Burlington Gardens and Old Burlington Street

CITY OF WESTMINSTER – ENVIRONMENT AND CITY MANAGEMENT

DELEGATED AUTHORITY CONSULTATION REPORT 7571

TRAFFIC ORDERS – BURLINGTON GARDENS AND OLD BURLINGTON STREET

INTRODUCTION OF RESTRICTED PARKING ZONE, AND AMENDMENTS TO PARKING PROVISIONS AND WAITING AND LOADING RESTRICTIONS

(Drawing Nos. 70043758-WSP-P01-DR-HI-1202 and -1203 Revs S1-P01)

(West End Ward)

BACKGROUND

Westminster City Council, with a funding contribution from the New West End Company, has developed proposals for a high-quality public realm scheme in Burlington Gardens. The proposals are intended to improve pedestrian movement and safety along the length of the road and emphasise the importance of Burlington Gardens as the public forecourt to the northern entrance of the Royal Academy of Arts.

The design of these measures continues the aesthetics of the completed public realm improvements in New Bond Street, which lie at the south-western end of Burlington Gardens. The associated traffic management proposals (set out below) will extend the New Bond Street Restricted Parking Zone throughout Burlington Gardens up to its junction with Vigo Street.

On 29th June 2020, the Head of Parking considered and approved a report under his delegated powers allowing consultation on traffic management measures to:

(a) introduce a Restricted Parking Zone (RPZ) which would restrict waiting and loading “at any time” throughout Burlington Gardens (without any visible yellow road markings), except in three designated goods vehicle loading bays on the north-west side of the road: · outside Nos. 3 to 5 Burlington Gardens (15.5 metres); · outside No. 7 Burlington Gardens (10 metres); and · adjacent to No. 1 New Bond Street (14.5 metres) – the existing loading bay adjacent to this property would be removed;

(b) remove all existing residents’ parking places and a redundant diplomatic parking place from Burlington Gardens to create a more open streetscape;

(c) relocate the taxi rank outside the Royal Academy of Arts, No. 6 Burlington Gardens to the north-west side of the road, adjacent to No. 1 New Bond Street;

(d) introduce a “Blue Badge” disabled persons’ parking place outside No. 1 Old Burlington Street;

7571/PJ WSP, Room 603, 52 Grosvenor Gardens, London SW1W 0AU, UK; T 020 3057 2156 1 (e) introduce a residents’ parking place outside No. 31 Old Burlington Street (15.5 metres) – the pay-by-phone parking place (5 bays) outside Nos. 31 and 32 Old Burlington Street and adjacent to Nos. 3 to 5 Burlington Gardens would be removed;

(f) extend the pay-by-phone parking place outside No. 30 Old Burlington Street south- eastward by 5.5 metres (1 bay);

(g) extend the residents’ parking place outside Nos. 3 to 9 Old Burlington Street north- westward by 4 metres; and

(h) shorten the residents’ parking place outside No. 1 Old Burlington Street by 9.5 metres at its south-eastern end.

The proposals would result in an overall gain of one taxi rank and one “Blue Badge” disabled persons’ parking place, and an overall loss of four pay-by-phone parking bays, nine residents’ parking spaces and one diplomatic bay (which is no longer required).

Following the publication / posting of press and street notices during July 2020 and consultation with frontagers and other key parties on the proposed measures, five responses were received, as detailed in the Appendix to this report. The extent of the letter consultation included two Ward Councillors, five local residents’ associations, 39 statutory bodies and 263 frontagers.

RECOMMENDATION

It is recommended that, following consideration of the responses to the consultation, the Traffic Orders be made as proposed to facilitate the implementation of the scheme, as shown on Drawing No. 70043758-WSP-P01-DR-HI-1203 Rev S1-P01.

I agree with the recommendation.

Signed Date 23/09/2020

Programme Assurance Manager Highways and Public Realm Environment and City Management

Signed Date 23/9/2020

Head of Parking City Highways, Environment and City Management 2 APPENDIX – CONSULTATION RESPONSES

NAME and ADDRESS OBJECTIONS / COMMENTS / SUPPORT OFFICERS’ COMMENTS 1. states that the proposals will have no Noted. Waste and Parks impact on either waste collections or street Environment and City cleansing services. Management Westminster City Council

Email dated 30th June 2020

2. states that the proposals should Noted. Service Delivery Manager not affect bus service delivery. for Victoria Bus Station & Westminster Borough Central Region Bus Operations Transport for London

Email dated 30th June 2020

3. The Metropolitan Police Service has no objections Noted. Road Safety Engineering to the proposals. (Traffic Management) Officer for The Government Security Zone, The City of 3 APPENDIX – CONSULTATION RESPONSES (CONTINUED)

NAME and ADDRESS OBJECTIONS / COMMENTS / SUPPORT OFFICERS’ COMMENTS Westminster, Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea, London Borough of Lambeth, London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham, Major Events, Motorways, Central Major Projects & MPS LHAUC Representative

Email dated 30th June 2020

4. states that the Ranks Team within Taxi Noted. Rank Liaison Officer and Private Hire have had prior engagement and a Taxi and Private Hire site meeting with representatives of the City Transport for London Council on the proposals. The Team confirms its support for the relocation of the taxi rank from the south-east side of Burlington Gardens, outside the Royal Academy of Arts, to the north-west side of Email dated 2nd July 2020 the road, adjacent to No. 1 New Bond Street.

