A Highgate councillor has welcomed moves by Haringey Council to reduce the enormous amount of streetclutter that often goes hand-in-hand with the introduction of a Controlled Parking Zone (CPZ) in the borough. Cllr Neil Williams, who represents Highgate and leads the opposition Lib Dem group, says that local pressure means that the Council is now working to reduce the number of signs and poles in the Cromwell Avenue area in the run up the start of the CPZ.

Local councillors and residents say that the CPZ is being introduced in a sensitive site, where the rules of the conservation area should be fully applied. Subject to the owners’ permission, Cllr Williams wants controlled parking signs applied to the walls of properties, rather than through the installation of a forest of poles in the Cromwell Avenue area.

Following discussions within the Council on obtaining the consent of home owners for this to happen, the Council has been knocking on the doors of local residents seeking consent to erect signs on walls where appropriate.

In a further move, Cllr Williams has also been working to remove unused disabled bays planned for the new scheme, some of which appear to be redundant.

Cllr Neil Williams comments:

“This is good news, as we need to keep to a minimum the street clutter which can be created by a CPZ.We have seen on other local roads how an army of poles can become a serious eyesore. Many residents are being very co-operative in granting permission for signs to be erected on walls, and this is all to the good.”