Holmes Road

November 2023: Thank you to everyone who took part in the consultation. We will now be going ahead with permanent changes alongside some new trial changes. You can read the monitoring report at the end of this page . You can read the decision report and more information will be posted here soon. We have also notified all local residents, businesses and stakeholders and you can see the flyer at the end of this page.

October 2023: The consultation is now closed. Our decision will be posted here when ready. 

September 2023 update: We are now consulting on making the trial changes permanent and introducing other changes on streets in the area. The consultation is now open until the 8th October 2023.

What is the issue?

There are two schools situated on Holmes Road, St Patrick’s Primary School and Collège Français Bilingue de Londres. Local stakeholders, including representatives from both schools, have highlighted issues of road safety on Holmes Road including high levels of through traffic, which can reach over 200 vehicles per hour at peak times.

Raglan Street is a small residential street sometimes used as a short cut for people travelling by motor vehicle especially since changes were made to Anglers Lane to prevent this road also being used as a shortcut. Neither Holmes Road nor Raglan Street are designed to carry large numbers of motor vehicles.

How have we responded to this challenge?

Between December 2020 - January 2021 we ran a 4 week consultation on the changes we proposed for this area. Thank you to everyone who took the time to share their views. 79% of respondents supported a restriction on Holmes Road and 58% supported a restriction on Raglan Street.

We had over 190 responses and following the consultation we have made the decision to implement the proposed changes as a trial. You can find the link to the decision report here .

What is changing?

We trialling the following changes:

• A timed Healthy School Street road closure on Holmes Road, Mondays to Fridays during school term time only from 8am - 10am and 2pm - 4pm, preventing motor vehicles from accessing Holmes Road, between the junction of Kentish Town Road and the bend in the road at 54 - 74 Holmes Road (Unite Students - Mary Brancker building).
• Create an “at all times” motor traffic restriction on Raglan Street.
• Convert the section of Anglers Lane between Willes Road and Alma Street to two-way traffic to provide an easier route for residents of Raglan Street to reach their home when the above restriction comes into place.