Wednesday, 13 August 2025
Thursday, 19 June 2025
Dua Lipa Concerts tomorrow and Saturday - road closures from 3pm. Parking restrictions 8am to midnight on main roads and 10am to midnight on residential roads
From Brent Council
Wembley Stadium will be hosting Dua Lipa concerts on Friday 20 June and Saturday 21 June.
Please read below to see how this might affect you.
Timings
- Dua Lipa Concerts on 20 June and 21 June start at 7pm and road closures will be in place from 3.00pm.
We expect the area around Wembley Stadium to be very busy before and after this event so please avoid the area if you can, unless you have a ticket for the event.
Event day parking
Event day parking restrictions will be in place from 8am to midnight on main roads and from 10am to midnight on residential roads on Friday 20 June and Saturday 21 June.
If you have a paper permit, please make sure you clearly display it in your vehicle. If you have an electronic permit, you do not need to display this.
Sunday, 21 July 2024
Bug bears with parking on Wembley Event days
The new Wembley Stadium was marketed as a 'public transport' destination with limited private car access. This letter is reproduced with permission of the Wembley resident who has written to councillors and council officers about some of the current issues to do with Event Day parking in the local :
Dear All,
First of all I must state that I have no objections to Wembley Stadium increasing the number of events, having lived in the HA9 area for almost 40 years I have learned to adapt and deal with it and experience little disruption to daily life.
It would seem that one of the biggest bug bears to Residents in the area is Parking, so I would ask the council to do a complete overhaul of the Parking Permits and Event Day permits being issued in all wards within the HA9 area, not only for event days, as many now living in what is supposed to be “Car Free” properties have gained permits in CPZ’s and Event Day Permits which renders the system useless.
Work with Transport for London, to ensure that reduction of service (206 & 92) and diversion of buses (83,182, etc) that use Empire Way and Wembley Hill Road/High Road is kept to a minimum and if they have to be diverted for a limited time that proper signage is erected along with Traffic Marshals to help people affected to be able to connect with the relevant bus stop, further along the route.
Exemptions on closed roads, for Supermarket Delivery, Parcel Deliveries, Medicines, Residents with clear mobility issues for access especially at weekends when people who are working have no other options but to have them when they are at home.
Make Parking Enforcement Officers aware of the regulations with regard to Event Day permits etc.
I recently queried with Parking Enforcement Officer why they had not ticketed 2 vehicles parked in the CPZ and was told “they have Event Day Permits” I informed him that this did not entitle them to park in a CPZ/Resident Bay and he told me that was not what he had been told and would therefore not issue a ticket. I can also confirm that these vehicles belong to residents of the “Car Free” flats of Wembley Place.
Recently at the Taylor Swift concerts 3 vehicles parked in the CPZ on the street, all were Chauffeurs/Uber Drivers who sat in their vehicles, engine ticking over for over an hour waiting to collect their customers. We never saw anyone from Enforcement and not one was ticketed or told to move.
Event Day Permits Abuse of ….
I suggest Brent Council Parking Service looked at websites such as:-
Just Park, Park on my Drive, Your Parking Space, Parkopedia.
As they are valid for 3 years for £15.00! not yearly you missed a valuable revenue stream there!
I know of several people who have moved and no longer live in the area, who have retained and renewed their permits, who on Event Days to park in the area when visiting relatives who live in the zone, or who have given their permits to people who would not normally entitled to one, to use over the next few years!
The issuing of Event Day Permits to the Residents who live outside the CPZ’s in Tokyngton, Wembley Park, Wembley Hill, and Wembley Central has allowed anyone with a Driveway some with spaces of up to 3 cars, the ability to exacerbate the problem to epic proportions as many now put the permit in their cars park them on the road and rent out their driveway. Some even park extra vehicles on the actual dropped kerb and block the footpath on to their drive. In Tokyngton this clearly demonstrates that blocking the road at the Arches/Harrow Road has no effect whatsoever, as most vehicles enter from St Michaels Avenue. This renders the road closure a complete waste of time and does nothing to alleviate the congestion at the end of an event.
