Decision details

To:

(i)         Consider the comments received following the formal advertisement of a Traffic Regulation Order (TRO hereafter) proposing the introduction of waiting restrictions in the vicinity of the Laverstock schools in Salisbury.

(ii)        Recommend proceeding with the introduction of the TRO subject to amendments.

I approve that:

(i)             The Council’s proposals be introduced as advertised subject to the following amendment.

• The proposed NWAAT restrictions are retained at junctions within Elm Close, but the remaining NWAAT restrictions are amended to become No Waiting and No Loading Monday to Friday 2.00pm to 4.00pm restrictions.

(ii)            The correspondents who commented on the Council’s proposals be informed accordingly.

This decision was published on  22 May 2024 and will come into force on 31 May 2024.           

Implementing the waiting restrictions, subject to the proposed amendment, would support the aim of the proposed restrictions to relocate parking away from the Laverstock schools in the afternoon and make it safer for pedestrians to both use the footways and cross the road in the immediate vicinity of them at the end of the school day. The relocation of the parking will also help address the issues of congestion in Church Road and residents’ driveways in the vicinity of the schools being obstructed at the end of the school day.

Implementing the waiting restrictions, subject to the proposed amendment, would provide residents of Elm Close (and Chestnut Close) with more flexibility for parking activities undertaken in the road such as receiving visitors, tradesmen and deliveries.

The proposals are in accordance with Themes 1 and 4 in Wiltshire Council’s Business Plan 2022-2032.

To:

(i)       Implement the proposals as advertised.

(ii)       Amend the proposals in consideration of the comments received.

(iii)      Abandon the proposals.

Consultation has been undertaken with:

• The Laverstock Schools Working Group in developing the advertised proposals.

• The elected Wiltshire Council Member representing the Laverstock Ward.

• Laverstock and Ford Parish Council through the statutory TRO consultation process.

• Emergency services through the statutory consultation process

• Members of the public, including parents of pupils attending the schools, through the statutory consultation process.

A TRO proposing the introduction of additional waiting restrictions in the vicinity of the Laverstock schools was formally advertised for comment on 19 January 2023. The Council's closing date for receipt of objections or other representations to the advertised TRO, together with the grounds on which they were made, was 13 February 2023.