Stotfold & Biggleswade - Introduction of a Heavy Goods Vehicle Weight Restriction & Footpath Diversion

CENTRAL BEDFORDSHIRE COUNCIL PROPOSES TO INTRODUCE  A 7.5 TONNES HEAVY GOODS VEHICLE WEIGHT RESTRICTION IN WRAYFIELDS, STOTFOLD

Reason for proposal: The proposed Order is considered necessary on the grounds of promoting road safety and improving the environment of the area. The proposed restriction would prohibit HGVs over 7.5 tonnes from using Wrayfields. The A1 dual carriageway is a strategic trunk road and provides a better route for HGV traffic.

Effect of the Order:

To introduce a 7.5 tonnes HGV Weight Restriction on the following length of roads in Stotfold:-

1. Wrayfields, from a point approximately 85 metres southwest of the A1 and extending in a southwesterly direction up the junction with Malthouse Lane and Mill Lane.

Exemptions: The proposed Order will include exemptions to allow heavy goods vehicles over 7.5 tonnes to enter the restricted zone for access and delivery requirements. There will also be exemptions for emergency vehicles and for certain other building and maintenance purposes. Further Details may be viewed online at www.centralbedfordshire.gov.uk/publicstatutorynotices.

Comments should be sent by e-mail to highways.consultation@centralbedfordshire.gov.uk by 29 August 2025. Any objections must state the grounds on which they are made and must quote unique reference number TRO-027. If you want to send in your comments in writing please send them to the address shown below FAO Emily Hirst.

Please note that any comments received will be redacted of personal information and uploaded onto the Central Bedfordshire Council website as part of a report on the scheme a few days before the proposal is discussed at the relevant Traffic Management Meeting, where it will remain in the public domain. If you do not wish for your comments to be part of the report please state this explicitly within your response

Order Titles: If made will be “Central Bedfordshire Council (Wrayfields, Stotfold) (Weight Restriction) Order 202*”

CENTRAL BEDFORDSHIRE COUNCIL (BIGGLESWADE: PART OF FOOTPATH NO. 24) PUBLIC PATH DIVERSION ORDER 2025

The above Order made on 25 July 2025 under Section 119 of the Highways Act 1980 will divert part of Footpath No. 24, Biggleswade.

The length of part of Footpath No. 24, Biggleswade to be stopped up extends from its junction with Saxon Drive at Ordnance Survey Grid Reference (OS GR) TL 2035 4425 in an east-north-easterly direction for approximately 214 metres to terminate at its junction with an unaffected part of Footpath No. 24, Biggleswade at OS GR TL 2055 4433.

The footpath is stopped up across its full width.

The length of part of Footpath No. 24, Biggleswade to be created extends from its junction with Saxon Drive at Ordnance Survey Grid Reference (OS GR) TL 2035 4425 in a generally east-north-easterly direction for approximately 37 metres to OS GR TL 2038 4426 then continues in a generally eastnorth-easterly direction for approximately 97 metres through a kissing gate at OS GR TL 2047 4430 then continues in a generally east-north-easterly direction for approximately 85 metres to terminate at its junction with an unaffected part of Footpath No. 24, Biggleswade at OS GR TL 2055 4433.

The new route of the footpath has a width of 2 metres.

A copy of the Order and the Order map have been placed and may be seen free of charge at the offices of Central Bedfordshire Council Highways, Priory House, Monks Walk, Chicksands, Shefford. Any inspection will be by appointment only, please contact definitivemap@centralbedfordshire.gov.uk or 0300 300 6530 to arrange an appointment. A copy of the Order, the Order map and an explanatory statement are available to view and download for free at  https://www.centralbedfordshire.gov.uk/info/82/countryside/424/definitive_map/2. Paper copies of the Order and map may be bought at a charge of £4.00.

Any representations about or objections to the Order may be sent in writing to the Highway Assets Intelligence Team Leader, Central Bedfordshire Council Highways, Priory House, Monks Walk,

Chicksands, Shefford, SG17 5QT or definitivemap@centralbedfordshire.gov.uk not later than 5 September 2025. Please state the grounds on which they are made. Representations and objections must include either a postal or e-mail address. Any representations or objections made will be in the public domain and will be available for viewing/copying by members of the public.

If no such representations or objections are duly made, or if any so made are withdrawn, the Central Bedfordshire Council may confirm the Order as an unopposed Order. If the Order is sent to the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs for confirmation any representations and objections which have not been withdrawn will be sent with the Order and will be made publicly available by either the Council or the Planning Inspectorate.

Dated 1 August 2025

Gary Powell, Service Director, Highways

Priory House, Monks Walk, Chicksands, Shefford, Beds SG17 5QT