I suggest for clarification and entertainment someone from the relevant Parking department put in the dates of the upcoming concerts for Bruce Springsteen and Taylor Swift, see how many are on offer and how many have actually sold out! The sheer volume of adverts, all outside the CPZs to discover how widespread this is, even Asda Wembley Park advertise on Just Park you can reserve a space for £24 for up to 11 hours.
Blocking vehicles from entering the Wembley Stadium area i.e at Ecclestone Place, Triangle/Wembley Hill Road whilst the Traffic Marshalls employed by Wembley are doing a fantastic job of reducing the issues for residents parking and accessing their homes, this has caused an even bigger problem which no one has addressed not Parking Enforcement or the Police, which is the……….
Designated Pick Up Points, or rigorous enforcement of…..
Allowing Chauffeurs, Black Taxi’s and Ubers waiting to collect their customers from parking on both sides of the street on double yellow lines between Ecclestone Place and the Triangle where the road is blocked, along Harrow Road and Wembley High Road. Some Ubers and Black Taxi’s were witnessed “Touting” for business.
This was the case on all 3 dates of previous Taylor Swift Concerts. The 18 bus could not pick up at the bus stop, Ambulances were stuck in gridlock and nobody was going anywhere as 2 cars could barely pass on the road. Sainsbury’s have their delivery at 10.30 pm every night and park in the Bus Lane, which normally is not an issue but on Event day added to the problem.
I am able to supply video should anyone from Parking Enforcement wish to view the mayhem this caused and was still causing problems up until 11.30pm over an hour and fifteen minutes after the concert finished. I will state this is not typical concert behaviour as certain concerts do not attract the fans that use these options, i.e Green Day, and AC/DC. I have no doubt that the up and coming Bruce Springsteen, Taylor Swift, and Boxing Events will have a same scenario unless serious thought is given as to how to prevent this.
I look forward to receiving a response on my comments.
Regards
Wembley Central Resident
Monday, 18 October 2021
Controversy over Brent Council's proposal for Traffic Management Orders on its council estates - £50 annually per permit and no visitor parking at first
Brent Council is currently undertaking a major consultation exercise across its council estates on parking enforcement LINK. They wish to introduce a Traffic Management Order (TMO) on the estates and note 'should residents not support the proposals...an alternative enforcement service will not be available on the estate.' In other words, according to some residents if you do not support this proposal current difficulties will continue and we will abandon you to your fate.
The parking restrictions will operate 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year and will require residents to purchase parking permits at £50 per permit per year. Given the number of people living on all the above estates that amounts to a considerable sum, leading some people to suggest this is just a money raising venture.
A further criticism has been that this is a 'one size fits all' approach ignoring differences between estates and their proximity to Wembley Stadium, underground stations, major shopping centres etc which lead to outsiders parking on some estates but not on others.
A particular issue that has been drawn to my attention is that the consultation states that 'due to the restricted amount of parking space available on the estate and the need to provide the maximum amount of parking for residents, visitors will initially be unable to park within the estate' - this would be reviewed once the scheme is operational and the number of free spaces determined. Given that family visiting at weekends and particularly for festivals is an important cultural tradition for many of Brent's communities this is seen as posing a challenge for any equalities impact assessment.
Since publication of this article the Kilburn Times has published an article where women on the Kings Drive Estate have raised the issue of women's safety if they have to park a distance from their homes. See LINK
Visitors parking on the estate would risk a Fixed Penalty Notice which at present is £130.
On my estate the removal of garages and a car park for 'in-fill' housing has reduced the number of parking spaces available but will also increase the population. While wanting people to rely less on cars and use public transport instead I cannot deny the impact this has had and will also affect other estates ear-marked for in-fill developments.
