Various Roads, Bredhurst and Penenden Heath in the Borough of Maidstone - Amendment 7: Waiting Restrictions

The effect of this made Order will be to place double yellow lines on the following length of roads in Bredhurst and Penenden Heath, Maidstone:-

  • Erith Close – Both sides of its junction with Woodcut and Becksbourne Close for a distance of 17 metres in a southerly direction
  • Woodcut – (1) On the south west side from its junction with Erith Close for a distance of 10 metres in a westerly direction. (2) On its north side from its junction with Becksbourne Close for a distance of 21 metres in a westerly direction
  • Becksbourne Close – (1) On west side from its junction with Woodcut for a distance of 21 metres in a northerly direction. (2) On the east side from a point 3 metres north of the rear boundary of 18 Barnhurst Road for a distance of 41 metres in a southerly direction. (3) On the south side from its junction with Erith Close for a distance of 30 metres in an easterly direction.

The following has been abandoned and will no longer be going ahead:

  • Hurtswood Road – (1) On the south west side from its junction with Fir Tree Grove to a point 20 metres south and to meet up with the existing lines in a north westerly direction
  • Fir Tree Grove – (1) On its north side from its junction with Hurtswood Road for a distance of 21 metres in a south westerly direction. (2) On the south side from its junction with Hurtswood Road for a distance of 20 metres in a south westerly direction

This order has been 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).

The effect of this made Order will be to place double yellow lines on the following length of roads in Bredhurst and Penenden Heath, Maidstone:-

  • Erith Close – Both sides of its junction with Woodcut and Becksbourne Close for a distance of 17 metres in a southerly direction
  • Woodcut – (1) On the south west side from its junction with Erith Close for a distance of 10 metres in a westerly direction. (2) On its north side from its junction with Becksbourne Close for a distance of 21 metres in a westerly direction
  • Becksbourne Close – (1) On west side from its junction with Woodcut for a distance of 21 metres in a northerly direction. (2) On the east side from a point 3 metres north of the rear boundary of 18 Barnhurst Road for a distance of 41 metres in a southerly direction. (3) On the south side from its junction with Erith Close for a distance of 30 metres in an easterly direction.

The following has been abandoned and will no longer be going ahead:

  • Hurtswood Road – (1) On the south west side from its junction with Fir Tree Grove to a point 20 metres south and to meet up with the existing lines in a north westerly direction
  • Fir Tree Grove – (1) On its north side from its junction with Hurtswood Road for a distance of 21 metres in a south westerly direction. (2) On the south side from its junction with Hurtswood Road for a distance of 20 metres in a south westerly direction

This order has been 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).

  • Friday 13 June 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 Monday 28 July 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.