Stevenage - Multiple Traffic Orders for Waiting Restrictions and Parking Controls

STEVENAGE BOROUGH COUNCIL

NOTICE OF MAKING

THE BOROUGH OF STEVENAGE (GATES WAY, STEVENAGE)

(RESTRICTION OF WAITING) ORDER 2026

THE BOROUGH OF STEVENAGE (HIGH STREET, STEVENAGE)

(LOADING BAY) ORDER 2026

THE BOROUGH OF STEVENAGE (HIGH STREET, STEVENAGE)

(DISABLED PERSON’S VEHICLES PARKING PLACES) ORDER 2026

THE BOROUGH OF STEVENAGE (OLD TOWN, STEVENAGE)

(PARKING PLACES) ORDER 2020 (AMENDMENT) ORDER 2026

AND

THE BOROUGH OF STEVENAGE (DITCHMORE LANE, STEVENAGE)

(PAY-BY-PHONE AND PAY-BY-PLATE PARKING PLACES) ORDER 2026

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Stevenage Borough Council, acting as agents for the Hertfordshire County Council and after consultation with the Chief Officer of Police, has made the above named Orders under Sections 1, 2, 3, 32-35A, 45-47, 49 and 53 and Parts III and IV of Schedule 9 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 and it will come into force on 19 October 2026.

The Borough of Stevenage (Gates Way, Stevenage) (Restriction of Waiting) Order 2026 is made to avoid danger to persons or traffic using the road and prevent the likelihood of any such danger arising; to facilitate the passage of traffic on the road; to preserve and improve the amenity of the area; and prevent and relieve the congestion of traffic. Its effect is prohibiting parking throughout Gates Way by the placement of double yellow lines.

The Borough of Stevenage (High Street, Stevenage)(Loading Bay) Order 2026 is made to prevent and relieve the congestion of traffic, avoid danger to persons or traffic using the road and to persons or traffic using the road and improve the amenity of the area. Its effect is creating a loading bay on the western side of the street outside The Old Bank.

The Borough of Stevenage (High Street, Stevenage)(Disabled Person’s Vehicles Parking Places) Order 2026 is made to prevent and relieve the congestion of traffic, avoid danger to persons or traffic using the road and improve the amenity of the area. Its effect is creating a disabled parking bay (limited to two hours parking, with no return in three hours) at the southern end of the bus stop on the eastern side of the road, near to the Millennium Gardens.

The Borough of Stevenage (Old Town, Stevenage)(Parking Places) Order 2020 (Amendment) Order 2026 is made to prevent and relieve the congestion of traffic and improve the amenity of the area by creating parking bays in those parts of the High Street between Gates Way and Trinity Road that are not subject to other parking control. Its effect is to allow waiting for up to two hours (with no return within three hours), with an exception for permit holders. Residents of the High Street would be eligible to apply for up to two parking permits for vehicles that they own, for up to two caring visitor parking permits if they need to be visited by carers, and up to 12 sets of 20 visitor vouchers. Having a parking permit or visitor voucher would not guarantee a parking space, but would enable parking for longer periods and re-parking within three hours. The costs for parking permits and visitor vouchers is:

The Borough of Stevenage (Ditchmore Lane, Stevenage)(Pay-By-Phone and Pay-By-Plate Parking Places) Order 2026 is made to update the parking bays in Ditchmore Lane to allow longer stay parking. Its effect is to maintain free charge for stays of up to two hours. Longer stays will also be permitted, subject to payment, in order to provide for those drivers who wish to park for longer while prioritising short-stay parking. Unless they display a Blue Badge drivers will need to register a parking session on their "phones" where payment is required, or will be able to use a parking machine for both free and paid for parking sessions.

Documents giving more detailed particulars may be inspected from 1 October 2026 during normal office hours at the Council offices, Daneshill House, Danestrete, Stevenage SG1 1HN or may be viewed online at https://www.stevenage.gov.uk/parking/traffic-regulation-orders/proposed-traffic-orders/

For general enquiries about this order, please contact the parking team via email at tro@stevenage.gov.uk or by telephone on 01438 242 242.

Any person wishing to question the validity of these Orders or any provision contained within the Orders on the grounds that it is not within the powers conferred by the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 or on the grounds that any requirement of the Act or any instrument made under it has not been complied with in relation to those orders, may apply to the High Court for this purpose within six weeks of the date on which the orders were made 25 September 2026.

T. Pike, Chief Executive, Stevenage Borough Council, Daneshill House, Danestrete, Stevenage, SG1 1HN.

1 October 2026