1891 shoppers, traders and residents have backed a petition asking mayor Ken Livingstone and Transport for London to review parking facilities on Stonecot Hill’s Red Route.

The petition states that the lack of well-planned and managed parking on Stonecot Hill causes shoppers travelling by car to go elsewhere and threatens traders’ livelihoods. It also calls attention to the apparent contradiction between environmental and economic policies that aim to support local shopping and small business and the current situation on Stonecot Hill.

Edward Luckhurst, partner of Plumb Crazy, said, “The current parking arrangements have been in place for years and they haven’t worked. This petition is the end of a two-year campaign to have local people listened to. We want to see a fairer system that balances people’s need to stop and park to shop with the need to keep traffic moving through the area. The current situation benefits no-one.”

The petition will be presented to Ken Livingstone at City Hall next week.