Various Roads, Lower Halstow in Swale - Amendment 5: Speed limit order

Consultation has concluded

The effect of this made Order will be to reduce the current speed limit to 20mph on the following lengths of roads in Lower Halstow, Swale:-

  • Breach Lane – From its junction with The Street to a point 50 metres west of 18 Westfield Cottages.
  • Burntwick Drive, Crouch Hill Court, Cumberland Drive, Curlew Avenue, Elm Farm Road, Heron Close, Landrail Road, Lapwig Drive, Orchard View, School Lane and The Green – For their entire length.
  • The Street – From the western boundary of Green Farm in an easterly direction to its junction with Sheerness Road.
  • Vicarage Lane – From its junction with The Street to the northern boundary of Halstow Cross.
  • Westmoreland Drive – For its entire length.

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.

The effect of this made Order will be to reduce the current speed limit to 20mph on the following lengths of roads in Lower Halstow, Swale:-

  • Breach Lane – From its junction with The Street to a point 50 metres west of 18 Westfield Cottages.
  • Burntwick Drive, Crouch Hill Court, Cumberland Drive, Curlew Avenue, Elm Farm Road, Heron Close, Landrail Road, Lapwig Drive, Orchard View, School Lane and The Green – For their entire length.
  • The Street – From the western boundary of Green Farm in an easterly direction to its junction with Sheerness Road.
  • Vicarage Lane – From its junction with The Street to the northern boundary of Halstow Cross.
  • Westmoreland Drive – For its entire length.

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.
Consultation has concluded

  • 5 January 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 19 February 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.