The Road Traffic (Special Parking Area) (London Borough of Croydon) Order 1997

• Citation: S.I. 1997/1342
• Sections: 175

Section 1 Citation and commencement

This Order may be cited as the Road Traffic (Special Parking Area) (London Borough of Croydon) Order 1997 and shall come into force on 1st July 1997.

Section 2 Revocation

The Road Traffic (Special Parking Area) (London Borough of Croydon) Order 1994 and the Road Traffic (Special Parking Area) (London Borough of Croydon) (Amendment) Order 1995 are hereby revoked.

Section 3 Interpretation

In this Order—

“the 1984 Act ” means the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 ;

“the 1991 Act ” means the Road Traffic Act 1991;

“the special parking area” means the area designated as a special parking area by article 4 of this Order;

a reference in the Schedule to this Order to a number followed by the letter “m” is a reference to that number of metres; and

where a road referred to in the Schedule to this Order (“the main road”) is joined by another road (“the side road”), whether or not that other road is referred to in that Schedule, and the footway to the main road runs on either side of the mouth of the side road, the junction between the two roads shall be taken to be an imaginary line drawn across the mouth of the side road between the respective ends of the back line of the footway to the main road on each side.

Section 4 Designation of special parking area

The Secretary of State hereby designates as a special parking area the London borough of Croydon except the roads named or described in the Schedule to this Order.

Section 5 Modification of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984

(1) Section 55 of the 1984 Act (financial provisions relating to designation orders) shall have effect in relation to the London borough of Croydon as if—

(a) at the end of subsection (1) there were inserted the words “and of the income from additional parking charges (within the meaning of section 74(8) of the Road Traffic Act 1991) received by them in respect of vehicles found within special parking area and the expenditure incurred by them in the discharge of functions exercisable by them in relation to the special parking area by virtue of Part II of the Road Traffic Act 1991”; and

(b) after subsection (1) there were inserted the following subsection—

(1A) In subsection (1) above, references to “the special parking area” are to the area designated as a special parking area by the Road Traffic (Special Parking Area) (London Borough of Croydon) Order 1997.

(2) Section 102(2) of the 1984 Act (charges for removal, storage and disposal of vehicles) shall have effect in relation to a vehicle found in the special parking area as if, in paragraph (d), for the words “a parking place” to the end there were substituted—

(i) a parking place designated under section 6, 9 or 45 of this Act or otherwise provided or controlled by that authority, or

(ii) a place where the vehicle was stationary in circumstances in which an offence would have been committed in respect of the vehicle but for section 76(3) of the Road Traffic Act 1991,

as they may require.

Section 6 Modification of the Road Traffic Act 1991

(1) Section 70 of the 1991 Act (exemptions from provisions relating to the immobilisation of vehicles in parking places) shall have effect in relation to a vehicle found in the special parking area as if, in subsections (1) and (2), after the words “section 69(1)” there were inserted the words “or section 77(4)”.

(2) Section 71 of the 1991 Act (representations in relation to removal or immobilisation of vehicles) shall have effect in relation to a vehicle found in the special parking area as if, for subsection (4), there were substituted the following subsection—

(4) The grounds are—

(a) that there were no reasonable grounds for the parking attendant concerned to believe that either—

(i) the vehicle had been permitted to remain at rest in the parking place in circumstances specified in section 66(2)(a), (b) or (c) of this Act, or

(ii) the vehicle had been permitted to remain at rest in a special parking area (other than in a designated parking place) in circumstances in which an offence would have been committed in respect of the vehicle but for section 76(3) of this Act;

(b) that the vehicle had been permitted to remain at rest in the place in question by a person who was in control of the vehicle without the consent of the owner;

(c) that the place at which the vehicle was at rest was neither a designated parking place nor in a special parking area;

(d) in a case within subsection (1)(d) above, that, by virtue of an exemption given by section 70 of this Act, neither section 69 nor 77(4) of this Act applied to the vehicle at the time in question; or

(e) that the penalty or other charge in question exceeded the amount applicable in the circumstances of the case.

