Hundreds of Chiswick Parking Bays To Be For Electric Vehicles Only

Spots next to lampposts can just be used for charging


Some bays in Chiswick have already been marked out

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March 24, 2024

Hounslow Council has started a major programme of converting parking bays in Chiswick into dedicated spaces for electric vehicles.

Ultimately close to 400 bays across the area will be restricted for use only by motorists charging their vehicles.

The initial phase will see 195 bays across three Chiswick wards converted. These will be the spaces next to chargers built into lampposts. The changes to bay markings are taking place across the borough but 75% of the newly designated bays will be in Chiswick in the initial phase.

The changes are being enabled under an Experimental Traffic Management Order (ETMO) which will start a trial period of 6-18 months after which the impact of the changes will be assessed.

Most of the bays being introduced in the first phase will be in Controlled Parking Zones (see below for full list) and, during the hours of operation of the zone, only resident permit holders will be allowed to charge their vehicle.

Any vehicle parked in a bay but not charging including EVs will be liable to receive a penalty charge notice. We asked the council for clarification of how much leeway a motorist would be given once their vehicle was fully charged but they were unable to provide an answer.

The report recommended that the scheme proceed states that the income target for the scheme £200,000 per annum which would come from revenue share with the chargepoint providers. No mention is made of any projection of income from fines. The cost of installation is put at £71,000 and the surplus generated will fund two new council officers to work on the borough's EV strategy.

The council says that the lack of dedicated bays next to chargepoints means that EV owners are saying that they can't get access to charge their vehicle.

Work started to convert bays on 18 March and several bays have already been repurposed. Prior to these works starting, the council will be placing cones at locations where the bays are to be marked and installing temporary signage to identify that the parking provision is suspended whilst the works take place. Due to the limited amount of road markings required, it is anticipated that these works will be completed relatively quickly although the works are reliant on dry weather/road surface and coned areas being clear of vehicles.


Any lamppost with a charging point will have a bay installed next to it

The council is planning to roll out an additional 1,000 chargepoints across the borough with many to be installed before the end of summer. The objective is to ensure that anyone without access to off-street parking is within one minute walk of a chargepoint. By spring 2026 the target is to reduce this further to just 30 seconds with 395 dedicated bays next to lampposts plus 39 fast charging points and two charging hubs in Chiswick wards. The council was unable to say what proportion of the total number of bays this represented.

When asked why such a high proportion of the bays being installed in the first phase were in Chiswick a council spokesperson said, "The majority of the bays are located in Chiswick as that is where demand has traditionally been the highest.

"Additionally, access to off-street parking is lowest in the east of the borough, leading to a higher reliance upon on-street charge points. This means we would expect more on-street charge points in the east.

"However, we have stopped using a request-led approach, to create a more even spread across the borough."

The plan appears to have cross party support Leader of the Opposition, Peter Thompson said, "Electric Vehicles improve air quality and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. More charging points are needed to give consumers and businesses the confidence to purchase them. Current Council charging points in lamp posts are often inaccessible as any vehicle can park in front of them.

"Creating dedicated parking bays in front of these charging points therefore makes sense and as the vast majority of these are located in Chiswick we are getting the lion’s share. Of course, this does result in a loss of parking spaces for petrol and diesel vehicles and the Council needs to monitor this carefully during the six-month trial period.

For the Chiswick Riverside ward, there are a total of 67 dedicated EV bay locations proposed. All bays are proposed on the carriageway.

