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York City Centre - Anti-Terrorism Traffic Regulation Order 2026
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CITY OF YORK COUNCIL NOTICE OF MAKING CITY OF YORK (YORK CITY CENTRE) (ANTI-TERRORISM TRAFFIC REGULATION) ORDER 2026
Notice is hereby given that on the 15th day of October 2026 City of York Council, in exercise of powers under Sections 1, 2, 4 and 92 and by virtue of Sections 22C and 22D of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 (“the Act”), and Part IV of Schedule 9 to the Act, and all other enabling powers and after consultation with the Chief Officer of Police for North Yorkshire in accordance with Part II of Schedule 9 of the Act, made the above-mentioned Order.
The roads which would be affected by the Order are:
Back Lane Adjacent to 41 Coney Street | |
Back Swinegate | Blake Street |
Church Lane | Church Street |
Coffee Yard | College Street |
Colliergate | Common Hall Lane |
Coney Street | Davygate |
Deangate | Duncombe Place |
Feasegate | Finkle Street |
Footpath from Church Lane to Low Ousegate | |
Footpath Peter Lane from Adjacent No.5 Peter Lane to adjacent No.8 High Ousegate | Footpath Whip-ma-whop-ma-Gate from Shambles to Colliergate Grape Lane |
Goodramgate (between its junctions Deangate and King’s Square) | |
High Ousegate | High Petergate |
Jubbergate | Judges Court |
King’s Court | King’s Square |
Lendal | Little Shambles |
Little Stonegate | Low Petergate |
Lunds Court | Market Street |
Minster Gates | Minster Yard |
Nether Hornpot Lane | New Street |
Newgate | Newgate Market |
Parliament Street | Patrick Pool |
Peter Lane | Precentor’s Court |
Pump Court | St Andrewgate (between its junction with King’s Square & point 50 metres north east) |
St Helen’s Square | St Sampson’s Square |
Shambles | Silver Street |
Spurriergate | Stonegate |
Swinegate | Three Cranes Lane |
The Purey Cust | The Queen’s Path |
Avoiding, or reducing the likelihood of, damage connected with terrorism;
Preventing or reducing damage connected with terrorism.
When the Order is activated it will have the effect of preventing the passage of vehicles and/or pedestrians from proceeding, waiting and loading in the above-named roads to the extent and for as long as is necessary to deal with a specific threat, security assessment or specified intelligence that there is a threat of danger or damage due to terrorism.
The Order comes into effect on 16th day of October 2026.
A copy of the Order incorporating relevant maps can be inspected at the Reception, West Offices, Station Rise, York, during normal business hours. Any person who wishes to question the validity of the Order or any of its provisions on the grounds that it is not within the powers of the Road Traffic Regulations Act 1984 as amended or that a requirement of any regulation thereunder has not been complied with may, within 6 weeks from the date of making of the Order, make application for that purpose to the High Court.
16th October 2026
Director of Environmental and Regulatory Services West Offices, Station Rise, YORK YO1 6GA
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