Stevenage - On-Street Pay-by-Phone and Pay-by-Plate Parking Places Order

STEVENAGE BOROUGH COUNCIL

NOTICE OF MAKING

THE BOROUGH OF STEVENAGE (TOWN CENTRE, STEVENAGE)

(ON STREET 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 Order under Sections 32-35C, 45-47, 49 and 53 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 and it will come into force on 19 October 2026.

The effect of The Borough of Stevenage (Town Centre, Stevenage)(On Street Pay-By-Phone and Pay-By-Plate Parking Places) Order 2026 is to designate new on-street parking spaces in Eastgate, opposite the rear of properties in Queensway between the garage block and the bend in the road, enabling drivers to park close to Market Place, subject to paying for parking. The further effect of the Order is to update the regulation of existing pay-and-display parking places in Danestrete, Southgate, Swingate, The Quadrant and Westgate to enable payment using machines that do not require a paper ticket to be displayed, improving reliability and convenience for drivers.

The charges for parking in these parking places between 8am and 8pm, Monday to Saturday, will be:

The order also revokes The Borough of Stevenage (Town Centre, Stevenage)(On Street Pay and Display and Pay By Phone) Order 2016 and The Borough of Stevenage (Town Centre, Stevenage)(On Street Pay and Display and Pay By Phone) Order 2016 (Amendment) Order 2023 as they will no longer be needed, this order having replaced them.

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 this Order or any provision contained within the Order 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 that order, may apply to the High Court for this purpose within six weeks of the date on which the order was made, 25 September 2026.

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

1 October 2026