Street

Location

Status

Brooks Road

Outside No. 15 Brooks Road

Active

Brooks Road

Opposite No. 17 Brooks Road

Active

Burnaby Crescent

Outside No. 3 Burnaby Crescent

Active

Burnaby Crescent

Outside No. 7 Burnaby Crescent

Active

Burnaby Crescent

Outside No. 11 Burnaby Crescent

Active

Burnaby Crescent

Adjacent to No. 98 Grove Park Terrace

Active

Burnaby Gardens

Outside No. 39 Burnaby Gardens

Active

Cambridge Road South

Outside No. 70 Cambridge Road South

Active

Chatsworth Road

Opposite No. 4 Chastworth Close

Active

Chatsworth Road

Outside No. 7 Chatsworth Road

Active

Chesterfield Road

Outside No. 38 Chesterfield Road

Active

Chesterfield Road

Outside No. 25 Chesterfield Road

Active

Chiswick Village

Outside bloc Nos. 161 to 184 Chiswick Village

Active

Chiswick Village

Outside block Nos. 37 to 56 Chiswick Village

Active

Elmwood Road

Opposite St Michael's Sutton Court Church

Active

Elmwood Road

Outside No. 23 Elmwood Road

Active

Elmwood Road

Outside The Parish Church of St Michael

Active

Elmwood Road

Outside No. 39 Elmwood Road

Active

Elmwood Road

Outside No. 50 Elmwood Road

Active

Elmwood Road

Outside No. 34 Elmwood Road

Active

Elmwood Road

Outside No. 14 Elmwood Road

Active

Elmwood Road

Outside No. 7 Elmwood Road

Active

Fauconberg Road

Opposite junction with Compton Crescent

Active

Flanders Mansions

Opposite Nos. 37-42 Flanders Mansions

Active

Flanders Road

Outside No. 1 Flanders Road

Active

Flanders Road

Outside Nos. 36/38 Flanders Road

Active

Flanders Road

Outside No. 16 Flanders Road

Active

Flanders Road

Outside No. 35 Flanders Road

Active

Flanders Road

Outside Nos. 17/19 Flanders Road

Active

Geraldine Road

Outside No. 27 Geraldine Road

Active

Gordon Road

Outside Nos. 9/10 Gordon Road

Active

Gordon Road

Adjacent to No. 33 Whitehall Gardens

Active

Gordon Road

Adjacent to No. 31 Whitehall Park Road

Active

Grove Park Gardens

Outside No. 51 Grove Park Gardens

Active

Grove Park Road

Outside Nos. 89/91 Grove Park Terrace

Active

Grove Park Terrace

Outside ISIS Court

Active

Grove Park Terrace

Outside No. 33 Grove Park Terrace

Active

Grove Park Terrace

Outside Nos. 70/70a Grove Park Terrace

Active

Grove Park Terrace

Outside No. 84 Grove Park Terrace

Active

Grove Park Terrace

Outside No. 6 Grove Park Terrace

Active

Grove Park Terrace

Outside No. 32 Grove Park Terrace

Active

Lawford Road

Adjacent to No. 134 Park Road

Active

Loraine Road

Adjacent to No. 49 Ernest Gardens

Active

Magnolia Road

Outside No. 39 Magnolia Road

Active

Magnolia Road

Outside No. 49 Magnolia Road

Active

Magnolia Road

Outside No. 18 Magnolia Road

Active

Oxford Road South

Outside No. 63 Oxford Road South

Active

Pyrmont Road

Outside No. 40 Pyrmony Road

Active

Regent Street

Adjacent to No. 14 Stile Hall Gardens

Active

Riverview Grove

Outside Nos. 27/29 Riverview Grove

Active

Riverview Grove

Outside Nos. 26/28 Riverview Grove

Active

Riverview Grove

Outside No. 36 Riverview Grove

Active

Riverview Road

Adjacent to No. 8 Riverview Grove

Active

St Mary's Grove

Outside No. 62 St Mary's Grove

Active

St Mary's Grove

Outside No. 83 St Mary's Grove

Active

St Mary's Grove

Adjacent to No. 80 Grove Park Terrace

Active

Waldeck Road

Opposite No. 40 Waldeck Road

Active

Waldeck Road

Outside No. 4 Waldeck Road

Active

Waldeck Road

Outside No. 9 Waldeck Road

Active

Whitehall Gardens

Outside No. 16 Whitehall Gardens

Active

Whitehall Park Road

Outside No. 32 Whitehall Park Road

Active

Whitehall Park Road

Adjacent to No. 11 Gordon Road

Active

Whitehall Park Road

Adjacent to No. 38 Wolseley Gardens

Active

Whitehall Park Road

Outside Nos. 6/8 Whitehall Park Road

Active

Whitehall Park Road

Outside Nos. 15/17 Whitehall Park Road

Active

Wolseley Gardens

Outside No. 55 Wolseley Gardens

Active

Wolseley Gardens

Outside No. 48 Wolseley Gardens

Active

For the Chiswick Homefields ward, there are a total of 73 dedicated EV bay locations proposed. All bays are proposed on the carriageway.

Street

Location

Status

Abinger Road

Adjacent to no. 37 Bath Road

Active

Abinger Road

Outside No. 14 Abinger Road

Active

Abinger Road

Outside Nos. 24/26 Abinger Road

Active

Abinger Road

Outside No. 9 & 11 Abinger Road

Active

Abinger Road

Outside Nos. 36 & 38 Abinger Road

Active

Addison Grove

Outside No. 34 Addison Grove

Active

Airedale Avenue

Outside No. 17 Airedale Avenue

Active

Airedale Avenue

Outside No. 6 Airedale Avenue

Active

Ashbourne Grove

Opposite junction with Eastbury Grove

Active

Ashbourne Grove

Outside No. 126 Devonshire Road

Active

Balfern Grove

Outside No. 45 Balfern Grove

Active

Balfern Grove

Outside No. 4 Balfern Grove

Active

Beverley Road

Outside No. 55 Homefield Road (on Beverley Road)

