School Streets - Brunswick House Primary School

We are excited to inform you that the School Streets trial we are introducing for Brunswick House Primary School in Maidstone is now live. This is to create a safer, healthier, and more pleasant environment for everyone.

What is the School Streets Trial?

The trial involves temporarily restricting motor vehicle access outside the main entrance to Brunswick House Primary School during school drop-off and pick-up times. People will still be able to access the gym at these times, and the emergency services will be exempt.

Residents can apply for an exemption permit which will enable residents to enter and park within the School Streets zone during the operational times.

The trial will run from 19 May to 18 November 2026, with restrictions in place between 8.15am - 9.00am, and 3.00pm - 3.45pm, Monday to Friday, during school term time only.

A six-month consultation period has now started and will run until 18 November 2025. Whilst the trial is in place, everyone will be encouraged to provide feedback about their experiences of the School Streets.

Throughout the trial, we will work closely with Brunswick House Primary School to understand its impact, monitoring safety, air quality, and traffic flow outside the school entrance and on Buckland Road.

Your feedback will play a crucial role in evaluating its success. Following the consultation and trial period a decision will be made about the future of the School Streets.

Why are we doing this?

The main aims of the trial is to:

  • improve road safety for children and families
  • reduce traffic congestion and pollution
  • encourage more walking, wheeling and cycling (active travel) to school
  • create a calmer and more pleasant environment outside the school.

Which streets are affected?

The following street will be part of the trial:

  • Leafy Lane (immediately after the junction for the car park).

How can you get involved now?

We are consulting on an Experimental Traffic Regulation Order (ETRO) which introduces the school street trial on Leafy Lane.

This Order has been made for the following reasons:

  • to avoid the 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 Order will come into effect on the 19 May 2025 on an experimental basis for a period of 18 months. The scheme will be reviewed so that the Council can make the decision to make the Order permanent, amend or abandon it.

Full details, including the scheme plan, can be found in the Public Notice and Statement for Reason document, which can be found in the 'Documents' section.

Any person wishing to object to or support the Order before it is made permanent can do so via our response form.

The ETRO consultation closes at midnight on 18 November 2025.

If you have any questions about the School Streets trial, or need a paper copy of the survey, please get in touch using the contact details in the Who's listening section and providing the reference 'School Streets Brunswick House, Maidstone'.

We are excited to inform you that the School Streets trial we are introducing for Brunswick House Primary School in Maidstone is now live. This is to create a safer, healthier, and more pleasant environment for everyone.

What is the School Streets Trial?

The trial involves temporarily restricting motor vehicle access outside the main entrance to Brunswick House Primary School during school drop-off and pick-up times. People will still be able to access the gym at these times, and the emergency services will be exempt.

Residents can apply for an exemption permit which will enable residents to enter and park within the School Streets zone during the operational times.

The trial will run from 19 May to 18 November 2026, with restrictions in place between 8.15am - 9.00am, and 3.00pm - 3.45pm, Monday to Friday, during school term time only.

A six-month consultation period has now started and will run until 18 November 2025. Whilst the trial is in place, everyone will be encouraged to provide feedback about their experiences of the School Streets.

Throughout the trial, we will work closely with Brunswick House Primary School to understand its impact, monitoring safety, air quality, and traffic flow outside the school entrance and on Buckland Road.

Your feedback will play a crucial role in evaluating its success. Following the consultation and trial period a decision will be made about the future of the School Streets.

Why are we doing this?

The main aims of the trial is to:

  • improve road safety for children and families
  • reduce traffic congestion and pollution
  • encourage more walking, wheeling and cycling (active travel) to school
  • create a calmer and more pleasant environment outside the school.

Which streets are affected?

The following street will be part of the trial:

  • Leafy Lane (immediately after the junction for the car park).

How can you get involved now?

We are consulting on an Experimental Traffic Regulation Order (ETRO) which introduces the school street trial on Leafy Lane.

This Order has been made for the following reasons:

  • to avoid the 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 Order will come into effect on the 19 May 2025 on an experimental basis for a period of 18 months. The scheme will be reviewed so that the Council can make the decision to make the Order permanent, amend or abandon it.

Full details, including the scheme plan, can be found in the Public Notice and Statement for Reason document, which can be found in the 'Documents' section.

Any person wishing to object to or support the Order before it is made permanent can do so via our response form.

The ETRO consultation closes at midnight on 18 November 2025.

If you have any questions about the School Streets trial, or need a paper copy of the survey, please get in touch using the contact details in the Who's listening section and providing the reference 'School Streets Brunswick House, Maidstone'.