Controlled Parking Zones (CPZ)

Notes
The Sub Zone KS operates 8am - 6.30pm Mon - Fri in following streets: 

• Sidmouth Road
• Crediton Road
• Wrentham Avenue
• Tiverton Road,
• Dundonald Road
• Brondesbury Park between Willesden High Road up to house No.169.

In the zones KC and KG, additional restrictions operate during August bank holiday weekend from 8.30am to 10.30pm on Saturday, Sunday and Monday

The purpose of CPZs is not to raise revenue, but to improve road safety and parking facilities for local people. The process of implementing, managing and enforcing any CPZ scheme incurs significant costs.

Permit income generated by the scheme is used to maintain and enforce the CPZ. In accordance with the law any surplus income from parking enforcement is used to supplement relevant transport services within the borough, for example by ensuring we can cover the cost of the Freedom Pass.

In a CPZ parking bays are provided in places where it is safe for vehicles to park, and the rest of the kerb side within the zone is subject to yellow line restrictions.

Civil Enforcement Officers (CEOs) patrol the whole of Brent to enforce parking restrictions. Particular attention is given to Controlled Parking Zones (CPZs). When a contravention is identified a Penalty Charge Notice (PCN) will be placed on the windscreen of the car, handed directly to the driver or sent by post.

The Council works in partnership with Serco, the contractor responsible for parking management and enforcement.

Contraventions such as parking on yellow lines, bus stops, pedestrian crossings, grass verges and footways are enforced, as well as:

• parking in permit bays without displaying the correct permit
• parking in pay & display bays without paying the correct charge
• parking on school Keep Clear markings.
• Moving Traffic Contraventions (such as yellow box junctions and banned turns), and parking at bus stops or on school Keep Clear markings, are enforced using CCTV cameras and CCTV equipped vehicles.

The Council also takes enforcement action against vehicles blocking driveways.

Parking contraventions

Parking penalties in London are set by London Councils’ Transport and Environment Committee (TEC). This is made up from elected representatives of the 33 local authorities in London, as well as Transport for London.

Current charges are;

• £130 (band A) or £110 (band B) depending on location charge band (Higher rate contraventions, e.g. parking on yellow lines)
• £80 (band A) or £60 (band B) depending on location charge band (Lower rate contraventions, e.g. overstaying in a pay & display bay)
• £80 (band A) or £60 (band B) depending on location charge band (Lower rate contraventions, e.g. overstaying in a pay & display bay)

A 50% discount is applied if payment is received within 14 days from the date the PCN was issued. If a vehicle remains in place for 30 minutes or more after a PCN has been issued, it may be removed. Some contraventions may result in the immediate removal of a vehicle.

Where a serious problem is caused by illegal parking, for example a blocked driveway, or illegal parking is causing a danger, immediate removal may take place.