Thremhall Avenue & Coopers End Road - 30MPH Speed Limit

Stansted Airport Limited

(Thremhall Avenue & Coopers End Road) (Amendment No.1) (Restricted Road - 30MPH Speed Limit & Revocations) Order 2024

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Stansted Airport Limited ‘HAS MADE’ an Order under Sections 81, 82 (1) (a), (2) (b) and 83 (2) and Part IV of Schedule 9 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 (“the 84 Act”) as amended and all other enabling powers, and after consultation with the Chief Officer of Police For Essex Police Authority in accordance with Schedule III of Schedule 9, and as having effect by virtue of the Aerodrome Traffic (Stansted Order) 1976 and section 65 of the Airport Act 1986 the effect of which will be in respect of roads at Stansted Aerodrome, hereby made the following Order:

The effect of the Order will be to revoke the Derestricted section of Thremhall Avenue and the 40 MPH speed limit on Thremhall Avenue, Coopers End Roundabout and Terminal Road North, at Stansted Aerodrome and reinstate a restricted road status on those sections of roads, thus restricting the roads to a speed limit 30 M.P.H: 

1. The length(s) of road(s) within Stansted Aerodrome specified in Schedule 1 to this Notice shall be a restricted road for the purposes of Section 81 of the 84 Act.

SCHEDULE 1

Length(s) of Road(s) within Stansted Aerodrome:

a) Thremhall Avenue; The entire length of Thremhall Avenue from the Bassingbourn Roundabout to the Coopers End Roundabout.

b) Coopers End Roundabout; The entire gyratory of Coopers End Roundabout.

c) Terminal Road North; from its junction with Coopers End roundabout in a north-easterly direction for 107 metres.

2.  The Order specified in Schedule 2 to this Notice is hereby revoked in part insofar as it relates to the length(s) of road(s) specified in Schedule 1 to this Notice.

SCHEDULE 2

a) The Stansted Airport – London (Speed Limits) Consolidation Order 2014

A COPY of the Made Order, the relevant plan, the Stansted Airport’s statement of reasons for making the Order and extract copies of the Order being amended may be seen at Stansted Airport’s website: www.stanstedatf.com. Or may be viewed at reception in Enterprise House between 9.30am to 4pm Monday to Friday.

 If you wish to question the validity of the Order (which was made on 29th of July 2024) or of any provisions contained in it on the grounds that it is not within the powers conferred by the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, or on the grounds that any requirement of that Act, or of any instrument made under it has not been complied with in relation to the Order, you may, within six weeks from the 29th of July 2024 apply to the High Court for this purpose.

THIS ORDER WILL COME INTO FORCE ON SUNDAY 01st DAY OF SEPTEMBER 2024.

The Order looks to amend the speed limit from being derestricted and 40mph to being a restricted road where the speed limit is restricted to 30mph for the purpose of Section 81 of the 84 Act. Reducing the speed of the road(s) would help with road safety following the increase of heavy commercial vehicles along the roads.

 THIS NOTICE IS DATED THIS 31st DAY OF JULY 2024

Steve Mills

Head of Landside Operations,

Stansted Airport, Enterprise House, Bassingbourn Road,

Stansted, CM24 1QW