Kent, Multiple Temporary Traffic Regulation Notices

Highways

Kent County Council, acting in exercise of its powers under the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, makes or intends to make the following Orders.

DARTFORD AREA

THE KENT COUNTY COUNCIL
(VARIOUS ROADS, BOROUGH OF DARTFORD)
(VARIOUS TRAFFIC MOVEMENTS) (CONSOLIDATION) ORDER 2024 (AMENDMENT No.2) ORDER 2025

NOTICE is given that the Kent County Council under Sections 1(1), 2(1) to (3), 3, 4, 19, 65(1), 124 and Part IV of Schedule 9 of the Road Traffic regulation Act 1984 (‘the Act’) as amended and of all other enabling powers, and having regard to Section 122 of the Act and after consultation with the Chief Officer of Police in accordance with Part III of Schedule 9 to the Act, hereby make the following Order:-

The effect of the Order would be to prohibit certain vehicles from entry into the following length of roads in Dartford:-

ALKERDEN LANE – (1) No right hand turn into Colyer Drive except for buses and cycles. (2) No left hand turn into Colyer Drive except for buses and cycles. COLYER DRIVE – Install a bus gate/lane for buses and cycles only from a point 22 metres south of its junction with Alkerden Lane for a distance of 50 metres in a southerly direction.

The Order was made on 23 July 2025 and its provisions will come into effect on 24 July 2026.

A full statement of the Council’s reasons for making the Order, a plan indicating the location and the effect and a copy of any other Orders which will be amended by the made Order may be examined at Kroner House, Eurogate Business Park, Ashford, Kent TN24 8XU by appointment booked through tro@kent.gov.uk or viewed online from 24 July 2026 at www.kent.gov.uk/highwaysconsultations

Anyone may, by application to the High Court within 6 weeks of the date of publication of this Notice, challenge the validity of the Orders or of any provision contained in them on the grounds that it is not within the powers conferred by the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, or any instrument made thereunder, or that there has been a failure to comply with any statutory requirement to the Orders.

MAIDSTONE AREA

THE KENT COUNTY COUNCIL
(VARIOUS ROADS, MAIDSTONE)
(SPEED LIMITS) (CONSOLIDATION) ORDER 2025
(AMENDMENT No.10) ORDER 2026

NOTICE is given that the Kent County Council hereby proposes to make an Order under Sections 81, 82, 84 and 124 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, the effect of which would be to reduce the current limit to 30MPH on the following length of roads in Sandling, Boxley, Maidstone:-

CHATHAM ROAD – (1) From its junction with Tyland Lane for a distance of 60 metres in a westerly then southerly direction to the A229. (2) Chatham Road Service Road for its entire length. (3) From its Southern boundary with the Fairways to its junction with Tyland Lane. TYLAND LANE – From its junction with Chatham Road to its junction with Boarley Lane.

A full statement of the Council’s reasons for making the proposed Order, a plan indicating the location and the effect and a copy of any other Orders which will be amended by the proposed Order may be examined at Kroner House, Eurogate Business Park, Ashford, Kent TN24 8XU by appointment booked through tro@kent.gov.uk or viewed online from 24 July 2026 at www.kent.gov.uk/highwaysconsultations

Representations supporting or objecting to the proposed Order (your objection must explain the impact on traffic in the locality to be valid) can be made via our website using the above link or alternatively you can write to The Senior Parking & Traffic Regulation Officer, Kroner House, Traffic Management Team, Highways & Transportation, Eurogate Business Park, Ashford, Kent TN24 8XU by 12 noon Monday 17 August 2026.

THE KENT COUNTY COUNCIL (VARIOUS ROADS, BOROUGH OF MAIDSTONE)
(WAITING RESTRICTIONS AND STREET PARKING PLACES)
(CONSOLIDATION) ORDER 2026

Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984

Notice is given that The Kent County Council, acting as the Local Traffic Authority, in exercise of its powers and under Sections 1(1), 2(1) to (3), 3(2), 4(1) and (2), 32(1), 35(1), 44, 45, 46, 49 and 53 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 (‘the Act’) and all other enabling powers, after consultation with the Chief Officer of Police in accordance with Part III of Schedule 9 to the Act, hereby make the following Order:-

The effect of the made named Order will be to:-

a. consolidate all stopping, waiting and loading prohibitions and restrictions and parking place provisions in all roads within the Borough Council of Maidstone as marked and signed on street; and

b. present the provisions for all stopping, waiting and loading prohibitions and restrictions and parking places in a new Map-based Traffic Regulation Order without change to those provisions, as currently marked and signed on street.

The Order was made on 23 July 2026 and its provisions will come into effect on 24 July 2026.

A full statement of the Council’s reasons for making the Order, a plan indicating the location and the effect and a copy of any other Orders which will be amended by the made Order may be examined at Kroner House, Eurogate Business Park, Ashford, Kent TN24 8XU by appointment booked through tro@kent.gov.uk or viewed online from 24 July 2026 at www.kent.gov.uk/highwaysconsultations

Anyone may, by application to the High Court within 6 weeks of the date of publication of this Notice, challenge the validity of the Orders or of any provision contained in them on the grounds that it is not within the powers conferred by the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, or any instrument made thereunder, or that there has been a failure to comply with any statutory requirement to the Orders.

Simon Jones,
Corporate Director - Growth, Environment & Transport
Kent County Council,
County Hall,
Maidstone,
Kent ME14 1XQ

Dated 24th July 2026