Purpose

In February 2024, and following a prior public consultation,
Camden Council’s Cabinet approved 14 proposed changes to the
current Camden highways (‘on-street’) parking fees,
charges, terms and conditions, subject to statutory traffic
management order (TMO) consultations. The aim of these proposals
was to ensure that the way parking is facilitated contributes to
meeting the borough’s highly ambitious sustainable transport,
road safety, climate change, air quality and public health
goals.
 
This report provides a summary of the TMO consultation,
undertaken in July/August 2024 for 12 out of the 14 proposed
changes.
 
 

Content

THAT the Director of Environment and Sustainability (in
consultation with the Cabinet Member for Planning and a Sustainable
Camden) having considered the proposals in relation to the
objectives set out in the Camden Transport Strategy, other relevant
policy documents and TMO consultation responses (including
objections), and  having due regard to the
obligations set out in Section 149 of the Equality Act 2010, and in
compliance with statutory processes approves the making of the TMO
amendments to Camden’s on-street parking fees and charges
terms and conditions as set out in the Notice of Proposals as
follows:
 
Recommendation 1
 Amendments A1 – A3 and A5 – A7 as
set out below to the Council’s highway
(“on-street”) parking fees/charges including:
 

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A1 - applying a revised carbon emissions-based charging structure
to Resident, Doctor, Business and Car Club permits and a simplified
emissions-based structure to Paid for Parking, Visitor Permits and
Hourly Business Permits;

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A2 - replacing the former Diesel Surcharge with an Air Quality
Surcharge covering both older petrol and diesel vehicles and
applying this across further parking products;

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A3 - changing the hourly Business Visitor permit to an hourly
Business permit and extend this provision south of Euston Road;

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A5 - merge Paid for Parking Tariff Area 1 with Tariff Area 2;

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A6 - set parking charges for car clubs at the same level as
Business permits, and;

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A7 - arising from the above changes, an increase in the fees and
charges for the majority of reviewed parking products.
 
Recommendation
2 
Amendments B1 to B4 as set out in Section 1 to the
Council’s terms and conditions for highway
(“on-street”) parking fees including:
 

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B1 - allow only 1 vehicle to be registered to each Business and
Resident permit;

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B2 - no longer providing dedicated parking bays for Doctors permits
across the borough and Business permits south of Euston Road for
new applicants;

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B3 - integrate Car Club and Doctor permits into Business
permits;

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B4 - restricting all Paid for Parking bays to a maximum stay of 2
hours (or 1 hour where in controlled parking zones with 2 hours of
operation) except for bays in the immediate vicinity of
hospitals.
 
Recommendation 3
Recommendations C1 and C2 as set out in Section 1 propose
implementation details of the above policy including:
 

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C1 – implementation of increases in fees and charges over two
years, and;

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C2 – implementation of the restriction of only a single
vehicle per permit immediately for all new parking permit
applicants and from April 2026 for existing permit holders.