5. is an appointed agent for a new retail WSP replied to on 23rd July 2020 to Representative for Chanel project at No. 3 Burlington Gardens, representing address items 5(a) to (c) inclusive. Brand store opening at three Chanel Brands opening September 2020. No. 3 Burlington Gardens in September 2020 at EPAM, their landlord’s agent has made them aware of the proposed amendments to parking, waiting and loading restrictions [in Burlington Gardens]. Email dated 21st July 2020 4 APPENDIX – CONSULTATION RESPONSES (CONTINUED)

NAME and ADDRESS OBJECTIONS / COMMENTS / SUPPORT OFFICERS’ COMMENTS They have concerns and would like to raise the following points and questions:

(a) With regards to the proposed Restricted (a) The proposed Restricted Parking Zone Parking Zone, is there a timed limitation on vehicles (RPZ) would prohibit vehicles from waiting or waiting / loading in this area, i.e. 10 or 30 minutes? loading / unloading in Burlington Gardens at all times (i.e. 24 hours a day / 7 days a week). The only exception to this prohibition would be for goods vehicles using the three proposed goods vehicle loading bays for loading and unloading activities. This means that, apart from goods vehicles using the designated loading bays, the only two vehicular activities that would be generally permitted in the RPZ would be (1) driving through the zone and (2) picking up or dropping off passengers.

(b) Will there be restrictions on waiting and (b) Vehicles would only be permitted to wait in loading times in the goods vehicle loading bays? the loading bays for loading / unloading of goods, including necessary administrative tasks such as notifying the recipient of their arrival and obtaining signatures for delivery, etc. The loading bays would be available for loading / unloading by goods vehicles at all times but there would be a 20-minute maximum stay applied to these bays to encourage turnover. In addition, the same goods vehicle could not return to the same loading bay within 1 hour of leaving that bay.

(c) Will the loading be suspended in the goods (c) The loading bays would be operational at all vehicle loading bays during peak trading times, i.e. times including peak trading times. However, it between 10am – 6pm? should be noted that the footway would be widened as part of the proposals and therefore 5 APPENDIX – CONSULTATION RESPONSES (CONTINUED)

NAME and ADDRESS OBJECTIONS / COMMENTS / SUPPORT OFFICERS’ COMMENTS there would remain reasonable space for pedestrians outside business premises. The existing footway width outside No. 3 is generally between 1.9 and 2 metres, not including the basement lights. The proposed footway width would be between 2.2 and 2.5 metres adjacent to the goods vehicle loading bay (not including the basement lights) and up to around 5 metres in width to the immediate north-east of the loading bay.

(d) It does not seem logical that loading bays will Loading bays are commonly placed on retail high be placed outside three retail units where they streets, including multiple locations across the City expect customer activity and high foot traffic. of Westminster, where there is high foot traffic as this is the most convenient location for delivery vehicles to service multiple businesses. Pedestrian safety is taken into account when choosing such locations to ensure loading activities and moving vehicles pose no more risk to pedestrians than they would if unloading at the kerb-side. There would be a small gain in footway width alongside the proposed goods vehicle loading bays outside Nos. 3 and 7 Burlington Gardens and a significant gain in footway width overall on the north-west side of the road between Cork Street and Savile Row for the benefit of pedestrians.

(e) Is there a possibility to move the loading bays (e) It is considered that situating the loading to Cork Street which is less trafficked? bays in Cork Street would be less convenient for delivery vehicles servicing premises on Burlington Gardens, both in respect of location and onward journeys, and would leave Burlington Gardens 6 APPENDIX – CONSULTATION RESPONSES (CONTINUED)

NAME and ADDRESS OBJECTIONS / COMMENTS / SUPPORT OFFICERS’ COMMENTS with no facilities for loading / unloading within the RPZ.

