Healthy School Streets

Healthy School Streets - informal public consultation

We would like to hear your views on plans to trial Healthy School Streets at 13 sites across the borough. Croydon has already 24 successful Healthy School Streets schemes in place with the first installed back in 2017. The council wants to increase the number of schemes, but before doing so, we are keen to hear your views.

What are Healthy School Streets?

Healthy School Streets help pupils to have safer, healthier journeys to and from school, by restricting the roads outside the school during school drop-off and pick-up times. This will not affect residents' access – if you live in those roads, you will be able to apply for a free exemption permit.

This encourages parents and pupils to leave the car at home more often for the school run, and instead choose more sustainable and active means of travel, such as walking, cycling, or scooting. Healthy School Streets benefit residents by decreasing motor traffic in their neighbourhood during busy pick-up and drop-off hours – reducing congestion, noise, and air pollution.

Benefits of Healthy School Streets:

• Safer school journeys for pupils
• Make it easier to choose sustainable travel like walking and cycling
• Cleaner and less polluted streets
• Improve our air quality
• Encourage active travel, helping to promote healthy lifestyles

How do I get involved?

The council is keen to hear your views, this help us in making a decision on the future of these schemes.

The informal public consultations will start on 28 September 2022 and expires at midnight on 19 October 2022.

You can complete a survey for the Healthy School Street scheme you are most affected by. The relevant survey links are located at the bottom of this page. We encourage everyone to provide their views, this includes pupils, parents and school staff.

For any scheme specific enquiries or if you require the consultation letters in another format contact us on 020 8726 6000, 9am - 4pm Monday - Friday, or email: healthyschoolstreets@croydon.gov.uk

Note: when contacting us via email you must enter the scheme specific reference in the subject line.

Further helpful information can be found by clicking on the relevant links located on the right side of this web page.

Data protection statement

We have asked for your personal contact information on this application form so we can keep in touch. When we ask for this, we will be clear about why we’re collecting this information and how it will be used. Personal data submitted (including names, addresses and contact details) will be processed in accordance with the requirements of the UK General Data Protection Regulations. Data will only be used for the purposes of this application form. Contact details will not be shared or published. By participating, you agree to your data being used in this way.

If you complete this form and have changed your mind about giving us this data, we’ll remove it. You can do this by emailing the words ‘OPT OUT’ to healthyschoolstreets@croydon.gov.uk We’ll extend this for 30 days after a survey/form has closed.