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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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