Various roads, Margate in Thanet - Amendment 5: Speed limit order

Consultation has concluded

The effect of this made Order will be to reduce the current speed limit from 30mph to 20mph on the following lengths of roads in Margate, Thanet:

For their entire length -

Alexandra Road
Beatrice Road
Buckingham Road
Channel Road
Chapel Hill Close
Clive Road
Connaught Gardens
Connaught Road
Continental Approach
Crossways Avenue
Dene Walk
Drapers Avenue
Drapers Close
Elmley Way
Enterprise Road
Enterprise Way
Farley Road
Giles Gardens
Gladstone Road
Gordon Road
Helena Avenue
Holly Close
Lister Road
Marlborough Road
Nash Court Gardens Nash Court Road
Nash Lane
Oast Court
Payton Close
Perkins Avenue Rowe Close
Salmestone Road
St Andrews Close St Annes Gardens
St Augustines Avenue
St Peters Footpath
Strasbourg Street
The Greenfinches
Tivoli Brooks
Tivoli Road
Ulster Road
Yoakley Square



College Road: From its junction with Ramsgate Road to its junction with Hartsdown Road.

St Peters Road: Side road fronting properties 59 to 135 from its junction with Lister Road to its junction with St Peters Road.

This order was originally proposed as Amendment 16.

This order has been made for the following reasons:

  • avoid 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.

The effect of this made Order will be to reduce the current speed limit from 30mph to 20mph on the following lengths of roads in Margate, Thanet:

For their entire length -

Alexandra Road
Beatrice Road
Buckingham Road
Channel Road
Chapel Hill Close
Clive Road
Connaught Gardens
Connaught Road
Continental Approach
Crossways Avenue
Dene Walk
Drapers Avenue
Drapers Close
Elmley Way
Enterprise Road
Enterprise Way
Farley Road
Giles Gardens
Gladstone Road
Gordon Road
Helena Avenue
Holly Close
Lister Road
Marlborough Road
Nash Court Gardens Nash Court Road
Nash Lane
Oast Court
Payton Close
Perkins Avenue Rowe Close
Salmestone Road
St Andrews Close St Annes Gardens
St Augustines Avenue
St Peters Footpath
Strasbourg Street
The Greenfinches
Tivoli Brooks
Tivoli Road
Ulster Road
Yoakley Square



College Road: From its junction with Ramsgate Road to its junction with Hartsdown Road.

St Peters Road: Side road fronting properties 59 to 135 from its junction with Lister Road to its junction with St Peters Road.

This order was originally proposed as Amendment 16.

This order has been made for the following reasons:

  • avoid 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.
Consultation has concluded

  • 1 March 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 15 April 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.