted to purchase permits for the zone as they have their own parking arrangements in place.

CLS/CLX permit holders will not be permitted to park within private roads or car free or car restrained developments.

Disabled bays

If you are a Blue Badge holder with an existing disabled parking bay that is already allocated to you, this will be included within the CPZ and will not affect your ability to park in the bay.

If you wish to apply for a new disabled bay, please visit our dedicated webpage.

How to have your say

Your views are important to us

If you wish to make any comments or objections regarding any of the above proposals, please send them in writing quoting reference number ‘SCR651-CLS’ by:

• emailing CPZ.consultations@barnet.gov.uk.
• writing to: Parking Design Team, Highways, 2 Bristol Avenue, Colindale, London NW9 4EW.

The closing date of this statutory consultation is 15 June 2026.

In line with the Statutory process, responses to the consultation will be reviewed once the six-month experimental period has ended.

What happens after the consultation closes?

The council will review the feedback received during the 6-months statutory consultation period and we will publish the decision on the future of the scheme on this web page and via a letter to local residents by 30 September 2026.

Contacts

Schemes Technical Lead - Parking Design Team

Phone: 020 8359 3555
Email: CPZ.consultations@barnet.gov.uk