Friargate, Heatley Street, Hill Street And Union Street - Prohibition Of Driving

NOTICE OF MAKING
ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984
LANCASHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL
(FRIARGATE, HEATLEY STREET, HILL STREET AND UNION STREET, PRESTON, PRESTON CITY) (PROHIBITION OF DRIVING) ORDER 2026

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that further to the making of the "(Friargate, Heatley Street, Hill Street And Union Street, Preston, Preston City) (Prohibition Of Driving) Experimental Order 2025" on 11 April 2025, Lancashire County Council has now made the above named Order on 08 January 2026 under Sections 1, 2 and 4 to the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, as amended, the effect of which will be to:
1. Introduce a prohibition of driving except cycles, and permit holders between 6am and 11am in the following lengths of road:
a) Friargate, Preston, from its junction with Union Street to its junction with Marsh Lane;
b) Heatley Street, Preston, from a point 39 metres north east of its junction with Seed Street to its junction with Friargate;
c) Hill Street, Preston, from a point 56 metres north east of its junction with Seed Street to its junction with Friargate;
d) Union Street, Preston, from a point 65.5 metres south west of its junction with Market Street West to its junction with Friargate.
This prohibition includes an obstruction in accordance with Section 92 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984.

This Order will come into force on the 19 January 2026. A copy of the Order, and all other relevant documents may be inspected during normal office hours at the offices of Preston City Council, PO Box 10, Town Hall, Lancaster Road, Preston, PR1 2RL, and at the offices of The Director of Law and Governance, Lancashire County Council, County Hall, Fishergate, Preston PR1 8XJ, quoting ref: LSG4/894.19668/AFR. Any person wishing to question the validity of the Order or of any of its provisions on the grounds that it or they are 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 6 weeks from the date on which the order is made, apply for the purpose to the High Court.

Heloise MacAndrew, Director of Law and Governance
16 January 2026