(3) Section 74(8) of the 1991 Act (fixing of certain parking and other charges for London) shall have effect in relation to the London borough of Croydon as if, after the words “section 69”, there were inserted the words “or section 77(4)”.

(4) Section 79(2) of the 1991 Act (application to Crown and visiting forces) shall have effect in relation to a vehicle found in the special parking area as if, for “66 and 69 to 71”, there were substituted “66, 69 to 71, 76 and 77”.

(5) Schedule 6 to the 1991 Act (parking penalties) shall have effect in relation to a vehicle found in the special parking area as if—

(a) in sub-paragraph (c) of paragraph 2(4), for the words “the parking place” there were substituted the words “the place in question”, and

(b) in sub-paragraph (d) of paragraph 2(4), the word “designation” were omitted.

Section 1

A23 between the borough boundary with the London borough of Lambeth and the district boundary with Reigate and Banstead in the County of Surrey.

Section 2

A232 between the borough boundary with the London borough of Sutton and the borough boundary with the London Borough of Bromley.

Section 3

Acacia Road between its junction with London Road (A23) and a point 3m north east of the south western rear boundary of 1575 London Road.

Section 4

Alton Road—

(a) (east arm) between its junction with Purley Way (A23) and a point 2m north east of the party wall between 49 and 51 Alton Road;

(b) (west arm)—

(i) (north side) between its junction with Purley Way (A23) and a point opposite a point 16m east of the party wall between 55 and 57 Alton Road;

(ii) (south side) between its junction with Purley Way (A23) and a point 14.5m east of the party wall between 55 and 57 Alton Road.

Section 5

Banstead Road (A2022) between its junction with Brighton Road (A23) and a point level with the boundary between 37 and 39 Banstead Road (A2022).

Section 6

Beatrice Avenue between its junction with London Road (A23) and a point opposite the south western boundary of “Acklands”, London Road.

Section 7

Beddington Farm Road between its junction with Purley Way (A23) and a point 51.5m south west of the north eastern flank wall of 220 Purley Way.

Section 8

Boston Road between its junction with Thornton Road (A23) and a point 1m east of the eastern rear wall of 299 Thornton Road.

Section 9

Brighton Road (A235)—

(a) (north west side) between its junction with the A23 and a point 2m south west of the party wall between 924 and 926 Brighton Road;

(b) (south east side) between its junction with the A23 and a point opposite the party wall between 915 and 917 Brighton Road.

Section 10

Broughton Road between its junction with Thornton Road (A23) and a point 8.5m north west of the party wall between 107 and 109 Broughton Road.

Section 11

Canterbury Road between its junction with Thornton Road (A23) and a point opposite the party wall between 178 and 180 Canterbury Road.

Section 12

Cecil Road between its junction with Thornton Road (A23) and a point 20m west of the eastern flank wall of 298 Thornton Road.

Section 13

Chipstead Valley Road between its junction with Brighton Road (A23) and a point opposite the party wall between 28 and 30 Chipstead Valley Road.

Section 14

Coldharbour Road between its junction with Purley Way (A23) and a point 10m west of the east boundary between 117 Coldharbour Road.

Section 15

Colliers Water Lane between its junction with London Road (A23) and a point 1.5m south west of the north eastern rear boundary of 794 London Road.

Section 16

Colvin Road between its junction with Thornton Road (A23) and a point 4m north west of the party wall between 19 and 21 Colvin Road.

Section 17

Commerce Way between its junction with Purley Way (A23) and a point 26.5m south west of the north eastern flank wall of 230 to 250 Purley Way.

Section 18

Craignish Avenue between its junction with London Road (A23) and a point 2m west of the eastern rear boundary of 1346 London Road.

