Stevenage, Proposed Off-Street Parking Order

STEVENAGE BOROUGH COUNCIL

Notice Of Proposal The Borough Of Stevenage (King George V Playing Fields Car Park) (Off-Street Parking Places) Order 2025

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Stevenage Borough Council, acting as agents for the Hertfordshire County Council and after consultation with the Chief Officer of Police and with the traffic commissioner and senior traffic commissioner, has made the above-named Order under Sections 32-35C, 46 and 46A of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984.

This order has been made in order to relieve and prevent the congestion of traffic by imposing charges for parking and a maximum period of stay, encouraging increased turnover of parking. The order will also provide for the possibility of parking bays within the car park being reserved for disabled drivers, motorcycles, electric vehicle charging, and loading/unloading, so that these can be provided for to improve the amenity of the area.

The effect of The Borough of Stevenage (King George V Playing Fields Car Park) (Off-Street Parking Places) Order 2025 is that Monday to Saturday (except Bank Holidays) between 7:00am-6:30pm to limit parking to five hours, allowing free parking for up to three hours but charging £1.80 to park for four hours and £4.90 to park for five hours. Payment is to be made either through a payment machine in the car park or via a telephone payment system. The order also includes specific rules to ensure that only the relevant vehicles use disabled bays, motorcycle bays, electric vehicle charging bays, and loading areas should the council decide to introduce them.

Full details of these proposals are set out in the Order which, together with a plan and a statement of reasons for making the Order, can be examined during normal opening hours at the Council's offices in Daneshill House. Details can also be viewed on the Council's web site at: https://www.stevenage.gov.uk/parking/traffic-regulation-orders/proposed-traffic-orders/.

For general enquiries about this order, please contact the parking team via email at: tro@stevenage.gov.uk, or by telephone on 01438 242 242.

Any person wishing to question the validity of this order or any provision contained within the order on the grounds that it is not within the powers conferred by the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 or on the grounds that any requirement of the Act or any instrument made under it has not been complied with in relation to that order, may apply to the High Court for this purpose within six weeks of the date on which the order was made, 6th November 2025.

T. Pike Chief Executive,

Stevenage Borough Council, Daneshill House, Danestrete, Stevenage, SG1 1HN.

Dated: 13th November 2025