Purpose

This report seeks
approval from the Director of Environment and Sustainability,
following consultation with the Cabinet Member for Planning and a
Sustainable Camden to implement a trial Healthy School Street
scheme and to publish a statutory notice of proposals in respect to
other permanent Safe and Healthy Streets measures in the vicinity
of St Alban's Church of England School in the Holborn and Covent
Garden ward.
 
A public
consultation on the proposals detailed in this report was
undertaken between 5 March 2025 and 26 March 2025.
 
The proposed
Healthy School Street, timed motor vehicle restriction, would be
implemented as a trial in order to assess whether the scheme
reduces traffic volumes and improves road safety and air quality in
the vicinity of St Alban's Church of England School, as well as
encourage pupils and parents/carers to walk, cycle or scoot to
school (sustainable, active, healthy travel) without causing undue
adverse effects. In addition, permanent measures are also proposed
including new bike hangars, cycle and e-scooter parking and safety
improvements to junctions.
 
This report
follows a consideration of relevant policies, data collected during
the development of the scheme, an Equality Impact Assessment, and a
public consultation on the proposals.

Content

THAT the Director
of Environment and Sustainability, following consultation with the
Cabinet Member for Planning and a Sustainable Camden, having
considered this report, the Equality Impact Assessment (Appendix
D), the public Consultation Summary Report (Appendix
A), and having
had due regard to the needs set out in section 149 of the Equality
Act (2010) and subject to compliance with relevant statutory
requirements and detailed design:
 

(i)                
Approves the recommendation to implement a trial timed
Healthy School Street scheme, in the vicinity of St Alban's Church
of England School, under an “Experimental Traffic
Order”;

(ii)               
Approves the recommendation to implement, subject to the
outcome of publishing a statutory notice of proposals, a series
of  permanent Safe & Healthy
Streets measures in the locality;

(iii)             
Delegates authority to the Chief Engineer to take any further
decisions relating to the detailed design and implementation
elements of the scheme;

(iv)            
Delegates authority to the Chief Engineer, to take any
further decisions required to deliver the trial scheme and on
whether to retain, amend or remove the trial Healthy School Street
scheme at the end of its trial period; and

(v)              
Delegates authority to the Chief Engineer,
to take any further decisions
required to implement the permanent
Safe & Healthy Streets measures in the locality having
considered any objections received to the statutory traffic order
set out in (ii) above.