This proposed Residents' Parking Zone (RPZ) has been revised to reflect the needs and wishes of local residents, as expressed in the feedback we received during our last consultation, in May and June 2022.
Where the RPZ will apply
We are proposing to introduce a Residents' Parking Zone, with a new range of parking permits for the Lyme Gardens and Charmouth Road area. Our map shows the boundary of the proposed zone.
Map of the Lyme Gardens and Charmouth Road area Residents' Parking Zone boundary
How the RPZ will operate
Within the RPZ, we mark all parts of the road in one of the following ways:
- Permit Holder Only parking bays (unlimited duration parking)
- Dual Use parking bays (up to 2 or 3 hours parking for non-permit holders, or unlimited parking for permit holders)
- Waiting parking bays (up to 1 hour for any user)
- Parking restrictions (yellow lines) on parts of the road where there are no parking bays
We are proposing that the zone will operate from 8am to 6pm, 7 days a week, excluding Bank Holidays. Yellow line parking restrictions will operate at all times.
We have listened to your feedback
We have made a number of amendments to the proposals as a result of the feedback we received during the first stage of consultation. The changes are summarised below. We ask that residents and visitors to the area review the amendments to the scheme and use the online survey to tell us whether you support the proposal. Please do this even if you responded to the initial consultation in May.
Overall, the numbers of residents living in the proposed zone that support or partially support the scheme is reasonably high at 65%. Local ward councillors believe that support does exist for a scheme covering the original area.
The revised proposal for the Lyme Gardens and Charmouth Road area includes the following changes:
- The following proposed bays have been changed to dual use to accommodate school drop off and pick up, providing non residents with parking for up to 30 minutes, with no return within 1 hour:
- the bay on east side of Charmouth Road
- The two bays on the west side of Charmouth Road near its junction with Lyme Road
- The bay on the south side of Lyme Road near its junction with Charmouth Road
For full details, please read the amendment report and view the detailed map below.
Read about the changes we have made
View the locations of bays and restrictions in detail
You can explore the details of the Traffic Regulation Order proposal on our interactive map below. We have decided the locations of proposed parking bays and parking restrictions, based on detailed safety assessments of the roads covered by the scheme, and your feedback from our previous consultation.