Will scheme spell the end of parking free-for-all that has long been a bugbear outside Toll Bar Academy?

The land within the red box has been earmarked for the proposed car park 

 A NEW car park could be created on  land opposite a New Waltham school if planning consent is granted.

The aim of the proposed 55-vehicle development is to reduce the dangerous  parking mayhem that currently exists on Station Road outside Toll Bar Academy.

It is hoped the scheme will also discourage those wily parents who - to the dismay of residents - have been making use of the new Barratts housing estate known as Wigmore Park.

The new car park would be for both staff and parents dropping off their children's for the day's lessons. It would be illuminated.

There is no indication of whether the site will be actively managed, but the application does note that there will be EV charging points and space for motorcycles.

There could also be some modest landscaping in the form of hedge planting.

If the scheme is approved, a traffic regulation order will be introduced to make it unlawful for motorists to park on Station Road in the vicinity of the school.

NELC is inviting comments from interested parties before making a decision on the planning application.

How the 55-space car park would be laid out. The land was recently used as a compound for the Barratts housing development