Ealing School Streets

Who can access the School Street

You can apply for a free permit for your vehicle that is registered within a School Street zone if you are a:

  • resident
  • business 
  • carer on duty

Some other vehicles, that are approved by Ealing Council and included in the Traffic Management Order, will receive dispensation. 

We will also allow access to emergency service vehicles and contract school transport dropping or picking up pupils from the school or their home address if it is within a School Street scheme. 

As part of the Traffic Management Order process, we will:

  • ask the council’s waste and recycling team to change the routes of the refuse collection trucks if needed
  • let the Emergency Services know about the scheme.

Special arrangements

We can make special arrangements for people who have personal reasons that stop them from driving themselves.

If you think this applies to you or, contact us and we will see how we can help.

Delivery vehicles, tradespeople and visitors cannot get a permit.

Apply for a permit

All vehicles must be registered and have a valid permit to drive in the School Street zone without getting a penalty. If you  enter the School Street during operational hours, you will get a Penalty Charge Notice (PCN).

Residents

If you live within a  School Street zone and your vehicle is registered at your address within the scheme, you can apply online for a permit.

The permits:

  • are free of charge
  • do not need to be renewed every year
  • allow you to drive within the zone in the restricted times
  • do not have a limit on how many you can apply for

If you change your vehicle you will need to apply again.

Businesses

If you have a businesses within the School Street zone and your vehicle is registered to your business address within the zone, you can apply for a free permit. Employee vehicles are not exempt. 

Blue Badge holders

If you are a Blue Badge  holder, you can apply for a permit if you:

  • work at a school or business within the School Street
  • need to drop a child to a school within the School Street
  • are the parent or guardian of a child with a Blue Badge attending a school in the School Street

Blue Badge holders must apply for ‘Special Dispensation’ for their vehicle and must upload a clear, colour copy of both sides of their Blue Badge, along with proof of address and a letter from the school or your employer whose business is within the scheme.

Please note that Blue Badge holders who drive through an ANPR enforced School Street without applying and receiving confirmation that their application was successful will be issued with a Penalty Charge Notice (PCN)

Carers

If you are a carer and have official notification of your duties, you can apply for an exemption if you are providing care for a resident living within a School Street.. You will need to provide a copy of the official notification that shows you are visiting a resident within the School Street for care duties. 
The official notification could be, for example, a letter on headed paper from an NHS professional (such as a GP) or from a council professional (such as a social worker).

Carers can also apply for Ealing Council's carer's emergency card to provide evidence of care duties.

We are able to offer special dispensation to residents with disabilities, mobility issues and those that have a reason that mean they are unable to drive themselves. If you think this applies to you or, contact us and we will see how we can help.

For more information, email schoolstreets@ealing.gov.uk

Traffic Order Exemptions

The Traffic Management Order will exempt the following motor vehicles. All exemptions must be approved and a School Street permit issued prior to entry to the School Street pedestrian and cycle zone:

  1. motor vehicles granted with a relevant permit
  2. vehicles being used for police, ambulance or fire brigade
  3. buses being used in the service of Ealing Council or a school for transporting children
  4. carers of residents residing in the school street
  5. parents or carers of a disabled child at the school
  6. disabled person’s badge holder
  1. who works in the prescribed street or
  2. that is dropping off and collecting pupils in the prescribed street which has been granted or registered with a relevant permit
  1. vehicles used in the service of a local authority in pursuance of statutory powers or duties
  2. vehicles being used in connection with the maintenance, improvement, reconstruction, cleansing or lighting of any prescribed street or of any road accessible only therefrom, or the laying, erection, alteration or repair of any sewer thereunder or of any main, pipe or apparatus for the supply of gas, water or electricity, or of any communications network thereunder or thereon, or the placing, maintenance or removal of any traffic sign thereon; or
  3. to anything done with the permission or at the direction of a police constable in uniform
  4. to any person who causes any vehicle to proceed in accordance with any restriction or requirement indicated by traffic signs placed pursuant to section 66 or 67 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984
  5. in relation to vehicles being used for the following purposes and only if that vehicle cannot be used for that purpose in any other length of road or at any other time and provided that in all the circumstances it is reasonably necessary in the exercise of such duties for that vehicle to proceed in any prescribed street: -
    1. for the removal of any obstruction to traffic
    2. in connection with building, excavation or demolition operations

All motor vehicles entering the School Street pedestrian and cycle zone must have an approved School Street permit.

What if I am already parked inside the scheme when it comes into operation?

All vehicles parked in the scheme can leave the area at any time. The restriction is for access only.