Various Roads, Womenswold in Canterbury - Amendment 11: Speed limit order

Consultation has concluded

The effect of this made Order will be to reduce the national speed limit to 30mph on the following length of roads in Womenswold, Canterbury:

  • Firs Road – from both its junctions with Nethersole Road to its junction with Woolage Green Road
  • Forstal Road – from a point 73 metres north of its junction with Nethersole Road to its junction with Firs Road
  • Nethersole Road - from its junction with Snowdown Road to its junction with Forstal Road
  • The Green and The Place – for their entire length.

This order was advertised originally as Amendment 19 and 19A but due to the new consolidation order for Canterbury it has been renumbered as Amendment 11

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 to 30mph on the following length of roads in Womenswold, Canterbury:

  • Firs Road – from both its junctions with Nethersole Road to its junction with Woolage Green Road
  • Forstal Road – from a point 73 metres north of its junction with Nethersole Road to its junction with Firs Road
  • Nethersole Road - from its junction with Snowdown Road to its junction with Forstal Road
  • The Green and The Place – for their entire length.

This order was advertised originally as Amendment 19 and 19A but due to the new consolidation order for Canterbury it has been renumbered as Amendment 11

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.
Consultation has concluded

  • 19 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 4 March 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.