Concern That Stop and Shop Changes Will Hit Local Businesses
Ealing Council to require Pay By Phone registration
A stop and shop parking sign
May 6, 2025
There has been concern expressed by residents and local shop owners about proposals to require registration for use of Stop and Shop spaces.
Previously anyone has been able to use one of the bays for free across the borough situated near shops as long as they vacate the space within 30 minutes. This was designed to support businesses in areas in which Controlled Parking Zones meant it was difficult for to park up to use the shops. Tickets to confirm the time of arrival could be obtained by entering the vehicle registration into a ticket machine.
Although no charge is being proposed, Ealing Council now want to require drivers to register through Pay By Phone either by using the app on a smartphone or by calling up.
The official notice of the planned change was placed in The Gazette newspaper leading to suggestions that most residents will be unaware of what is being proposed.
One resident contacted us to say, “Removing the initial stop and shop will militate against people just wanting to stop briefly to buy a coffee or a sandwich. What about elderly or those without mobile phones or no modern mobile phone which may enable payment.”
A local shop owner who asked not to be identified said, “I don’t think many people just popping in for a few items will bother to register but big problem is that this seems to make the bays just like any other except with an initial free 30-minute period which will attract people to shop to use them who aren’t customers and block them up for longer periods. The council isn’t interested in supporting businesses, just raising more revenue.”
The statutory consultation on the change runs until Wednesday 14 May and residents and businesses can contact the council via email to trafficnotices@ealing.gov.uk or by post to Highways service, Perceval House, 14-16 Uxbridge Road W5 2HL to highlight any concerns relating to the proposed change quoting reference P004B-25.
Full list of Stop and Shop parking spaces to be converted
Acton Lane, Adelaide Road, Albert Road, Allenby Road, Allendale Road, Alliance Road, Altenburg Avenue, Antrobus Road, Avenue Road, Balmoral Drive, Bedford Road, Belmont Avenue, Belsize Avenue, Bernard Avenue, Bideford Avenue, Bilton Road, Birch Grove, Birkbeck Avenue, Blakesley Avenue, Blondin Avenue, Boileau Road, Bollo Bridge Road, Bollo Lane, Bordars Road, Boston Road, Bramley Road, Broadway, Bromyard Avenue, Broughton Road, Camborne Avenue, Cawdor Crescent, Chapel Road, Cheltenham Place, Church Lane, Church Road, Churchfield Road, Acton, Churchfield Road, West Ealing, Clifton Road, Connaught Road, Cranmer Avenue, Creswick Road, Culmington Road, Dagmer Road, Davis Road, Denehurst Gardens, Devon Close, Devonshire Road, Dormer's Wells Lane, Dudley Gardens, Dudley Road, East Acton Lane, East Churchfield Road, Empire Road, Felix Road, Friars Place Lane, Friary Road, Gladstone Road, Goldsmith Road, Green Avenue, Greenford Avenue, Greenford Road, Gunnersbury Lane, Hammond Road, Hanger Green/Heathcroft, Hartington Road, Hatherway Gardens, Havelock Road, Hawkshead Road, Haydock Avenue, Haydock Green, Hillcrest Road, Home Close, Horn Lane, Hotspur Road, Jessamine Road, Jubilee Gardens, Julien Road, King Edward's Gardens, King Street, Kingsdown Avenue, Kingston Road, Kingswood Road, Lancaster Road, Lee Road, Leeland Road, Leopold Road, Leyborne Avenue, Loveday Road, Mandeville Road, Marchwood Crescent, Market Place, Mattock Lane, Medway Parade, Meon Road, Montague Road, Montague Waye, Montgomery Road, Montpelier Road, Newton Avenue, Newton Grove, Niagra Avenue, Norbreck Parade, North Road, Northfield Avenue, Norwood Road, Old Oak Road, Oldfields Circus, Osterley Park Road, Park Parade, Pitshanger Lane, Punjab Lane, Queens Parade, Queen's Drive, Recreation Road, Regina Road, Rowdell Road, Ruislip Road, Saxon Drive, Shalimar Gardens, South Ealing Road, Southwell Avenue, St. John's Road, St. Leonard's Road, St. Mary's Road, Station Road W5, Station Road W7, Sudbury Heights Avenue, Tachbrook Road, Talbot Road, Tentelow Lane, The Broadway, The Green, The Service Road fronting Greenford Avenue, The Vale, Thorn Close, Thurston Road, Trinity Road, Twyford Crescent, Union Road, Uxbridge Road, Victoria Road, Vyner Road, Wadsworth Close, Wadsworth Road, Waltham Road, Wellington Road, Wharncliffe Drive, Whitton Avenue, Windermere Road, Wood End Gardens, Woodlands Road, Woodville Road, and York Avenue.
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