Darlington, Parking, Waiting & Speed Limit Changes
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DARLINGTON BOROUGH COUNCIL
ROAD TRAFFIC RESTRICTIONS (AMENDMENT NO.3) ORDER 2025
Notice is hereby given that Darlington Borough Council proposes to make an Order under Sections 1, 2, 4, 32, 35, 45, 46, 47, 49, 53 and 84 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 and of the Traffic Management Act 2004. The effect of the Order will be to introduce the following changes to the Darlington Borough Council (Prohibition and Restriction of Waiting and Loading) Consolidation Order 2024, the Darlington Borough Council (On Street Parking Places) Consolidation Order 2024, the Darlington Borough Council (Residents Parking) Consolidation Order 2024 and the Darlington Borough Council (Moving Traffic) Consolidation Order 2024:
To introduce no stopping on school entrance 8am–4pm Mon–Fri on the south side of Kingsway, from a point 3m west of the eastern boundary 48 Kingsway eastwards for a distance of 31.56m
To increase by a further 17m in a westward direction the no waiting and no loading/unloading restriction on the north side of Croft Road which starts from a point opposite the western boundary 2 Elmfield Road
To remove the current restrictions on the north side of Beaconsfield Street from a point 26 metres to a point 38 metres east of its junction with Crown Street, and to designate that length of road as disabled parking places on all days, maximum 3 hours 9am–5pm, and no maximum all other hours
To remove the descriptions of roads to which no waiting at any time restrictions apply detailed in Schedule One below and replace them with/ introduce new no waiting at any time restrictions to the lengths of road set out in Schedule Two below
To remove the no waiting on Thursdays 8am–6pm from both sides of Clifton Road and Park Lane to which the restriction applies
To amend that part of the north side of Lowson Street designated as loading bays from ‘from a point 7 metres west of its junction with North Road to the eastern boundary 4 Lowson Street’ to ‘from a point 3 metres west of its junction with North Road to the eastern boundary 4 Lowson Street’; and to change the hours of designation from 8am–12pm to 7am–10pm
To move 11–41 and 57–71 (odd numbers) Woodland Road from Residents Parking Zone A to Residents Parking Zone I
To remove the 20mph speed limit from Adelaide Street, Albert Street, Pierce’s Street and Victoria Street. To introduce 20mph speed limit to Regal Drive and Spruce Grove. To amend the 20mph speed limit in Willow Road so that it now relates to the whole length of the street.
The draft Order, plan and a statement of the Council’s reasons for making the Order may be viewed at www.darlington.gov.uk/transport+roads+and+parking/traffic-regulation+orders+and+consultations/
. Copies may also be obtained by phoning 01325-405492; or by writing to the Assistant Director – Law and Governance, Darlington Borough Council, Town Hall, Darlington DL1 5QT or by emailing trafficorders@darlington.gov.uk If you wish to make an appointment to view the documents in person please use these same contact details. If you wish to object to the proposed traffic order you should send the grounds of your objection in writing by the 15th September 2025 to the Assistant Director – Law and Governance, Town Hall, Darlington DL1 5QT (Ref: AE) or by email to trafficorders@darlington.gov.ukSCHEDULE ONE
| Street Name | Extent |
|---|---|
| Adelaide Street | both sides, for its whole length |
| Edward Pease Way | the east side, from the northern building line of 23 Skerningham Avenue to the southern end of the street |
| Garbutt Square | both sides from its junction with Neasham Road to the western end of the street |
| Hollyhurst Road | the east side, from its junction with Wycliffe Way to the junction with Craig Street and Columbia Street Back Street |
| Hummersknott Avenue | the north side, from its junction with Carmel Road North to the eastern boundary 1 Hummersknott Avenue |
| Trinity Mews | the west side, from its junction with Trinity Road northwards for a distance of 10 metres |
| Trinity Road | the south side, from a point 22 metres west of its junction with Scholars Park |
| Uplands Road | the south side, from a point 16 metres west of its junction with Stanton Road |
| Woodland Terrace | the west side, from its junction with Milbank Road northwards for a distance of 5 metres |
| Street Name | Extent |
|---|---|
| Barmpton Lane | the north side, from a point 14 metres east of the building line of Skernegarth westwards and southwards for a distance of 94 metres the south side, from a point 14 metres west of the boundary of Rondick House westwards and southwards for a distance of 31 metres |
| Brinkburn Road | the north side, from its junction with Edward Pease Way westwards for a distance of 17 metres |
| Chestnut Drive | the north side, from its junction with Firthmoor Crescent eastwards for a distance of 2.5 metres |
| Edward Pease Way | the east side, from the southern building line of 23 Skerningham Avenue to the southern end of the street |
| Firthmoor Crescent | both sides, from its junction with Ingleby Moor Crescent northwards for a distance of 10 metres |
| Garbutt Square | the north side, from its junction with Neasham Road westwards for a distance of 34.5 metres |
| the south side, from its junction with Neasham Road westwards for a distance of 38 metres | |
