Dulwich Double Yellow Lines: 14 Streets in New Plan

Double yellow lines are planned for 14 places across Dulwich, East Dulwich and Peckham Rye. Southwark Council’s leader approved them on 7 September 2026 as part of a borough-wide batch of 29 small parking changes.

Most are short stretches of line across driveways where residents say parked cars block them in. Two protect junctions where parked cars make it hard to see.

None of it is legally in force yet. Each street still needs a traffic order, and anyone can object to one before it is made.

Which streets are affected

The council’s report lists every scheme with its ward and its reason. In the Dulwich area they are:

Crystal Palace Road appears twice in the council’s table, so the 13 rows above cover 14 schemes.

Why each one was asked for

The report says most of the batch was requested by residents. The drawings and evidence sheets for each street show where the requests came from:

• Ten came from residents. On Court Lane, Turney Road and Crystal Palace Road they reported cars parking over their dropped kerbs. On Upland Road and Ildersly Grove they said parked cars stopped them getting their own car out.
• College Road came from ward councillors. They told Highways a short section had been left unrestricted when new double yellow lines went in along the road.
• Barry Road came from a council officer. The officer reported that wheelchairs and prams could not get along the pavement because of overgrown tree roots and damage. The build-out needs 16 metres of new kerb.
• Rye Hill Park came from a Highways technician, who reported parked cars blocking a dropped kerb. The street is not in a controlled parking zone.
• Keston Road follows an earlier decision. In January 2025 the council approved tree build-outs there and the removal of four parking bays. The new order adds 24 metres of double yellow lines in their place.

At both junction schemes, Underhill Road with Hillcourt Road and Oakhurst Grove with Solway Road, the report says the lines are there to improve visibility.

Nunhead’s share of the batch

Four more schemes are in Nunhead and Queens Road ward, north east of East Dulwich:

• a loading bay on Culmore Road, because delivery drivers for the nearby shops have nowhere safe to stop with cars parked on both sides
• double yellow lines at the junction of Buchan Road and Kimberley Avenue
• double yellow lines on Howbury Road, for junction visibility
• a relocated disabled bay on Hollydale Road, with double yellow lines and loading restrictions so vehicles can pass the traffic island

The report says a planting bed on Meeting House Lane in Peckham was pulled from the batch for further investigation.

What happens next

The council’s timetable in the report is:

• Statutory consultation: September 2026
• Objections reported back to the leader, if any: October 2026
• Work on the ground: November 2026, if no objections are received

The legal notice goes in Southwark News and the London Gazette. The council can also post notices on the street or write to affected homes. We checked the Public Notice Portal on 17 September and no notice for this batch had been published yet.

Once the notice is out, anyone can object in writing within 21 days. The council has to consider every objection before it makes the order. If it goes ahead anyway, it must give reasons to each objector.

The whole batch of 29 schemes is estimated to cost £45,000. It is paid for from existing highways and parking budgets.

What it means for you

If you park on any of these streets, the spaces in question will become no waiting at any time once the orders are made. On most of them that means a few metres across somebody’s driveway, not a whole kerb.

Blue Badge holders can still park on double yellow lines for up to three hours, the report notes. The Hollydale Road lines are the exception, because they will carry loading restrictions too.

If you want a say, watch for the notice on your street or in Southwark News, then write in within 21 days. We will add the dates to our roadworks and travel page when the notice appears.

Controlled zone hours, permit prices and the rules on bays are on our parking in Dulwich page.

Sources

• Report: Local Parking Schemes (Tranche 1, 2026-27), Southwark Council, for Table 1 (every street, ward, proposal and reason), the residents’ requests, the £45,000 cost, the timetable, the 21-day objection rule, the Blue Badge rule and the withdrawal of the Meeting House Lane scheme.
• Record of decision, Southwark Council, signed 7 September 2026, recording that the recommendations were approved with no representations received.
• Decision details: Local parking schemes, Tranche 1 2026/27, Southwark Council, published 8 September 2026, with the appendix and design drawing for each street, the source of every length, the origin of each request and the Keston Road background.
• Public Notice Portal, searched 17 September 2026 across Southwark postcodes for the statutory notice.