Various Roads, Blean & Chestfield in the District of Canterbury - Amendment 5: Speed Limit Order

The effect of this made Order will be to reduce the National Speed Limit (60mph) to 40mph on the following length of roads in Blean and Chestfield, Canterbury:

  • Hackington Road – from its junction with Thornden Wood Road for a distance of 310 metres in a southerly direction
  • Radfall Road – from its junction with Thornden Wood Road for a distance of 600 metres in a northerly direction
  • Thornden Wood Road – from its junction with Radfall Road and Hackington Road for a distance of 35 metres in an easterly direction.

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 facilitating the passage on the road or any other road of any class of traffic (including pedestrians)
  • 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 National Speed Limit (60mph) to 40mph on the following length of roads in Blean and Chestfield, Canterbury:

  • Hackington Road – from its junction with Thornden Wood Road for a distance of 310 metres in a southerly direction
  • Radfall Road – from its junction with Thornden Wood Road for a distance of 600 metres in a northerly direction
  • Thornden Wood Road – from its junction with Radfall Road and Hackington Road for a distance of 35 metres in an easterly direction.

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 facilitating the passage on the road or any other road of any class of traffic (including pedestrians)
  • for preserving or improving the amenities of the area through which the road runs.

  • 4 July 2025

    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 18 August 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.