There are undoubtedly parking problems and this has meant many missed waste collections when the huge Veolia vehicles cannot get access. There are outsiders who park cars and vans on the estate overnight with the occasional overnighter sleeping in their vehicles on the access road.
The maps produced for the consultation appear to indicate fewer parking bays than are currently available. On this plan for Kings Drive, Wembley, you can see that there are 17 blocks each with 10 households. The number of parking bays is indicated in green.
A key question, given previous problems with enforcement by Brent Council, is will this mean anything if enforcement is not effective? Look again at all the estates affected and the ground that has to be covered.
Engagement sessions have been organised as part of the consultation, many of which have already taken place DETAILS
The consultation closes on November 4th at 23.59
BRENT COUNCIL'S REASONS FOR THE CHANGE
Why do we need to make these changes?
Vehicles parking in an unsafe and inconsiderate way blocks roads and pavements, and are making it difficult and unsafe for residents to move around their estates, as well as hindering access for the Council’s refuse collection vehicles. Residents on the estates are also finding it more and more difficult to find a space to park their car. More seriously, unsafe parking can prevent fire engines and ambulances from getting to the estates for emergencies.
How do the new controls work differently to the current ones?
Under the current system, Wing Parking (enforcement agents) are not legally allowed to access DVLA information, meaning they can only ever enforce against estates residents, not those parking there without permission. The new system will make it easier for the Council to enforce against vehicles parked poorly or inconsiderately which cause problems in the estates. These stricter controls have been proven to deter nuisance estate parking when used by other London authorities.
What are the benefits of these changes?
- Residents should find it easier to access a suitable parking space.
- There should be less disruption to emergency service vehicles, allowing them to respond more rapidly to issues on the estates.
- Unauthorised vehicles will be deterred from entering the estates and parking in resident bays, which will increase parking availability for estate residents.
- Unobstructed footways will improve parking accessibility and safety for pedestrians, the mobility impaired and pedestrians with pushchairs.
- There should be an improvement in access for Council services, including a reduction in missed waste collections.
Saturday, 8 September 2018
Brent Event Day Parking Enforcement from 8am for a match that starts at 7.45pm today!
Paul Lorber has returned to the issue of Event Day parking restrictions affecting local residents and community activities as restrictions are put in place today for the England vs Spain match.
The notice says that enforcement will run from 8am today until midnight on main roads and between 10am and midnight in residential areas.
The match does not start until 7.45pm.
In an email to Carolyn Downs, Brent Council's Chief Executive, Lorber says:
As someone who helps to run a Community Library in the Wembley area which serves local people - many of whom are disabled and elderly - I find the tone of these emails unacceptable.The notification does not state the time the soccer match will start and does not make it clear when enforcement against normal parking will be carried out.This is important as at a public meeting in 2017 the current Leader reassured Wembley residents that enforcement does not start until 2 hours before the start of the event and ends 2 hours after the event finishes.He did so in response to anger from residents against the Brent Council for allowing growing disruption to their lives by all day parking restrictions/enforcement while allowing a growing number of events at Wembley.In view of this any tickets issued on easy event for simple parking infringement within the window specified by the Leader of Council should be cancelled.Even more importantly the Council should now clarify its Event Day enforcement policy and advise residents clearly and openly.In addition, as raised in my earlier email to you, the policy of dispensation (granting of parking permits on event days) for local community groups should be reviewed so that they are treated as religious venues so that they too can go about their normal business of serving local people.I would appreciate your early reply and confirmation that these issues will now be addressed in the interests of and for the benefit of local people.
Saturday, 18 June 2016
Revised parking changes for Brent including £25 diesel car supplement



Monday, 18 November 2013
Budget cuts, Veolia, Copland, racist letting agents and violence against women on Council agenda tonight
Executive members will give reports as follows:
Each party group has tabled a motion for this evening. They are:
LABOUR
You can watch a live feed of the meeting on computer, tablet or smart phone from 7pm HERE and tweet #brentlive