Decision details

To:

(i)               Consider the comments received following the formal advertisement of proposed amendments to the layout of waiting restrictions at various locations in Amesbury, Durrington and Bulford.

(ii)              Recommend the making of the Traffic Regulation Orders (TROs hereafter) as advertised.

I approve that:

(i)              The proposed TROs be implemented as advertised.

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

          This decision was published on 21 April 2023 and will come into force on 2 May 2023.

The proposed waiting restrictions will help the Council to meet its statutory duty of ensuing that the right of passage along the public highway is not impeded.

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

To:

(i)               Implement the proposed TROs as advertised.

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

(iii)            Abandon the proposals.

Consultation has been undertaken with:

·                  The elected Wiltshire Council Members representing Amesbury, Durrington and Bulford Wards.

·                  The elected Amesbury Town Council, Durrington Town Council and Bulford Parish Council Members through the statutory TRO consultation process.

·                  Members of the Stonehenge Local Highways & Footways Improvement Group (LHFIG).

·                  Emergency services through the statutory TRO consultation process.

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

The proposed TROs were subject to formal consultation between 20 October 2022 and 21 November 2022.  During the consultation period a total of 38 items of correspondence were received in response to the Council’s proposals. Of those 38 items nineteen expressed support for the Council’s proposals, seventeen objected to the Council’s proposals and two offered comments on the Council’s proposals without specifically supporting or opposing them.