Because it felt that a lot of our residents never knew in time about the Lewisham Council borough-wide parking survey, the Honor Oak Park Residents Association carried out its own, with funding from the Crofton Park Ward Assembly's funding for small projects, at the end of 2012. The results are as follows and HOPRA has passed these findings to the council's Sustainable Development Select Committee for discussion on 5 February alongside the council's own survey.
A very respectable 375 replies came in from a canvass of 2,500 (by paper survey and online) and by a very small majority, it was a NO for the district (188 NO, 174 YES and 13 DON’T KNOW).
However, of the 28 roads canvassed, 10 showed a majority of those who replied to the survey in favour of control. These were: Gabriel Street, Lessing Street, Ballina Street, Grierson Road, Riseldine Road, Tatnell Road, Devonshire Road, Boveney Road, Hengrave Road and Ackroyd Road.
Most people overall (156) favoured Monday to Friday controls, with 106 opting for 12noon to 2pm control. People willing to pay numbered 128, with 73 willing to pay a maximum of £60 per annum, 17 maximum £80 pa and 24 maximum £100 pa.
None of this guarantees that any CPZ will be introduced, but at least the council now has detailed figures for our area and a clear record of what people want, or think is a fair charge. Thank you to everyone who took the trouble to reply.