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Multiple Roads, Cove & Fleet - Variation of speed limits
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Order 2: THE HAMPSHIRE (WOOLSTON ROAD AND GRANGE ROAD, NETLEY) (40 MILES PER HOUR SPEED LIMIT) (AMENDMENT) ORDER 2026
Order 3: THE HAMPSHIRE (B4640, NEWTOWN STRAIGHT) (50 MILES PER HOUR SPEED LIMIT) ORDER 2026
Order 4: THE HAMPSHIRE (FURZE COURT, NORTH HILL & WICKHAM ROAD, FAREHAM) (PROHIBITION OF TURNS, NO ENTRY & WITH-FLOW BUS LANE) (AMENDMENT) ORDER 2026
Order 5: THE HAMPSHIRE (VARIOUS ROADS, BARTON-ON-SEA TO PENNINGTON AREA) (30, 40 AND 50 MILES PER HOUR SPEED LIMIT) (AMENDMENT) ORDER 2026
Order 6: THE HAMPSHIRE (ROMSEY ROAD / BADGER FARM ROAD AREA, WINCHESTER) (30, 40 AND 50 MILES PER HOUR SPEED LIMIT) ORDER 2026
Order 7: THE HAMPSHIRE (WELLA ROAD, BASINGSTOKE) (ONE-WAY TRAFFIC) ORDER 2026
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Hampshire County Council made the above-mentioned Orders on Tuesday 18th August 2026, in exercise of its powers and duties under Sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 82, 84, 122 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 (“the Act”), Part IV of Schedule 9 of the Act and of all other enabling powers, after consultation with the Chief Officer of Police in accordance with Part III of Schedule 9 of the Act, and having discharged its duty under section 122 of the Act.
GENERAL NATURE AND EFFECTS OF THE ORDERS: will be to make the following minor amendments to made Traffic Regulation Orders: Order 1: Update the revocation history, as per article 5 of “The Hampshire (Ancells Road and A3013/B3010, Fleet) (40 Miles Per Hour Speed Limit) Order 2008” to also revoke by “The Hampshire (Various Roads, Yateley and Fleet) (40 and 50 Miles Per Hour Speed Limit) Order 2013” Order 2: Update a road name error; changing item (ii) of the schedule to “Woolston Road, between a point 17 metres south-east of its junction with Grange Road and its junction with Newton Road at the County boundary with Southampton City Council, an approximate distance of 695 metres.” Order 3: Update a road number & meterage error; changing the schedule item to “B4640 Winchester Road / Newtown Straight between a point 135 metres north-east of its roundabout junction with A34 Newbury Bypass at Burghclere and a point 65 metres south of its roundabout junction with A339 Newtown Road / Basingstoke Road, an approximate distance of 3,212 metres.” Order 4: Add the following emergency service exemption to prohibition of right turns, left turns, U-turns & prohibition of driving: “Nothing in Articles 2 - 5, above shall apply if that vehicle is being used for police, ambulance or fire and rescue services.” Order 5: Update a road name error; changing Schedule II, item (iii) to “That length of A337, Lymington Road / Christchurch Road / Milford Road between a point 180 metres west of Downton Lane and a point 186 metres south-west of the access road leading to Efford Household Waste Recycling Centre, an approximate distance of 4,272 metres.” Order 6: Update a measurement error; changing schedule II, item (iii) to “B3040 Romsey Road between its roundabout junction with A3090 Badger Farm Road and a point 38 metres north-east of that point.” Order 7: Update a road name error; changing the schedule items to “Wella Road from a point 185 metres east of its junction with Lister Road and its junction with the A30 Southern Ringway, a distance of 90 metres.” None of the amendments, above, will change restrictions as they appear on-ground, rather they will bring Traffic Regulation Orders in line with restrictions currently in place.
DATE OF OPERATION: The orders will come into force on Saturday 29th August 2026.
FURTHER DETAILS: A copy of this notice, the proposed order, a map showing the location and effect of the proposal, a statement of reasons and the orders to be revoked may be viewed at https://www.hants.gov.uk/community/publicnotices or inspected during the usual office hours at the following places: (i) Hampshire County Council Headquarters, The Castle, Winchester, SO23 8UJ (Opening hours: Mondays to Thursdays 8.30 – 17.15; Fridays 8.30 – 16.45) (ii) Copies of the order as made, plan and statement of reasons can also be obtained by e-mailing public.notices@hants.gov.uk or by writing to Traffic Orders Team, Safer Roads and Parking, Universal Services, 2nd Floor, Elizabeth II Court West, The Castle, Winchester SO23 8UD quoting reference: A2181/KK
APPLICATION TO THE HIGH COURT: Any person desiring to question the validity of the Order or of any of its provisions on the grounds that it is not within the relevant powers of the Act, or that any of the relevant requirements of the Act or of any relevant instrument made thereunder has not been complied with in relation to the Order may, by Friday 9th October 2026 make application for the purpose to the High Court.
PATRICK BLOGG Director of Universal Services, The Castle, Winchester, SO
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