Brecknock Primary Healthy School Street - Cliff Villas

Thank you to everyone who took part in the consultation and commented here on the changes we trialled. We now have all the permanent changes in place You can read the monitoring report at the end of this page 

You can read the decision report here and the notification we sent on the permanent changes at the bottom of this page.

What was the issue on Cliff Villas?

Brecknock Primary School on Cliff Villas, suffered with parking issues, congestion, road danger and poor air quality outside the school, making it unsafe for the school community.

As 69% of households in Camden do not own a car, we know that safe and easy walking, cycling and scooting routes are more important than ever. Supporting and encouraging those who are able to walk and cycle, by creating safer streets will ensure that there is more space available on our roads for those who need it the most.

How have we responded to this challenge?

Cliff Villas outside Brecknock Primary School will be temporarily closed to motor vehicle traffic at school drop off and pick up times in the morning and afternoon between 8:00am - 9:15am and 3pm - 4pm, Monday to Friday during term time only.

Exemptions for the scheme are available for residents and businesses on Princess Road, as well as for Blue Badge holders that require access. Other exemptions (including temporary or one off exemptions) may be agreed with the council on a case by case basis. In order to find out more about exemptions for the scheme, including how to apply, please visit www.camden.gov.uk/healthyschoolstreets  

All previously agreed exemptions remain valid.

Widening the Pavement

In addition to the above scheme we responded to the fact that the pavement outside Brecknock Primary School on York Way, was too narrow for people to gather while queuing outside the school gates at school drop off and pick up times. To create more space we:

• Expanded the pavement either side of the zebra crossing, taking up excess available road width
• Improved the safety of the zebra crossing by creating a consistent, narrower road width outside the frontage of the school, to deter parents from illegally parking over the zig zag lines
• Reinstated the existing guardrail onto the newly widened pavement.

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