A34 Oxford - Clearway Order Introducing Stopping, Waiting and Parking Restrictions

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THE A34 TRUNK ROAD (PEAR TREE TO WENDLEBURY)

CLEARWAY ORDER 2026

National Highways Limited(a) gives notice that they have made an Order under powers conferred by Sections 1(1), 2(1) and 2(c) and 4(1) of, and Paragraph 27(1) of Schedule 9 to, the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 on the A34 Trunk Road in the District of Cherwell in the County of Oxfordshire.

The Order was made on 17th July 2026 and comes into force 1st August 2026.

The effect of the Regulation is to impose a ban on stopping, waiting, and parking on:-

1. a) the northbound carriageway of the A34 between its divergence from the road leading to the roundabout at Pear Tree Interchange (A44) and its junction with the roundabout at Wendlebury Interchange (M40 Junction 9/A41), a distance of approximately 10620 metres measured along the length of the road; and

   b) the southbound carriageway of the A34 between its junction with the roundabout at Wendlebury Interchange (M40 Junction 9/A41), and its merge with the road leading from the roundabout at Pear Tree Interchange (A44), a distance of approximately 10620 metres measured along the length of the road;

2. The entire circulatory carriageway of the roundabout at Wendlebury Interchange (M40 Junction 9/A41).
3. all of the slip and link roads leading to and from the lengths of road described in 1. above, at Pear Tree Interchange (A44), Kidlington Junction, Islip Interchange (B4027), and at Weston on the Green Interchange (B430).

4. the following additional connecting road:-

   “the business distribution road” denoting the road, serving premises, being separate and adjacent to the southbound carriageway of the A34, between points approximately 995 and 1420 metres south-west of the B430 overbridge.

5. any central reservation, verge, and footway adjacent to any of the above.

This replaces and revokes a previous permanent order as follows:

The A34 Trunk Road (Peartree Hill to Wendlebury) (24 Hours Clearway) Order 1993 (b),

and the temporary Order The A34 Trunk Road (Weston-on-the-Green) (Temporary Prohibition of Traffic - Clearway) Order 2025 (c).

A copy of the made Order and plans illustrating its effect may be inspected at Kidlington Town Council, Exeter Hall, Oxford Road, Kidlington OX5 1AB during office hours by application to the Parish Clerk at admin@kidlingtontowncouncil.gov.uk Tel: 01865 372143 until the end of the legally obligated period, 28th August 2026, being a minimum of 6 weeks from the date making the Order.

Alternatively, these documents may be obtained by contacting, by e-mail, Dean Westall - Dean.Westall@nationalhighways.co.uk

Any person wishing to question the validity of the order or of any of its provisions on the grounds that it is not within the powers of the relevant enabling Act, or that a requirement of any such enabling Act or of any relevant regulations made thereunder has not been complied with, may, within 6 weeks of the date on which the order was made, make an application for the purpose to the High Court, quoting the reference NH/SE/2026/A34/CLEARWAY.

Information provided in response to this consultation, including personal information, may be subject to publication or disclosure in accordance with the access to information regimes (these primarily the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA), the Data Protection Act 2018 (DPA) and the Environmental Information Regulations 2004).

Ian Rosendaal, an official of National Highways Limited.

Ref: NH/SE/2026/A34/CLEARWAY

(a) National Highways Limited, (Company No 9346363). Registered Office: Three Snowhill, Snowhill Queensway, Birmingham, B4 6GA. A company registered in England and Wales.

(b) S.I. 1993 No. 2064

(c) National Highways Order 2025 No. 0143

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