Various Roads, Ashford in the Borough of Ashford - Amendment 4: Prohibition of Traffic Movements

Consultation has concluded

The effect of this made Order will be to prohibit vehicles to turn left or right and enter the bus gate except for local buses, taxis, cycles at certain locations see order for full exemptions (and emergency vehicles when on call) on the following length of roads in Ashford:-

  • Beaver Road - change of existing prohibition to as above
  • Bridge between Bluebell Road and Herdwick Close/Finn Farm Road – change of existing prohibition to as above
  • Carlton Road - banned left hand turn in to Sackville Crescent (over railway bridge)
  • Finn Farm Road - banned left hand turn into the road over bridge to Bluebell Road
  • Godfrey Walk – banned left hand turn into Beaver Road
  • Herdwick Close - banned right hand turn into the road over bridge to Bluebell Road
  • Kings Avenue – banned right turn in to Sackville Crescent (over railway bridge)
  • Sackville Crescent – banned left hand turn in to Sackville Crescent (over railway bridge)
  • South Stour Avenue – banned left hand turn into Beaver 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
  • 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 prohibit vehicles to turn left or right and enter the bus gate except for local buses, taxis, cycles at certain locations see order for full exemptions (and emergency vehicles when on call) on the following length of roads in Ashford:-

  • Beaver Road - change of existing prohibition to as above
  • Bridge between Bluebell Road and Herdwick Close/Finn Farm Road – change of existing prohibition to as above
  • Carlton Road - banned left hand turn in to Sackville Crescent (over railway bridge)
  • Finn Farm Road - banned left hand turn into the road over bridge to Bluebell Road
  • Godfrey Walk – banned left hand turn into Beaver Road
  • Herdwick Close - banned right hand turn into the road over bridge to Bluebell Road
  • Kings Avenue – banned right turn in to Sackville Crescent (over railway bridge)
  • Sackville Crescent – banned left hand turn in to Sackville Crescent (over railway bridge)
  • South Stour Avenue – banned left hand turn into Beaver 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
  • for facilitating the passage on the road or any other road of any class of traffic (including pedestrians).
Consultation has concluded

  • 26 July 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 9 September 2024, 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.