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Contolled Parking Zones

How does a CPZ work?
A Controlled Parking Zone (CPZ) is an area where all on-street parking is controlled. This means that parking is only permitted in designated parking bays and that the remainder of the kerbside space is subject to yellow line restrictions.

Its main aim is to discourage commuter and long stay parking by people from outside the area. To make sure that this works fairly, zones are enforced by uniformed parking attendants.

There are signs at the entry roads to all CPZs giving the hours during which the controls and yellow line restrictions are operational.

Sometimes, yellow line restrictions within a CPZ operate for longer than the controlled hours and, if this is the case, there will be signs on the kerb or pavement giving the hours of restriction. The only exception to this is double yellow line restrictions, which always operate "at any time" (24 hours a day, seven days a week) and do not require a sign plate to indicate when they are in force.

General parking regulations for controlled zones can be found here.

What types of CPZ are there?
The council's Technical Services Department is responsible for the design, operation and regular reviews of the of these schemes.

There are two main types of parking control; all-day restrictions and one-hour restrictions and a CPZ can be made up of a mixture of the two.

You can report parking contraventions online

All day zone
This operates for most of the working day (e.g. between 9.30am and 5.30pm) Monday to Friday. In some shopping areas, this can also include Saturday.

Bays are normally shared use being a combination of permit holders and pay and display. The time limit is often two or four hours, but there are a number of one hour 'shopper bays' in busy shopping areas. There are also some eight hour bays around St George's Hospital in Tooting.

One hour zone
This operates for one hour per day - usually Monday to Friday. It is designed specifically to deter commuters. It will allow others to park without restriction outside the specified hour.

Residents who own or keep a vehicles may purchase one resident parking permit as well as visitor permits for use by

their visitors. Businesses may purchase business permits for vehicles which are essential for the efficient operation of their business. Tradesmen may also purchase permits to use whilst carrying out work at addresses within a CPZ.

Where are the CPZs?
Wandsworth Borough currently has thirteen individual CPZs, being: Battersea, Battersea Park, Clapham Junction, Clapham South & Balham, Earlsfield, Furzedown, Garratt Green, Putney, Southfields, St John's Hill, Tooting Broadway, Wandsworth Common & Tooting Bec and Wandsworth Town.

Information courtesy of Wandsworth Council