Various roads in Kennington and Bybrook, Ashford - Amendment 8: Speed limit order

Consultation has concluded

The effect of this made Order will be to reduce the existing 30MPH speed limit to a 20MPH speed limit in Kennington and Bybrook, Ashford on the following length of roads for their entire lengths:

Ashborne Close
Beecholme Drive
Belmont Road
Bracken Close
Briar Close
Bybrook Road
Copperfield Close
Crofton Close
Eythorne Close Glebe Way
Grasmere Road
Greenbank
Kingswood
Larch Walk
Mardol Road
Meadowbrook Close
Meadowbrook Road
Midsummer Hill
Nine Acres
Northumberland Avenue
Oakfield Road
Old Ash Close
Old School Mews
Park Road
Park Vale
Rectory Way Riding Hill
Rylands Road
Shaw Cross
Tabret Close
Tadworth Road
The Pasture
Thirlmere
Tudor Byway
Tudor End
Tudor Road
Underwood Close
Walnut Close
Woodstock Way
York Road


This order has been made for the following reasons:

  • 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.

The effect of this made Order will be to reduce the existing 30MPH speed limit to a 20MPH speed limit in Kennington and Bybrook, Ashford on the following length of roads for their entire lengths:

Ashborne Close
Beecholme Drive
Belmont Road
Bracken Close
Briar Close
Bybrook Road
Copperfield Close
Crofton Close
Eythorne Close Glebe Way
Grasmere Road
Greenbank
Kingswood
Larch Walk
Mardol Road
Meadowbrook Close
Meadowbrook Road
Midsummer Hill
Nine Acres
Northumberland Avenue
Oakfield Road
Old Ash Close
Old School Mews
Park Road
Park Vale
Rectory Way Riding Hill
Rylands Road
Shaw Cross
Tabret Close
Tadworth Road
The Pasture
Thirlmere
Tudor Byway
Tudor End
Tudor Road
Underwood Close
Walnut Close
Woodstock Way
York Road


This order has been made for the following reasons:

  • 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.
Consultation has concluded

  • 17 February 2023

    CLOSED: This discussion has concluded.

    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 April 2023, 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.