Section 19

Denning Avenue between its junction with Purley Way (A23) and a point 6m west of the party wall between 71 and 73 Denning Avenue.

Section 20

Drake Road between its junction with Purley Way (A23) and a point 4.5m west of the common boundary of 9 and 11 Drake Road.

Section 21

Drury Crescent between its junction with Purley Way (A23) and a point 52.5m north east of the north eastern kerbline of Purley Way (measured on the north west side of Drury Crescent).

Section 22

Ederline Avenue between its junction with London Road (A23) and a point 5.5m south west of the north eastern flank wall of 1 to 8 Kintyre Close.

Section 23

Edgehill Road between its junction with Purley Way (A23) and a point 3.5m west of the common boundary between 23 and 25 Edgehill Road.

Section 24

Fairlands Avenue between its junction with Thornton Road (A23) and a point 12.5m south east of the south eastern flank wall of 1 Fairlands Avenue.

Section 25

Fairmead Road between its junction with Purley Way (A23) and a point 23m west of the common boundary between 13 and 15 Fairmead Road.

Section 26

Fairview Road between its junction with London Road (A23) and a point 6.5m north east of the party wall between 1 and 3 Fairview Road.

Section 27

Foss Avenue between its junction with Purley Way (A23) and a point 9m west of the eastern boundary of 83 Foss Avenue.

Section 28

Foxley Lane (A2022) between its junction with Foxley Lane (A23) and a point 13m west of the boundary between 8 and 10 Foxley Lane (A2022).

Section 29

Galpins Road between its junction with London Road (A23) and a point 4m south west of the party wall between Nos. 4 and 6 Galpins Road.

Section 30

Godson Road between its junction with Purley Way (A23) and a point opposite the western flank wall of 43 Godson Road.

Section 31

Godstone Road between its junction with Purley Road and an imaginary straight line drawn between a point on the north eastern kerbline opposite the south eastern flank wall of 1 Godstone Road and a point 16m north west of the north western boundary of 2 Godstone Road, measured along the southern kerbline.

Section 32

Goldwell Road between its junction with London Road (A23) and a point 5m south west of the north eastern flank wall of 1 to 40 Jubilee Court.

Section 33

Gonville Road between its junction with Thornton Road (A23) and a point 13m south east of the south eastern flank wall of 1 Gonville Road.

Section 34

Grovelands Road between its junction with Brighton Road (A23) and a point 3m south east of the north western boundary of 76 Brighton Road.

Section 35

Harcourt Road between its junction with Thornton Road (A23) and a point 7.5m south east of the south eastern rear wall of 225 Thornton Road.

Section 36

Headcorn Road between its junction with London Road (A23) and a point opposite the north eastern flank wall of 2 Headcorn Road.

Section 37

Heathview Road between its junction with London Road (A23) and a point 19.5m north east of the south western flank wall of 954 London Road.

Section 38

Highfield Road between its junction with Purley Way (A23) and a point 1m north east of the south western flank wall of 1 Ensign Close.

Section 39

High Street, Purley between its junction with Purley Road/Whytecliffe Road South and a point 1.5m south of the party wall between 6 and 8 High Street.

Section 40

Imperial Way—

(a) (north side) between its junction with Purley Way (A23) and a point 3m west of the western flank wall of 2 Imperial Way;

(b) (south side) between its junction with Purley Way (A23) and a point 20m west of the western flank wall of 2 Imperial Way.

Section 41

Jennett Road between its junction with Purley Way (A23) and a point 19.5m north east of the south western flank wall of 287 Purley Way.

Section 42

Keston Road between its junction with Thornton Road (A23) and a point 21m north west of the party wall between 1 and 3 Keston Road.

Section 43

Kilmartin Avenue between its junction with London Road (A23) and a point 24m north east of the south western flank wall of 1136 London Road.

Section 44

Langdale Road between its junction with London Road (A23) and a point 8.75m south west of the party wall between 1a and 3a Langdale Road.