Hart Street, Maidstone in the Borough of Maidstone - Amendment 8: Prohibition of Traffic Movements

The effect of this made Order will be to introduce a one way system and a banned turn movement on the following length of roads in Maidstone:-

  • Hart Street – from its southern junction with Barker Road to its northern junction with Barker Road (except cycles) travelling in a north then easterly direction
  • Barker Road – no right or left hand turn movement permitted into Hart Street at the northern junction with Barker Road.

This order has been made for the following reasons:

  • to improve flow of traffic within the Lockmeadow estate by reducing turning movements and encouraging traffic to use the one-way section of Hart Street. The scheme also aims to improve local amenity of the area by reducing congestion and driver conflict
  • to reduce queuing traffic on Barker Road and the A20 The Broadway
  • for avoiding danger to persons or other traffic using the road or any other road or for preventing the likelihood of any such danger arising
  • for preserving or improving the amenities of the area through which the road runs
  • for facilitating the passage on the road or any other road of any class of traffic (including pedestrians).

The effect of this made Order will be to introduce a one way system and a banned turn movement on the following length of roads in Maidstone:-

  • Hart Street – from its southern junction with Barker Road to its northern junction with Barker Road (except cycles) travelling in a north then easterly direction
  • Barker Road – no right or left hand turn movement permitted into Hart Street at the northern junction with Barker Road.

This order has been made for the following reasons:

  • to improve flow of traffic within the Lockmeadow estate by reducing turning movements and encouraging traffic to use the one-way section of Hart Street. The scheme also aims to improve local amenity of the area by reducing congestion and driver conflict
  • to reduce queuing traffic on Barker Road and the A20 The Broadway
  • for avoiding danger to persons or other traffic using the road or any other road or for preventing the likelihood of any such danger arising
  • for preserving or improving the amenities of the area through which the road runs
  • for facilitating the passage on the road or any other road of any class of traffic (including pedestrians).

  • 20 December 2024

    Following the statutory consultation period, the scheme has been reviewed and the decision has been taken to make this Order permanent.

    Full details, including the scheme plan, can be found in the Made Order Public Notice and Statement of Reason document.

    Anyone may, by application to the High Court by 3 February 2025, challenge the validity of the Orders or of any provision contained in them on the grounds that it is not within the powers conferred by the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, or any instrument made thereunder, or that there has been a failure to comply with any statutory requirement to the Orders.