7 14 28 KEY

WHITE LINE MARKING

32 PARKING AND LOADING SCHEDULE 5

EXISTING PROPOSED DIFFERENCE NO WAITING AT ANY TIME MEASURE QUANTITY MEASURE QUANTITY MEASURE QUANTITY

OLD BURLINGTON STREET PAY BY PHONE PARKING 45m 8 22m 4 -23m -4 28 to 30 NO WAITING RESIDENT'S PARKING 104m 19 52m 10 -52m -9 Mon-Sat 8:30am - 6:30pm 5a Queensbury House 25 to 28 to 25 TAXI RANK 8.50m 1 10m 2 +1.5m +1 NO LOADING 'BLUE BADGE' 0m 0 6m 1 +6m +1 Mon-Fri 8.30am - 6.30pm, Sat 8.30am - DISABLED PARKING 1.30pm DIPLOMATIC PARKING BAY 5m 1 0m 0 -5m -1

LOADING BAYS 13m - 0m - -13m - NO LOADING AT ANY TIME NO WAITING 127.5m - 43m - -84.5m - Mon-Sat 8:30am - 6:30pm PAY BY PHONE PARKING PbP Mon-Sat 8.30am - 6.30pm, NO LOADING Mon-Fri 8:30am - 6:30pm 8m - 0m - -8m - max stay 4 hours Sat 8.30am - 1.30 pm "BLUE BADGE" DISABLED PARKING NO WAITING AT ANY TIME 135m - 261.5m - +126.5m - D "At any time", max stay 4 hours - Mon-Fri

3 27 8.30am-6.30pm NO LOADING AT ANY TIME 76m - 248m - +172m - DIPLOMATIC PARKING BAY GOODS VEHICLE LOADING DIPB 0m - 40m - +40m - "At any time" BAYS

4 RESIDENTS' PARKING ZONE E

25 29 R "At any time"

CORK STREET

LOADING BAYS LB "At any time", max stay 20mins 9

TAXI RANK 33 to 41 to 33 30 TB No stopping except taxis,

16.5m "At any time"

CORK ST MEWS

11.6m 9 GOODS VEHICLE LOADING BAYS GVLB "At any time", max stay 20mins

7 to 8 ONE-WAY WORKING

Underground 10 to 12 to 10

Car Park

7 9 8

21 31

Chauser 13

4 to 6

House 5 14

20 32

LB 19

32 15

29.8m

28.4m

SAVILE ROW

Bank

42 16

RALPH LAUREN TCB

REV DATE BY DESCRIPTION CHK APD

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LC 13.1m LC SP 12.7m LC SP LC LC

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BURLINGTON GARDENS 1 CLIENT

8.6m 4.7mSP 11.6m SP 38.5m SP

4 LC 2 2

TCBs

24 8 VIGO STREET 36 6

PROJECT

12 10 8

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35 PUBLIC REALM IMPROVEMENT SCHEME 9

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32 PARKING AND LOADING SCHEDULE 5 EXISTING PROPOSED DIFFERENCE NO WAITING AT ANY TIME MEASURE QUANTITY MEASURE QUANTITY MEASURE QUANTITY

3 27 6.30pm NO LOADING AT ANY TIME 76m - 248m - +172m - DIPLOMATIC PARKING BAY GOODS VEHICLE LOADING DIPB 0m - 40m - +40m - "At any time" BAYS

4 RESIDENTS' PARKING ZONE E

25 29 R "At any time"

CORK STREET

LOADING BAYS LB "At any time", max stay 20mins 9

TAXI BAY 33 to 41 to 33 30 TB No stopping except taxis, 15.6m "At any time"

CORK ST MEWS

9 GOODS VEHICLE LOADING BAYS

22m GVLB "At any time", max stay 20mins

7 to 8 ONE-WAY WORKING

Underground 10 to 12 to 10

Car Park

7 9 8

15.7m

21 31

Chauser 13

4 to 6

House 5 14

20 32

20.5m

LB 19

32 15

SAVILE ROW

Bank

42 16

RALPH LAUREN

6.2m TCB

REV DATE BY DESCRIPTION CHK APD

1 to 3 DRAWING STATUS CONSULTATION LB 3 to 5 SP 1 SP 7 15.7m 9.9m LC 10.2m LC SP 14.1m LC SP LC LC

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1 BURLINGTON GARDENS CLIENT

LC SP SP SP

4 LC 2 2

TCBs

24 8 VIGO STREET 36 6

PROJECT

12 10 8

38 BURLINGTON GARDENS

35 PUBLIC REALM IMPROVEMENT SCHEME 9

TITLE

39 Royal Academy of Arts 3 to 1

G PROPOSED LAYOUT

23 1 to 3 TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT ORDER

40 STAGE 2 33 SCALE @ A1 DATE DESIGN/DRAWN CHECKED APPROVED SHEET 1:250 11/06/2020 JL VT JN A1 WSP PROJECT NO. FMC PROJECT No. WCC PROJECT NO.

32 70043758 WWESA2429 C.WD13222

22 DRAWING No. REV. Academy House Academy

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