How to Park - Westminster City Council

New parking policies in Westminster
Westminster is the UK’s largest parking authority and we are proud of
our track record in delivering innovative improvements to our service.
Our parking service is important to the city’s economic and social
wellbeing: facilitating deliveries and commercial operations, providing
parking facilities for residents and visitors, and helping people to get
around safely and easily.
In 2010 the council launched a major review of parking provision
across the city – the first such review for ten years.
This review has led to the development of nine new parking policies,
which are being introduced experimentally over the next few months.
The following pages outline these policies – you can find out more at
westminster.gov.uk/parkingpolicyreview
The policies are:
• An extension of paid-for parking hours into
weekday and Saturday evenings in the
West End.
• An introduction of paid-for parking hours
on Sundays between 1pm and 6pm in
some central areas.
• The introduction of more taxi hubs and
marshalled taxi ranks.
• Increasing the charge for a second and
subsequent residents’ parking permit.
• Consideration of a way in which local
people and businesses could request a
review of parking boundaries and controls.
• A review of the current visitor parking
scheme, to make it easier for visitors and
carers to park.
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• Improvement to waiting and loading
in central Westminster for commercial
vehicles.
• A review of the current ‘green’ driving
measures in Westminster, including the
Westminster Car Club and provision of onstreet
car charging points.
• A review of yellow lines across the city.
Most of the new measures will be introduced
on an experimental basis for a period of up
to 18 months to test their effectiveness. Major
changes are expected to be completed by
the end of 2011.