Various Roads, Singlewell in the Borough of Gravesham - Amendment 2: Speed Limit Order

The effect of this made Order will be to implement a 30mph speed limit on the following lengths of roads in Singlewell, Gravesham:

  • Church Road and Epsom Close – for their entire length
  • Hever Court Road (service road) – from its junction with Church Road to the entrance of the Premier Inn Hotel and reduce the current 40mph speed limit to 30mph from a point 60 metres east of its junction with Singlewell Road for a distance of 704 metres in a south 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 implement a 30mph speed limit on the following lengths of roads in Singlewell, Gravesham:

  • Church Road and Epsom Close – for their entire length
  • Hever Court Road (service road) – from its junction with Church Road to the entrance of the Premier Inn Hotel and reduce the current 40mph speed limit to 30mph from a point 60 metres east of its junction with Singlewell Road for a distance of 704 metres in a south 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.

  • 13 September 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 28 October 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.