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East Bergholt - Parking Restriction Exemptions for Agricultural and Maintenance Vehicles
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SUFFOLK COUNTY COUNCIL (DISTRICT OF BABERGH)
(STOPPING, WAITING AND LOADING PROHIBITIONS AND RESTRICTIONS AND ON-STREET PARKING PLACES) (MAP-BASED) ORDER 2019 (PARISH OF EAST BERGHOLT) (FLATFORD ROAD) (C419) (FLATFORD) (C421) (EXEMPTIONS) VARIATION NO.33 2026
On (05/10/2026) Suffolk County Council made the above order under Sections 1(1) and (2), 2(1) to (3), 4(2) and Part IV of Schedule 9 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Act of 1984’), as amended, which introduced a new Article 10A into the above named 2019 order. The effect of this is to allow exemptions to the restriction preventing parking on restricted roads along on Flatford (C421), East Bergholt, from its junction with Flatford Road (C419) heading in a southerly, then southeasterly direction for whole of its length for a distance of 490 metres, at any time.
The exemptions apply to the following vehicles to enable Agricultural duties to be undertaken to the adjacent fields across the river (a location inaccessible by vehicles) and to allow:
the River Stour Trust to undertake maintenance work to the lock, across the river Stour.
the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds to undertake maintenance duties to their property,
the Environment Agency to undertake maintenance / surveying of the river, and
the National Trust to undertake maintenance duties to their property.
This order is made further to the Suffolk County Council (District Of Babergh) (Stopping, Waiting and Loading Prohibitions and Restrictions and On-Street Parking Places) (Map-Based) Order 2019 (Parish Of East Bergholt) (Flatford Road) (C419) (Flatford) (C421) (Prohibition of Waiting And Two-Way Traffic and Revocation) (Variation No.28) 2025 which came into effect on 24/03/2025 and intended to introduce these exemptions for the above-mentioned vehicles.
A copy of the Order, which comes into effect on 12/10/2026 and maps showing the roads affected, may be seen with advance notice at the address below, 9am - 5pm Monday - Friday; also at Capel St Mary Library, Village Hall, The Street, Capel St Mary, IP9 2EF; Tuesday: 9am - 12.30pm and 2pm - 5.30pm; Wednesday and Thursday: 9am - 12.30pm; Friday: 2pm - 5.30pm; Saturday: 9am - 3pm; Sunday: 10am - 3pm.
If anyone wishes to question the validity of the order or of any provision contained in it on the grounds that it is not within the powers conferred by the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, as amended, or on the grounds that any of the requirements of that Act or any instrument made under it have not been complied with in relation to the order, they may within six weeks of the date on which the order was made apply to the High Court for this purpose.
Date: 09/10/2026
Mickaela Green, Head of Legal, Suffolk County Council, Endeavour House, 8 Russell Road, Ipswich IP1 2BX
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