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Many schools suffer with parking, congestion, road danger and air quality issues immediately outside their school. The Healthy School Streets project aims to:
make the streets outside schools safer at the start and end of the school day
discourage car journeys to school
improve air quality in the vicinity of the school
cut down on traffic outside the school
If you have a request for a Healthy School Street or would like to give feedback on an existing scheme, please email: healthy.school.streets@camden.gov.uk
If you would like to apply for a vehicle exemption, please access the form below. In addition to this you will need to also email your evidence to Healthy.School.Streets@camden.gov.uk
We assess streets outside schools, using a range of criteria that have medium to low levels of traffic, which can reasonably be closed to motor traffic during school opening and closing times, without moving too much traffic elsewhere.
The streets are closed by signage and enforced either by bollards raised and lowered by school staff, or by using Automatic Number Plate Recognition cameras.
In addition to providing engineering measures such as a Healthy School Street, we can work with schools to help reduce the number of pupils being driven to school by:
providing pedestrian and cycle training
encouraging walking and cycling
running events to raise awareness and excitement about walking and cycling
helping schools to achieve an accreditation on the Sustainable Travel: Active Responsible Safe (STARS) project - the Transport for London initiative for school travel planning.
Reports
Reports relating to out Healthy School Streets schemes are below
We currently have 7 Healthy School Streets in Camden. As of September 2020, a phased programme of Healthy School Streets will be rolled out as part of the Enabling Safe Travel in Camden scheme.
As part of the Transport Strategy Teams response to COVID-19, Camden are rolling out a programme of Healthy School Streets, in line with the 'Safer Travel in Camden' project. These will be implemented from September 2020 under Experimental Traffic Orders for a year. Residents will be notified by letter ahead of the schemes being implemented.
Schools and locations are:
Netley Primary School - William Road
UCS Junior and Hampstead Parochial Schools - Holly Bush Vale
Camden School For Girls - Sandall Road
Haverstock School - Crogsland Road
Rhyl School - Marsden Street
Brecknock School - Cliff Villas implemented in September 2020
Mulberry House School - Minster Road impelented in September 2020
Primrose Hill School - Princess Road implemented in September 2020
Schemes implemented pre COVID
The first Healthy School Street we implemented is on Macklin Street at St Joseph’s Catholic Primary School in Holborn and Covent Garden.
Our monitoring of the scheme shows that there has been minimal impact on residents and businesses on the street, a reduction in the number of parents driving their children to the school, and parents report a significant improvement in how safe they feel the school street is. Air quality on Macklin Street has also improved.
View the Healthy School Street video for St Josephs Healthy School Street:
Acland Burghley School
The second scheme on Burghley Road launched in September 2018. This is the first scheme in Camden which uses Automatic Number Plate Recognition cameras for enforcement of the closure. More details of the original trial scheme can be found in the Acland Burghley HSS report (PDF). The scheme has now been made permanent.
Gospel Oak Primary School
The third Healthy School Street on Savernake Road outside Gospel Oak Primary School launched in January 2019. This is also enforced using Automatic Number Plate Recognition cameras. For more information please read the Gospel Oak HSS report. Following the consultation in February 2020 this scheme has now been made permanent.
New End
Following the consultation the decision has been made to proceed with the scheme. Details of the scheme are in the Decision Report. It was launched for a trial period of a year in January 2020. The closure is enforced using ANPR cameras. There are exemptions to the restrictions for those with CA-H residents parking permits, or those with off street parking on New End. To apply for an exemption please click on the 'Exemptions form' at the top of this page.
Neighbourhoods of the Future
Technical issues have delayed the implementation of the Healthy School Street zone in the Fitzjohns and Frognal area. It will be operational after October half term 2020.
As part of the above project, we are implementing a Healthy School Streets 'zone' in the chosen project area of Fitzjohns/Frognal. We presented the proposals at a public engagement meeting.
Following the consultation in late September/October 2019, the decision was made to go ahead with the HSS zone for a trial period of a year. Details of the decision are on the Camden website decisions page
Play Streets is a similar scheme involving road closures on residential streets.