Start with the vehicle position serving your agreed furniture entrance. Check who controls it, its current conditions and whether you need reserved space; organise the flat’s own admission and gate access separately.
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Locate the stop beside the actual furniture approach
Identify the specific bay, restriction or private position and read its signs and markings. Record the full flat address, chosen furniture door, outside steps and remaining carry. Check the street controller rather than treating the neighbourhood name as a complete permission instruction.
If the entrance is through a garden or lower-ground approach, establish how the goods reach the street without obstructing shared access. A useful carrying route does not reserve the nearest vehicle space.
Distinguish continuous removal loading from reserving a bay
Kensington and Chelsea’s advice explains qualifying domestic-removal loading where a lawful available space can be used, alongside its process for reserving a bay. It requires continuous loading under the stated conditions and says you cannot put out your own barriers or notices to block space.
Read the current conditions for the actual position. If a reservation is needed, check the council’s current application instructions and retain the decision, covered location, dates and vehicle requirements. Verify on-street suspension notices rather than assuming a general controlled-hours rule settles every position.
Confirm flat and garden admission independently
Ask the occupier or authorised manager which entrance the furniture may use and who can unlock the door or gate. Confirm access for the full carry, including any shared route or property appointment.
At delivery, make a separate street-position and admission check. Use the building-access checklist to organise those questions; a council arrangement cannot provide receiving keys.
The furniture route reaches a bay that is not reserved
Illustrative example: a Notting Hill tenant agrees a furniture door reached by outside steps. They check the actual street controller and current loading conditions, then decide whether a reservation is needed for the planned work.
The tenant keeps the entrance available separately and does not place household objects in a bay to hold it. The recipient confirms their own lawful position and keyholder.
Keep a loading-and-admission decision
- Exact vehicle position, controller and current signs.
- Applicable loading conditions or confirmed reservation.
- Approved dates, location and vehicle requirements where relevant.
- Furniture door, gate, opening contact and full carry.
- Independent receiving arrangement and unresolved permissions.
Connect it with the handover schedule and entrance route sheet, alongside London access guidance.
Common questions
Must every Notting Hill furniture collection reserve a bay?
Check the actual controller and current conditions. RBKC distinguishes qualifying continuous removal loading in available lawful space from a reserved suspension.
Can I hold the nearest bay with boxes or homemade notices?
RBKC’s advice says you cannot put out barriers or notices to block space. Use the applicable authorised arrangement.
Sources and further detail
Practical planning for the actual addresses. Historic built context does not establish present permission; examples are illustrative.
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