Where to park - On street
Controlled Parking Zones
Controlled Parking Zones (CPZs) are areas in which a consultation has defined a boundary for parking controls.
A Traffic Management Order sets out the controls and the way in which parking is permitted. It also specifies the control hours.
It is designed to accommodate residents, local business needs, customers, visitors and commuters.
Control is implemented through the use of specific parking permit bays/places (resident, business, carer, visitor and medical permits), pay and display bays and meter bays.
Parking restrictions are shown by signs placed on all vehicular entry points to the zone. Where parking is allowed within the zone, signs will be placed depicting which restriction/control is in place
There will usually be no sign for a yellow line where the restrictions are the same as on the entry signs. Signs are only required where the restrictions are different from those on the entry signs.
Residents do not necessarily have a right to park outside their homes and if legal parking is not available then alternative legal parking must be sought in the surrounding area
For more information about the controls in your area contact 020 8583 6666 or email parkinghounslow.gov.uk
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Disabled Badge Holders Parking
The London Borough of Hounslow follow the guidelines set out in ‘The Blue Badge Scheme’ booklet which is produced by the Department for Transport. These are issued with the disabled badge and should be read carefully to ensure the badge is used correctly.
You must display the badge on top of the dashboard or facia panel, with the side showing the wheelcheer user symbol and expiry date. The expiry date should be legible from outside of the vehicle if you wish to use the parking benefits it affords holders
Badge Holders may park free of charge and without time limit at parking meters and within pay and display bays on street unless a local traffic order, specifying a time limit for holders of disabled badges is in force. You must be careful when parking in these bays and check that a yellow line with a loading restriction does not also run at the location outside the meter/pay and display hours.
Badge holders may usually park on single or double yellow lines for up to three hours except where there is a ban on loading or unloading. Where permitted (where there is no loading/unloading restriction), the disabled badge must be displayed along with the parking time disc showing the time of arrival.
Badge holders may park in Hounslow Car Parks free of charge as long as their disabled badge is clearly displayed as explained above.
Badge holders may not park:
- During the time a ban on loading or unloading is in force
- In parking places reserved for specific users, e.g. permit holders only, loading bays, taxi or cycle bays
- In resident parking bays (excluding the Twickenham RFU Event Area/CPZ)
- In a bus lane during its hours of operation or in a cycle lane
- In suspended meter bays or when use of the meter is prohibited
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Footway Parking
Footway parking is not permitted across London unless the area is specifically exempted. Where footway parking is allowed it is indicated by white bay markings and appropriate exemption signs. This is explained within the Highway Code, which all motorists are expected to be familiar with.
- The footway parking ban applies 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
- Vehicles parked in contravention on the footway can be issued with a penalty charge notice.
- Do not park opposite another parked vehicle if it would cause an obstruction. It is the registered keepers’ responsibility to ensure they do not park opposite another vehicle or on the pavement and to find alternative legal parking.
- Residents do not necessarily have a right to park outside their homes and if legal parking is not available then alternative legal parking must be sought in the surrounding area.
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On Street Pay to Park Parking
- Pay and display machines and meters in the main town centre areas and at other locations throughout the Borough enable parking in “shared use”, pay and display, and meter bays.
- The charges and lengths of stay are advertised at the ticket machines and on meters.
- Parking attendants will issue penalty charge notices to vehicles illegally parked (under the provisions of the Road Traffic Act 1991 (as amended)).
- Pay and display tickets must be clearly displayed, so that all details on the ticket are clearly visible from outside the vehicle.
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Twickenham RFU Event area parking
- The Twickenham RFU Event area/Controlled Parking Zone (CPZ) is like any other CPZ, but only operates on specific dates when there is an event
- The zone is signed like any ordinary CPZ with a sign on every vehicular entry point to the zone. These signs depict the dates and times of the next event and must be consulted if wishing to park within the area
- On event days all restrictions within the zone are enforced by parking attendants who will issue penalty charge notices to illegally parked vehicles.
- The restrictions include yellow lines and permit only bays. Outside event dates, restrictions do not apply unless there is a specific timeplate covering the restriction
- Penalty charge notices issued within this zone are higher than the standard fees in Hounslow. Less serious parking offences will be fined £80 and more serious offences fined £120. There is a 50% reduction for payments received within 14 days.
- Please refer to the Charges section for more information on charges for the Twickenham event controlled parking zone.
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