Active

Beverley Road

Outside No. 3 Beverley Road

Not in Service

Cleveland Avenue

Opposite No. 50 Cleveland Avenue

Active

Coombe Road

Outside No. 10a Coombe Road

Active

Coombe Road

Adjacent to No. 90 Devonshire Road

Active

Coombe Road

Outside No. 30 Coombe Road

Active

Coombe Road

Outside No. 24 Coombe Road

Active

Corney Road

Opposite No. 18 Corney Road

Active

Corney Road

Outside No. 6 Corney Road

Active

Cornwall Grove

Adjacent to No. 32 Eastbury Grove

Active

Cornwall Grove

Outside No. 3 Cornwall Grove

Active

Cornwall Grove

Outside No. 16 Comwall Grove

Active

Cornwall Grove

Outside No. 29 Cornwall Grove

Active

Eastbury Grove

Outside No. 42 Eastbury Grove

Active

Eastbury Grove

Outside No. 69 Eastbury Grove

Active

Eastbury Grove

Outside No. 20 Eastbury Grove

Active

Eastbury Grove

Outisde No. 64 Eastbury Grove

Active

Ennismore Avenue

Outside No. 18 Ennismore Avenue

Active

Ennismore Avenue

Outside No. 7 Ennismore Avenue

Active

Ennismore Avenue

Outside No. 2 Ennismore Avenue

Active

Fairfax Road

Outside No. 23 Fairfax Road

Active

Fairfax Road

Outside No. 5 Fairfax Road

Active

Fairfax Road

Outside Nos. 30/32 Fairfax Road

Active

Homefield Road

Outside No. 55 Homefield Road

Active

Homefield Road

Adjacent to No. 65 Chiswick High Road

Active

Ingress Street

Adjacent to No. 48 Devonshire Road

Active

Lonsdale Road

Outside No. 6 Lonsdale Road

Active

Lonsdale Road

Outside No. 22 Lonsdale Road

Active

Mayfield Avenue

Outside No. 22 Mayfield Avenue

Active

Mayfield Avenue

Outside No. 13 Mayfield Avenue

Active

Mayfield Avenue

Outside No. 43 Mayfield Avenue

Active

Mayfield Avenue

Outside No. 33 Mayfield Avenue

Active

Netheravon Road

Outisde No. 27 Netheravon Road

Active

Netheravon Road

Outisde No. 38 Netheravon Road

Active

Netheravon Road

Outisde No. 47 Netheravon Road

Active

Paxton Road

Outside No. 59 Paxton Road

Active

Paxton Road

Outside No. 7 Paxton Road

Not in Service

Paxton Road

Outside No. 20 Paxton Road

Active

Paxton Road

Outside No. 33 Paxton Road

Active

Pleydell Avenue

Outside No. 11 Pleydell Avenue

Active

Pleydell Avenue

Outside No. 4/6 Pleydell Avenue

Active

Pleydell Avenue

Adjacent to No. 10 Vaughan Avenue

Active

Pleydell Avenue

Outside No. 27 Pleydell Avenue

Active

Priory Avenue

Outside No. 11 Priory Avenue

Active

Priory Avenue

Outside No. 15 Priory Avenue

Active

Rupert Road

Adjacent to No. 14 Priory Avenue

