Croyde Avenue and Birchway both opened resident parking petitions on 12 August, blaming airport parking. Both close 12 September. Birchway is already past 50.
Residents of two Hayes streets have launched petitions for resident parking schemes on the same day, and both blame vehicles left by Heathrow travellers.
The petitions cover Croyde Avenue and Birchway. Both opened on 12 August 2026 and both close on 12 September. Each needs 50 signatures from Hillingdon residents for the council to formally consider it.
They are at very different stages. Birchway has 76 signatures and has already cleared the threshold. Croyde Avenue has 9. (Hillingdon Council ePetitions register)
What each one asks for
The Croyde Avenue petition asks the council to “Introduce a Resident Parking Management Scheme on Croyde Avenue, Hayes, to legally restrict non-resident airport holiday parking and protect essential access for local residents”.
Its supporting text says vehicles are left “starting outside Langthorne House and extending to the end of the road for weeks at a time”. It says this restricts access for medical services, care workers and emergency vehicles. It also raises the difficulty of parking near home after hospital appointments for people with limited mobility. (Petition 513)
The Birchway petition, headed “Urgent”, makes four separate asks of the council:
- conduct an urgent parking and traffic survey on Birchway
- begin a formal consultation for a Residential Parking Permit Scheme
- enforce restrictions against obstructive and dangerous parking
- take immediate measures to protect pedestrian safety and restore residents’ access to parking
It says the street “is being used as an overflow” and describes the situation as having reached “a critical and unacceptable level”. (Petition 514)
Those descriptions are the petitioners’ own accounts. The council has not published a response to either petition, and neither has been tested against a council parking survey.
Where the two streets are
Both are in the Hayes and Harlington parliamentary constituency, in the south of the borough nearest the airport, but they sit in different wards. Birchway, UB3 3PD, is in Hayes Town ward. Croyde Avenue, UB3 4EP, is in Pinkwell ward. That matters for the petitions, because the council tells local ward councillors when a petition passes its threshold, and the two streets have different ones.
What happens if a petition reaches 50
Hillingdon acknowledges every petition within five working days. Once a valid petition meets its threshold, the council says the response may be:
- a written response from the relevant Cabinet Member within 20 working days
- a site visit by the Cabinet Member and relevant officers within eight weeks
- referral to an existing public consultation, if the matter is already being looked at
Decisions made under the petition scheme are final and cannot be appealed. The council does not publish the names, addresses or contact details of anyone who signs. (After you submit a petition, Hillingdon Council)
Note that none of those outcomes is a parking scheme. The most a successful petition here can deliver is a survey, a visit or a consultation, and a scheme would follow only from that.
The 50-signature threshold is itself recent. It was 20 until the council changed its petition scheme on 9 July 2026, when borough-wide petitions also went from 100 to 500. Petitions that were already live on that date keep the old thresholds; both of these started afterwards, so both need 50. Our earlier report explains the new thresholds in full.
What a scheme would cost residents
If either street did eventually get a parking management scheme, the permits are not free. Hillingdon’s current resident permit charges are:
| Permit | 3 months | 12 months |
|---|---|---|
| 1st vehicle | £23.10 | £92.40 |
| 2nd vehicle | £33.25 | £132.90 |
| 3rd vehicle | £44.80 | £179.10 |
| 4th vehicle | £54.90 | £219.50 |
| 5th vehicle | £65.00 | £259.90 |
Source: Hillingdon Council resident permits. Permits are issued virtually, with no paper permit to display.
Permit bays are also not reserved around the clock. Operating hours are usually 9am to 5pm, Monday to Friday, and are shown on the signs at each bay. Outside those hours anyone may park in a permit holders’ bay, and Blue Badge holders may park in one at any time without a time limit. (Resident parking, Hillingdon Council)
That last point is worth weighing against what the petitions describe. A standard weekday scheme would do little about a car left for a fortnight if the owner returns to move it, or about overnight and weekend parking, unless the hours were set differently.
What it means for you
If you live on either street and want the petition considered, you have until 12 September. Only signatures from Hillingdon residents count towards the 50, so support from outside the borough will not move either petition over the line.
Four other Hillingdon petitions are open at the same time:
- cameras to detect fly-tipping on Cranford Lane: 61 signatures, closes 3 September
- an objection to the Brook House office development, Cowley Mill Road: 17, closes 19 September
- Lime Bike and e-bike use in parks: 0, closes 21 September
- the Joel Street Farm green belt petition: now 1,273 signatures, closes 18 September
Joel Street Farm has more than doubled since we reported it at 621 signatures on 20 August.
More on parking here: parking in Uxbridge and Uxbridge roadworks and travel.
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