Enfield no go zone, even for legitimate business

Granham Gardens N9

Mr Mustard helps some small businesses with their PCN problems on the same charitable basis as for an individual.

He has an unfinished PCN from Enfield Council because a scaffold lorry entered Granham Gardens N9. At the end of the road is an alley which leads to a school. Both ends of Granham Gardens are subject to the same 8.15 to 9.15 a.m. and 2.45 to 3.45 p.m. restrictions on entering unless you are a registered resident or business.

If your customer (a building contractor in this case) doesn't tell you of the restriction and you pitch up with a full lorry of scaffold poles and planks you are a bit stuck. You have men who are paid to work, not to sit around waiting for an hour to pass, and a job to do. Hence you bite the bullet and drive in.

Mr Mustard doesn't want to get into the politics of low traffic neighbourhoods as that will only lead to some excitable comments but what is the working man to do? Clearly they took the PCN chance and drove in.

Mr Mustard wondered if the lorry could have been granted an exemption for a clear work purpose and so he asked Enfield Council if they existed.

That won't help the business economy. Zero chance of an exemption. The same will apply if you are moving into the street and your pantechnicon arrives with your furniture at 2.46 p.m. it will have to wait for an hour to gain access and this being near Edmonton Green there really isn't anywhere to wait.

Here is a list of exempt vehicles:

Even the Royal Mail aren't exempt so if your post is late in Granham Gardens, this could be why.

Mr Mustard completely understands the attractions of reducing traffic which uses the little side roads when the main one is a bit jammed but thinks there needs to be a more relaxed regime which lets large vehicles go about their bona-fide business on request.

The end.