A21 Trunk Road - Impose A Ban on Stopping, Waiting, And Parking

THE A21 TRUNK ROAD (SEVENOAKS TO KIPPING’S CROSS)
CLEARWAY ORDER 2025

National Highways Limited(a) gives notice that they have made an Order under powers conferred by Sections 1(1), 2(1) and (2)(c) and 4(1) of, and Paragraph 27(1) of Schedule 9 to, the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 on the A21 Trunk Road in the Districts of Sevenoaks, Tonbridge and Malling, and Tunbridge Wells in the County of Kent.

The Order was made on 20th June 2025 and comes into force 30th June 2025.

The effect of the Regulation is to impose a ban on stopping, waiting, and parking on: -

1. a) the coastbound carriageway of the A21 between a point approximately 990 metres south of the centreline of Chevening Road overbridge (the cessation of motorway regulations) and Kipping’s Cross Roundabout, a distance of approximately 24500 metres measured along the length of the road; and b) the London-bound carriageway of the A21 between Kipping’s Cross Roundabout and a point approximately 160 metres north of the centreline of Westerham Road overbridge (the commencement of motorway regulations), a distance of approximately 24500 metres measured along the length of the road;

2. all of the slip roads leading to and from the lengths of road described in 1. above, at Morleys Roundabout (A225/B245), at Fairthorne Interchange, at Longfield Road Interchange, and at Pembury Interchange (A228/A264);

3. the following additional connecting roads:-

a) at Chipstead Interchange (A25):-

i) the road connecting from the London-bound carriageway of the A21 to the eastbound carriageway of Westerham Road;

ii) the road connecting from the London-bound carriageway of the A21 to the westbound carriageway of Westerham Road;

iii) the road connecting from the southbound carriageway of the A21 to the westbound carriageway of Westerham Road; and

iv) the road connecting from the westbound carriageway of Westerham Road to the southbound carriageway of the A21;

b) at Quarry Hill (A26):-

i) the road connecting from the coastbound carriageway of the A21 to the southbound carriageway of the A26; and

ii) the roads connecting from the northbound carriageway of the A26 to the London-bound carriageway of the A21;

c) at Vauxhall Interchange (A26/A2014):-

i) the coastbound A21 off slip (terminating at Vauxhall Roundabout);

ii) the coastbound A21 on-slip (being a continuation of the unclassified Pembury Road from its junction with property north of the road);

iii) the London-bound on- and off-slip roads from and to their junction with Vauxhall Lane;

d) at Henwood Green Road Junction (A21 coastbound): all slips and links within the junction from the divergence of the northbound and southbound carriageways of Henwood Green Road;

4. any central reservation, verge, and footway adjacent to any of the above.

It extends, replaces and revokes a previous order as follows:

THE A21 TRUNK ROAD (SEVENOAKS BYPASS AND TONBRIDGE BYPASS) (24 HOURS CLEARWAY) ORDER 1992 (b);
and clarifies the uncertain status of the road between Tonbridge and Pembury.

A copy of the made Order and plans illustrating its effect may be inspected at: -

1) Reception, Sevenoaks District Council, Council Offices, Argyll Road, Sevenoaks, Kent TN13 1HG during office hours. (reference Sam Currie, Customer Solutions Team Leader): or

2) Reception, Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council, Council Offices, Tonbridge Castle, Castle Street, Tonbridge, Kent TN9 1BG during office hours. until the end of the legally obligated period, 1st August 2025, being a minimum of 6 weeks from the date making the Order.

Alternatively, these documents may be obtained by contacting, by e-mail, Dean Westall - Dean.Westall@nationalhighways.co.uk

Any person wishing to question the validity of the order or of any of its provisions on the grounds that it is not within the powers of the relevant enabling Act, or that a requirement of any such enabling Act or of any relevant regulations made thereunder has not been complied with, may, within 6 weeks of the date on which the order was made, make application for the purpose to the High Court, quoting the reference NH/SE/2025/A21/CLEARWAY.

Information provided in response to this consultation, including personal information, may be subject to publication or disclosure in accordance with the access to information regimes (these are primarily the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA), the Data Protection Act 2018 (DPA) and the Environmental Information Regulations 2004).

Ian Rosendaal, an official of National Highways Limited.

Ref: NH/SE/2025/A21/CLEARWAY

(a) National Highways Limited, (Company No. 9346363). Registered Office: Bridge House, Walnut Tree Close, Guildford, Surrey, GU1 4LZ. A company registered in England and Wales.

(b) S.I. 1992 No. 2614

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