Babergh District - Off-Street Parking Places Order amending parking charges and permitted vehicle classes.

BABERGH DISTRICT COUNCIL

(OFF-STREET PARKING PLACES) ORDER 2026

Notice is hereby given that Babergh District Council has made the above Order under sections 32, 35 and 35A and Schedule 9 (Part IV) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, the Local Authority Traffic Orders (Procedure) (England and Wales) Regulations 1996 and all other enabling powers. The general nature and effect of this Order will be to:

• Revoke the Babergh District Council (Off-Street Parking Places Order) 2024.

• Amend the charging hours and parking charges in the Council’s short and long stay parking places as shown below.

• Add Railway Walk South Car Park, Lower Holbrook Car Park and Hadleigh Health Centre Car Park to the Parking Places Order.

• Amend the permitted vehicles able to park at Station Road Coach & Lorry Park to include motorhomes.

The parking places within the Order, together with the class of vehicle permitted, the maximum stay, the charging hours and the scale of charges are as follows:

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The Order was made on 16 April 2026 and will come into effect on 18 May 2026. A copy of the proposed Order and other applicable documents can be viewed on the Council’s website at www.babergh.gov.uk or they may be viewed free of charge at the Council’s offices at Endeavour House, 8 Russell Road, Ipswich, IP1 2BX between 8.00am and 5.00pm Monday to Friday.

If any person wishes to question the validity of the Order or any of its provisions on the grounds that it or they are not within the powers conferred by the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, or that any requirement of that 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 was made apply for the purpose to the High Court.

For further details concerning this Order you may write to Parking Services, Babergh District Council, Endeavour House, 8 Russell Road, IPSWICH, IP1 2BX. Email: TROconsultations@baberghmidsuffolk.gov.uk

Dated: 5 May 2026