Decision details

To:

(i)               Consider comments received following the formal advertisement of a Traffic Regulation Order (TRO hereafter) proposing the introduction of a Prohibition of Motor Vehicles (Except For Access) restriction in Gradidge Lane, Salisbury.

(ii)              Recommend the making of the TRO as advertised.

DECISION MADE

I approve that:

(i)               The proposed TRO be implemented as advertised.

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

               This decision was published on 28 June 2021 and will come into force on 6 July 2021.

Currently any member of the public (whether travelling on foot, bicycle, horseback or by motor vehicle) has the legal right to travel along Gradidge Lane. To manage who can use a section of public highway a TRO must first be introduced. The introduction of the proposed Prohibition of Motor Vehicles (Except For Access) restriction would allow access to Gradidge Lane to be managed. The Council’s proposals maintain vehicular access to the gas valve compound and the adjacent fields accessed via Gradidge Lane and address both the road safety concerns and fly-tipping issues identified.

The Council’s proposals would impact on an extremely small number of users of Gradidge Lane based on the established level of use of the road. A suitable alternative route for those motorists who would not be able to use Gradidge Lane, should the proposed restriction be introduced, not only already exists but is evidently the favoured route for the overwhelming majority of vehicles travelling between each end of Gradidge Lane.

The proposals are in accordance with Priorities 2 and 4 of the Council’s Business Plan.

To:

(i)               Implement the proposed TRO as advertised.

(ii)              Amend the proposed TRO in consideration of the comments received.

(iii)            Abandon the proposals.

Consultation has been undertaken with:

·                  Councillor Mary Douglas, the elected Wiltshire Council Member for the St. Francis and Stratford Ward (at the time the proposals were consulted upon).

·                  The elected Salisbury City Council Members for the St. Francis and Stratford Ward (at the time the proposals were consulted upon) through the statutory TRO consultation process.

·                  Members of the Salisbury Community Area Transport Group

·                  Emergency services through the statutory TRO consultation process.

·                  Members of the public through the statutory TRO consultation process.

The proposed TRO was subject to formal consultation between 22 October 2020 and 16 November 2020.  During the consultation period a total of 14 items of correspondence was received; 12 of which were in support of the proposed TRO and 2 objected to it. This report considers the comments made in relation to the proposed TRO.