Controlled parking zones (CPZs)?

A controlled parking zone is an area where there are restricted parking places only. The hours when this applies are shown on large signs as you enter the zone.

We will mark all roads where parking is not allowed with yellow lines.

Single yellow line restrictions normally have the same times of control as the controlled parking zone and the sites are therefore not individually signed.

Where yellow line restrictions apply at different times to the zone hours, then the parking area will display its own individual time plate. 

Always check the signs before you park.

 

Where can I park during controlled zone hours?

You can park in the following places:

  • in a residents’ parking bay if you display a valid permit
  • if you hold a residents’ permit, you can park in a pay-and-display bay between 8.30am and 9.30am and between 5.30pm and 6.30pm Monday to Saturday free of charge. Appropriate payment must be made if parking between 9.30am to 5.30pm
  • at a pay-and-display if you have paid the correct amount and clearly displayed the ticket. Depending on where you park within the borough, you may park from up to 30 minutes to 10 hours. (Pay-and-display machines accept 5p, 10p, 20p, 50p and one pound coins)
  • Holland Park Avenue between 10.00 am and 4.00 pm Monday to Friday and between 8.30am and 1.30pm on Saturdays. Parking is not restricted after 1.30pm on Saturdays.
  • Notting Hill Gate between 10am and 4pm Monday to Friday and between 10am and 1.30pm on Saturdays. Parking is not restricted after 1.30pm on Saturdays.

Always check the signs before you park.

Do not park at a pay-and-display ticket machine for longer than you have paid for.

Do not return to a pay-and-display ticket machine and insert extra money, in other words feed the meter.

In a limited period waiting bay for loading and unloading including those on red routes. There is a maximum stay of 20 minutes.

There are 111 disabled persons' parking bays throughout the Borough if you hold a purple badge or European blue badge (previously known as the Orange badge).

 

Where can I park outside of controlled zone hours?

In a residents' parking bay (if you don't display a permit) but only after 6.30pm on Saturday and Sunday or 10pm Monday to Friday, depending on the area. In some areas this is after 1.30pm on a Saturday.

In a residents' parking bay, pay-and-display bay, or on a single yellow line, all day on Sunday unless the signs state otherwise.

On a yellow line or pay-and-display bay and resident permit bay, depending on the area, until parking restrictions begin again on the following day.

 

Where can't I park?

Before parking always check the time plates. You cannot park in the following places:

  • on yellow lines when waiting or loading restrictions are in force. One to two yellow lines will be marked on the kerb.
  • at a Pay and Display bay as follows:
    • Holland Park Avenue between 8am and 10am and 4pm and 6.30pm Monday to Friday
    • Notting Hill Gate between 8am and 10am and between 4pm and 6.30pm Monday to Friday. On Saturdays between 8am and 10am
  • in a suspended parking bay during controlled hours
  • in an out-of-order pay-and-display bay during controlled hours
  • in specific bays which are set aside for disabled people, diplomats or doctors
  • in a residents’ parking space without displaying a valid permit
  • in a specially-reserved bay, for example, loading place, a disabled persons’ bay, diplomatic bay, doctors’ bay or a taxi rank unless you are authorised to do so
  • at a bus stop or in a bus lane during the hours they are in use
  • on a school ‘keep clear’ marking or pedestrian crossing zigzags
  • at the same pay-and-display parking place within one hour (or other set time) of leaving a bay
  • on a footway, verge or crossover
  • double park your vehicle alongside a vehicle already parked