Norfolk, Proposed 20mph & 30mph Speed Limit Consolidation & Variation Orders

THE NORFOLK COUNTY COUNCIL

(MATTISHALL, VARIOUS ROADS)

20 MPH AND 30 MPH SPEED LIMIT

CONSOLIDATION AND VARIATION ORDERS 2025

The Norfolk County Council propose to make the following Orders under the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984:

The Norfolk County Council (Mattishall, Various Roads)

(20 mph Speed Limit) Consolidation and Variation Order 2025

The effect of this Order will be to:

1. consolidate The Norfolk County Council (Mattishall) (20 M.P.H. Speed Limit) Order 2004 whereby the 20 mph speed limit on the existing lengths of road specified in that Order will not be changed (apart from the C200 Dereham Road which is extended as per the length below) and:

2. vary the existing Order by prohibiting any motor vehicle from exceeding 20 miles per hour along the following lengths of road:

   i) C198 Burgh Lane – From the centreline of its junction with C200 Dereham Road for 29 metres northwards;

   ii) C198 Church Plain/Mill Street (Eastern Length) – From the junction with C200 Dereham Road for 163 metres northwards;

   iii) C198/1082 Church Plain (Western Length) – From its junction with C198 Mill Street/Church Plain (eastern length) for 110 metres westwards and northwards including turning head; and

   iv) C200 Dereham Road – From a point 10 metres east of the centreline of its junction with Mill Road eastwards to a point 60 metres east of the centreline of its junction with the eastern length of Church Plain, a distance of 902 metres (which extends the existing 20 mph speed limit by 91 metres eastwards).

The 20 mph speed limit on the above lengths of road is a change to the existing 30 mph speed limit which requires variation to the 30 mph Orders as detailed below:

The Norfolk County Council (Mattishall, Various Roads)

(30 mph Speed Limit) Consolidation and Variation

Order 2025

The effect of this Order will be to

1. consolidate The Norfolk County Council (Mattishall, Dereham Road) (30 M.P.H. Speed Limit) Order 2004, The Norfolk County Council (Mattishall, Church Plain and Mill Street) (30 M.P.H. Speed Limit) Order 2006 and The Norfolk County Council (Mattishall, Dereham Road) (30 mph Speed Limit) Order 2025; and

2. vary the existing Orders by replacing the existing reference to the C198 Church Plain/Mill Street and the second reference to the length of the C200 Dereham Road and replacing it with and prohibiting any motor vehicle from exceeding 30 miles per hour along the:

   i) C198 Church Plain/Mill Street – From a point 163 metres south of the centreline of its junction with C200 Dereham Road to a point 340 metres south of its junction with the U35031 Thynnes Lane

   ii) C200 Dereham Road –

   a. From a point 60 metres east of the centreline of its junction with the eastern length of Church Plain eastwards to a point 94 metres east of its junction with the C198 Burgh Lane (an increase of 9 metres)

Orders are proposed to be consolidated for clarity and efficient administration of the restrictions. As part of the consolidation the existing Orders are being updated to reflect current legislation, or are being clarified to make them clearer, or are being amended to correct minor errors. The reference of ‘vehicles’ is being updated to ‘motor vehicles’ to reflect current legislation.

A copy of the proposed draft Orders, a plan, the Statement of Reasons for making the Orders and copies of the Orders being consolidated can be viewed online at www.norfolk.citizenspace.com

. Copies are also available for inspection at Norfolk County Council, County Hall, Martineau Lane, Norwich, NR1 2DH and at the offices of Breckland District Council, Elizabeth House, Walpole Loke, Dereham, NR19 1EE during normal office hours.

Online viewing is recommended.

Any objections and representations relating to the Order must be made in writing and must specify the grounds on which they are made. All correspondence for these proposals must be received at the office of nplaw, Norfolk County Council, County Hall, Martineau Lane, Norwich, NR1 2DH, marked to the attention of the nplaw Traffic Regulation Order Team by 9th September 2025. They may also be emailed to trafficorders@norfolk.gov.uk

The officer dealing with the public enquiries concerning these proposals is Mr A Gunn and can contacted by telephone 0344 800 8020.

DATED this 15th day of August 2025

Katrina Huttall, Director of Legal Services (NPLaw) County Hall, Martineau Lane, Norwich NR1 2DH

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