Active

Rupert Road

Adjacent to No. 15 Priory Avenue

Active

Staveley Gardens

Outside No. 187 Staveley Gardens

Active

Staveley Gardens

Outside No. 212 Staveley Gardens

Active

Staveley Gardens

Outside No. 180 Staveley Gardens

Active

Stile Hall Gardens

Outside No. 58 Stile Hall Gardens

Active

Stile Hall Gardens

Outside No. 73 Stile Hall Gardens

Active

Stile Hall Gardens

Outside No. 40 Stile Hall Gardens

Active

Stile Hall Gardens

Outside No. 57 Stile Hall Gardens

Active

Sutherland Road

Outside No. 23 Sutherland Road

Active

Sutherland Road

Outside No. 11 Sutherland Road

Active

Thornton Avenue

Outside No. 98 Thorton Avenue

Active

Thornton Avenue

Opposite No. 12 Thornton Avenue

Active

Thornton Avenue

Outside No. 24 Thorton Avenue

Active

Thornton Avenue

Outside No. 62 Thornton Avenue

Active

Upham Park Road

Outside No. 44 Upham Park Road

Active

Wilton Avenue

Outside No. 60 Wilton Avenue

Active

Wilton Avenue

Outside No. 17 Wilton Avenue

Active

For the Chiswick Gunnersbury ward, there are a total of 55 dedicated EV bay locations proposed. All bays are proposed on the carriageway. Note the list below supplied by Hounslow Council appears to be incomplete.

Street

Location

Status

Outside No. 60 Alwyn Avenue

Alwyn Avenue

Active

Outside No. 98 Barrowgate Road

Barrowgate Road

Active

Outside No. 35 Barrowgate Road

Barrowgate Road

Active

Outside Garthowen House

Barrowgate Road

Active

Outside No. 15 Burlington Gardens

Burlington Gardens

Active

Outside No. 29 Burlington Gardens

Burlington Gardens

Active

Outside No. 4/6 Dale Street

Dale Street

Active

Outside No. 48 Dale Street

Dale Street

Active

Outside No. 20 Dale Street

Dale Street

Active

Outside No. 29 Dale Street

Dale Street

Active

Outside No. 113 Duke Road

Duke Road

Active

Outside No. 73 Duke Road

Duke Road

Active

Outside No. 66 Duke's Avenue

Dukes Avenue

Active

Adjacent to No. 81 Wavendon Avenue

Foster Road

Active

Outside No. 31 Glebe Street

Glebe Street

Active

Outside Nos. 10/12 Glebe Street

Glebe Street

Active

Outside No. 2 Grange Road

Grange Road

Active

Adjacent to No. 8 Burlington Road

Grange Road

Active

Opposite No. 20 Grange Road

Grange Road

Active

Outside No. 11 Grange Road

Grange Road

Active

Outside No. 16 Hadley Gardens

Hadley Gardens

Active

Outside No. 8 Hadley Gardens

Hadley Gardens

Active

 

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