Various roads in Tunbridge Wells - Amendment 9: Speed limit order

Consultation has concluded

The effect of this made Order would be make the experimental order permanent and reduce the 30MPH Speed Limit to 20MPH Speed Limit in Tunbridge Wells on the following lengths of roads for their entire lengths:

Camden RoadCalverley RoadCulverden StreetGoods Station Road
Grosvenor RoadHanover RoadHigh StreetMeadow Road
Monson RoadMount Pleasant RoadMount Pleasant AvenueMount Ephraim Road
Rock Villa RoadUpper Grosvenor RoadVale RoadWhite Bear Passage
Victoria Road



This order has been made for the following reasons:

  • for avoiding 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).

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 Public Notice and Statement for Reason document.

Anyone may, by application to the High Court by 28 February 2022 at 12:00 midday, 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.

The effect of this made Order would be make the experimental order permanent and reduce the 30MPH Speed Limit to 20MPH Speed Limit in Tunbridge Wells on the following lengths of roads for their entire lengths:

Camden RoadCalverley RoadCulverden StreetGoods Station Road
Grosvenor RoadHanover RoadHigh StreetMeadow Road
Monson RoadMount Pleasant RoadMount Pleasant AvenueMount Ephraim Road
Rock Villa RoadUpper Grosvenor RoadVale RoadWhite Bear Passage
Victoria Road



This order has been made for the following reasons:

  • for avoiding 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).

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 Public Notice and Statement for Reason document.

Anyone may, by application to the High Court by 28 February 2022 at 12:00 midday, 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.