1,000 signatures reached
To: Greenwich Council (Royal Borough of Greenwich)
Oppose a Controlled Parking Zone in Shooters Hill
Greenwich Council is proposing to introduce a Controlled Parking Zone (CPZ) in Shooters Hill (and in Charlton, Blackheath, Kidbrooke, Plumstead, West Thamesmead and Woolwich), which will significantly impact how and where residents, workers and visitors park.
Please sign our petition urging the council to reconsider their plans for Shooters Hill, we do not need a CPZ on our hill.
Please sign our petition urging the council to reconsider their plans for Shooters Hill, we do not need a CPZ on our hill.
Why is this important?
Greenwich Council is proposing to introduce a Controlled Parking Zone (CPZ) in Shooters Hill (and in Charlton, Blackheath, Kidbrooke, Plumstead, West Thamesmead and Woolwich), which will significantly impact how and where residents, workers and visitors park.
There are no train stations in Shooters Hill, and as the 10th highest hill in the whole of London (132 metres), cars are a reality and a necessity for many residents. The proposals being put forward drastically reduce the amount of parking available, and the signers of this petition feel this change is being made without proper consultation or consideration.
Whether people are dropping children at school before going to work, or are using their cars for disability, age or health reasons - or just doing the shopping, people need parking outside their houses, schools and places of work that doesn’t put additional pressure on their finances, or create community tensions by residents, workers and visitors competing for spaces. In addition, evidence from other areas shows that similar parking restrictions often lead to unintended consequences, such as increased congestion, or pushing the parking problem into neighbouring areas.
Greenwich Council must strive to understand all challenges specific to Shooters Hill instead of making blanket decisions that are then applied to the whole borough.
Signers of this petition acknowledge that CPZs can help manage space, but real, lasting change means rethinking our streets with safer, greener design that genuinely supports walking, cycling, and better public transport. What’s needed is a progressive, long-term vision for sustainable streets, not a quick-fix CPZ policy presented as a solution to a problem that doesn’t exist in Shooters Hill.
Local residents should not be being disenfranchised, and the council should not be trying to rush through consultations and any implementation of a CPZ before the borough wide elections due in May 2026.
Petitioners urge the council to reconsider their plans for Shooters Hill, we do not need a CPZ on our hill.
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Did you notice?
- The plans in the consultation are dated June 2024
- The earlier February 2025 consultation received 3000 responses but the plans have not been updated to take into account this feedback before the new consultation was launched on the 14th of July
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Once you have signed this petition, please also:
- Take part in the Sustainable Streets consultation at sustainable-streets-rbg.commonplace.is and you can fill this in multiple times for different areas (the consultation deadline is currently the 22nd of August)
- Get your neighbours, schools, workplaces and local groups to fill in the consultation and this petition - this is especially important as the consultation is taking place over the summer holidays when many people are away
- Share the petition and the consultation link on social media
- Email your ward councillor(s) telling them about this petition and how you feel about the proposed changes
If we don’t respond then nothing will change, and the council will assume we are happy with the proposals.
Shooters HiIl Conversation
How it will be delivered
To Shooters Hill ward councillor Tamasin Rhymes for presentation to the council at a council meeting on Wednesday 23rd July 2025.
