Royal Victoria Park & Royal Avenue - Prohibition of Stopping, Waiting, Loading and Parking Places

BATH & NORTH EAST SOMERSET COUNCIL

(26-052C) (ROYAL VICTORIA PARK & ROYAL AVENUE, BATH) (PROHIBITION OF STOPPING, WAITING, LOADING AND PARKING PLACES) ORDER 2026

NOTICE IS GIVEN that the Bath and North East Somerset Council has made an order under provisions contained in the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, the effect of which will introduce the following restrictions in Royal Victoria Park and Royal Avenue, Bath;

Royal Victoria Park –

• Northwest access road, removal of 3 paid parking bays (16.5m) from the western end of the paid parking bays on the northern side of the carriageway

• New Double Yellow Lines on Northwest access road to replace removed paid for bays

• Removal of all existing paid for parking bays on the eastern and northern side, from the northwest access road to the Victoria Obelisk

• 6 Disabled parking bays to replace existing Double Yellow Lines restriction opposite the current location of the Disabled parking bays

• 1 Disabled parking bay (6.6m) to replace the existing Double Yellow Lines restriction on the southern side of the carriageway

• East side of the carriageway, south from the junction with the north west access road, new Double Yellow Lines restriction south of existing Double Yellow Lines, replacing 5.5m of paid parking bay

• 2 Disabled parking bays (13.2m) to replace existing paid parking bays. 2m of Double Yellow Lines either side of disabled bays to replace existing paid parking bay

• Royal Victoria Park – Existing maintenance bays to be relocated to the southern side of the carriageway to replace existing Double Yellow Lines.

• New Double Yellow Lines to replace 5.5m of existing parking bay on the western side of the carriageway.

• New Double Yellow Lines to replace 5.5m of paid parking bay to the west of the site and 11m of parking bay to the east of the site, on the southern side of the carriageway.

Royal Avenue –
• 3 new Disabled parking bays (19.8m) to replace existing paid parking bays on the north side of Royal Avenue and 2m of Double Yellow Lines either side of disabled bays to replace existing paid parking bays.

The order will come into operation on 5th October 2026. Full details of the proposal together with a map and a Statement of the Council’s Reasons for making the order may be inspected at the One Stop Shops at Manvers Street, Bath, The Hollies, High Street, Midsomer Norton and at the Civic Centre, Market Walk, Keynsham during normal office hours. The proposal may also be viewed on the Council’s website by searching for 26-052C on the web page: www.bathnes.gov.uk/permanent-traffic-order-notices

Any person who desires to question the validity of, or any provision contained in the order on the grounds that it is not within the powers of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, or on the grounds that any of the relevant requirements of that Act has not been complied with in relation to the order, may within six weeks after the date on which the order was made, apply

Dated: 1st October 2026

Chris Major, Director of Place Management, Bath & North East Somerset Council, Traffic Management Team, Lewis House, Manvers Street, Bath BA1 1JG

www.bathnes.gov.uk