| Haughton Road | the north side, from the western boundary of 283 Haughton Road, eastwards for a distance of 18.3 metres |
| the south side, from the western boundary of 282 Haughton Road westwards for a distance of 20.5 metres | |
| Hollyhurst Road | the east side, from its junction with Red Hall Road to a point 8.5 metres north of its junction with Newfoundland Street North Back |
| the west side, from its junction with Hollyhurst Road Back Street northwards for a distance of 11 metres | |
| Hummersknott Avenue | the north side, from its junction with Wycliffe Way to a point 4.5 metres west of the eastern boundary 1 Hummersknott Avenue |
| the west side, from a point 3 metres north of the northern boundary 1 The Headlands to a point 2.5 metres west of the western boundary 147 Hummersknott Avenue | |
| Ingleby Moor Crescent | the north side, from its junction with Firthmoor Crescent westwards for a distance of 22 metres |
| Lowson Street | both sides, from its junction with North Road westwards for a distance of 5 metres |
| North Road | the west side, from its junction with Lowson Street southwards for a distance of 5 metres |
| Pendleton Road South | the west side, from its junction with St Paul’s Terrace northwards for a distance of 5 metres |
| The Headlands | the north side, from its junction with Hummersknott Avenue westwards for a distance of 7.2 metres |
| the south side, from its junction with Hummersknott Avenue westwards for a distance of 18 metres | |
| Trinity Mews | the west side, from its junction with Trinity Road northwards for a distance of 34 metres |
| Trinity Road | the north side, from a point 33.5 metres to a point 49 metres east of its junction with Trinity Mews |
| the south side, from a point 10 metres west to a point 10 metres east of its junction with Scholars Park | |
| Uplands Road | the south side, from its junction with Stanton Road South westwards for a distance of 9.5 metres |
| Vane Terrace | the west side, from a point 45 metres north to a point 50.3 metres north of its junction with Trinity Road |
| Woodland Terrace | the west side, from its junction with Milbank Road northwards for a distance of 8.5 metres |
Amy Wennington
Assistant Director – Law and Governance
DARLINGTON BOROUGH COUNCIL EXPERIMENTAL ORDER No.1 2025
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Darlington Borough Council (‘the Council’) have made the above named Experimental Road Traffic Regulation Order under sections 9 and 10 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act, 1984 (‘the Act’) on the 15th August 2025. The effect of the Order is to introduce a no waiting at any time restriction to the following lengths of road:
Teesside Airport Road – the north side, from its junction with Yarm Road, Oak Tree eastwards for a distance of 219 metres
the south side – from its junction with St George Way eastwards for a distance of 76 metres, and
from a point 94.5 metres to a point 109.5 metres and from a point 121.5 metres to a point 160.5 metres east of its junction with St George Way, and
from a point 218 metres to a point 235.5 metres and from a point 268 metres to a point 308 metres east of its junction with St George Way
Wellington Drive – both sides, from its junction with Teesside Airport Road northwards for a distance of 7 metres
Yarm Road, Oak Tree – both sides, from its junction with A67 southwards for a distance of 410 metres
A copy of the Order, a statement of the Council’s reasons for making the Order and plan may be viewed at www.darlington.gov.uk/transport+roads+and+parking/traffic-regulation+orders+and+consultations/
Copies may also be obtained by phoning 01325-405492; or by writing to the Assistant Director – Law and Governance, Darlington Borough Council, Town Hall, Darlington DL1 5QT (ref: AE); or by emailing trafficorders@darlington.gov.uk. An appointment to view the documents in person at the Darlington Town Hall may be booked in the same way. The changes will come into force on the 23rd August 2025 for an experimental period of 18 months, unless suspended earlier and, within this time, the Council will consider whether the provisions of the Experimental Order should be continued in force indefinitely. If you wish to object to the making of the Order for the purpose of such indefinite continuation then you may do so within a period of six months:a. beginning with the day on which the Experimental Order comes into force, or
b. if the Order is varied by another Order or modified pursuant to section 10(2) of the Act, beginning with the day on which the variation or modification or the latest variation or modification came into force.
Such objections should be sent in writing to the Assistant Director – Law and Governance (ref AE), Darlington Borough Council, Town Hall, Darlington DL1 5QT or by e-mail to trafficorders@darlington.gov.uk stating the grounds on which the objection is made. If any person wishes to question the validity of the Experimental Order or any of its provisions on the grounds that it is not within the powers conferred by the Act or that any requirement of the Act or of any instrument made under the Act has not been complied with, that person may within six weeks from the date of this Notice apply for that purpose to the High Court.
Dated 22nd August 2025
Amy Wennington
Assistant Director – Law and Governance
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