Granary Road, Experimental Car Club Parking Bays Implementation & Enforcement

SUFFOLK COUNTY COUNCIL (DISTRICT OF FOREST HEATH) (STOPPING, WAITING AND LOADING PROHIBITIONS AND RESTRICTIONS AND ON-STREET PARKING PLACES) (MAP-BASED) ORDER 2019 (NEWMARKET) (GRANARY ROAD) (U6502) (CAR CLUB PARKING BAYS) (REVOCATION) (EXPERIMENTAL VARIATION NO.2) ORDER 2025

On 16/07/2025 Suffolk County Council made the above order under Sections 9, 10, 32, 35, 45, 47, 49 and 53 and Part IV of Schedule 9 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 (hereinafter referred to as “the Act of 1984”), as amended, which would substitute revision 2 of Map Tile EE23 in place of revision 1 of the same Map Tile into the above named 2019 Order. The Order will introduce as an experiment designated two Car Clubs Parking Bays on:

• Granary Road (U6502), Newmarket, westside, each starting 5m south of the southern boundary of property no.15 Granary Road for a distance of 12m in a southerly direction. These are 2 x 5.5m bays.

This order revokes order titled Suffolk County Council (District Of Forest Heath) (Stopping, Waiting And Loading Prohibitions And Restrictions And On-Street Parking Places) (Map-Based) Order 2019 (Newmarket) (Granary Road) (U6502) (Car Club Parking Bays) (Experimental Variation) Order 2025 dated 25/06/2025 to incorporate provisions allowing the enforcement of the Car Club Parking Bays through the use of permits.

Exemptions to the provisions set out in the order apply to emergency vehicles and medical practitioners; for the purpose of facilitating the movement of traffic and promoting its safety; building operation, demolition or excavation works; the maintenance, improvement or reconstruction of the parking place; the laying, erection, alteration, repair or cleaning of any sewer or of any main pipe or apparatus for the supply of gas, water or electricity; or of any telegraphic line, traffic sign or traffic machine; for convenience of occupiers of premises adjacent to the parking place when furniture is being removed from such premises; or where the street is likely to be thronged or obstructed.

The order will come into effect on 30/07/2025 and will operate as an experiment for a maximum period of 18 months. The County Council will monitor the experiment and will consider in due course whether the provisions should be made permanent. During the 6-month period commencing immediately after orders come into effect, anyone may object to any provision of the order becoming permanent or make any other representations.

Objections and other representations must be in writing to Suffolk County Council Legal Services at the address below or at: the.plans@uffolk.gov.uk by the end of 30/01/2026 and must state the grounds on which they are made. Please note that any such correspondence cannot be treated as confidential and may be inspected by any interested party. Any representations received in respect of the aforementioned revoked order will be considered as part of this consultation period.

A copy of the orders and maps showing the lengths of road affected, together with the Council’s reasons for the proposals, may be seen on request at the address below from Monday to Friday and also at Newmarket Library, 1a The Guineas, Newmarket, CB8 8EQ. Tuesday: 8.30am - 5pm, Wednesday: 9am - 5.30pm, Thursday: 8.30am - 5.30pm, Friday: 9am - 5.30pm, Saturday: 8.30am - 5pm, Sunday: 10am - 4pm (excluding bank holidays and public holidays).

If anyone wishes to question the validity of the order or of any provision contained in it, on the grounds that it is not within the powers conferred by the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 as amended, or on grounds that any requirements of that Act or any instrument made under it have not been complied with in relation to the order, they may within six weeks of the date on which the order was made apply to the High Court for this Purpose.

Date: 23/07/2025

Nigel Innis, Head of Governance, Suffolk County Council, Endeavour House, 8 Russell Road, Ipswich, Suffolk IP1 2BX