Clifford Manor Road, Farnham Road And Swan Lane - Proposed Amendments To Certain Parking Controls

THE SURREY COUNTY COUNCIL
Proposed Amendments to Certain Parking Controls in Clifford Manor Road, Farnham
Road and Swan Lane within the Guildford Town Centre Controlled Parking Zone in the Borough of Guildford

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Surrey County Council (“the County Council”) proposes to make an Order under Sections 1(1), 2(1) to 3 and 4, 32, 35, 36, 45, 46, 49, 51 and 53 and Parts III and IV of Schedule 9 to the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 (‘the 1984 Act’) the effect of which will be to further amend “The Surrey County Council Various Roads in the Borough of Guildford (Guildford Town Centre Controlled Parking Zone) (Consolidation of Waiting and Loading Restrictions and Street Parking Places and Revocation) Order 2025” (“the Order of 2025”). The Order, to be known as “The Surrey County Council Various Roads in the Borough of Guildford (Guildford Town Centre Controlled Parking Zone) (Consolidation of Waiting and Loading Restrictions Street Parking Places and Revocation) Amendment Order (No._) 202_” which proposes to make the changes as described below.

The general purpose and effect of the Order will be to:

(a) amend and revoke some of the existing on-street parking controls within the Guildford Town Centre Controlled Parking Zone (“CPZ”),

(b) introduce a formalised School “Keep Clear” restriction in respect of Guildford County School,

(c) introduce new 8.30 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Mondays to Saturdays inclusive waiting restrictions,

(d) in respect of the new No waiting restrictions referred to in sub-paragraph (b) of this Notice to provide that the usual exemptions in respect of loading and unloading vehicles, boarding and alighting from vehicles, using vehicles for works on or adjoining those lengths of Clifford Manor Road, the maintenance of that road and the services in it and for disabled persons’ vehicles in accordance with the “Blue Badge” Scheme would apply,

(e) in respect to paragraph (b) above, any vehicle may stop on that “School “Keep Clear” marking” in respect of stopping to avoid an accident, when required to do so by law or with the permission of a police constable in uniform or if displaying a valid waiver certificate issued by the County Council or any agents acting on its behalf or to anything done in accordance with any restriction or requirement indicated by traffic signs placed on the highway by or on behalf of the Police;

(f) introduce a Monday-Saturday 8.30am-6pm 4 Hour Limited Waiting No Return Within 1 Hour or Resident Permit Holders H “Shared-Use” Parking Place for use by passenger vehicles (8 seats or less), goods vehicles with a maximum gross weight not exceeding 5 tonnes, motor-cycles and invalid carriages subject to the above-mentioned time limits (unless any of those vehicles display a “Blue Badge” as indicated in sub-paragraph (g) below) or for vehicles left by residents as defined in the Order of 2025 displaying a valid resident’s parking permit in respect of Catchment Area H (no time limit);

(g) in respect to paragraph (f) above, disabled persons’ vehicles displaying a disabled person’s “Blue Badge” may wait in that parking place free of charge and without time limit,

(h) in respect to paragraph (f) above, any vehicle may wait in that parking place for the purposes of boarding and alighting (for a period not exceeding two minutes), or for the purpose of loading or unloading goods (for a period not exceeding twenty minutes),

(i) Take account of the exclusion of Swan Lane from Catchment Area D of the Guildford Town Centre CPZ by allowing only residents of Nos. 12and 14 and the Flat at No. 19A Swan Lane to obtain any resident, business, visitor’s, carer’s or operational parking permit for use within that Catchment Area or Catchment Areas A, B, C or H of the Guildford Town Centre CPZ; and

(j) Carry out a legal drafting amendment to the Order of 2025 which will not affect any of the on-street parking controls in Echo Pit Road enforced by that Order in any way whatsoever.

CONVERT EXISTING NO WAITING APLYING BETWEEN 8.30 A.M. AND 6.30 P.M. ON MONDAYS TO SATURDAYS INCLUSIVE (SINGLE YELLOW LINE) TO A LIMITED WAITING 4 HOURS, NO RETURN WITHIN 1 HOUR, OR PERMIT HOLDERS H ONLY PARKING PLACE

Clifford Manor Road (D4007) (On the north-east side fronting No. 11 (“Sequoia”), from a point 17 metres south-east of the common boundary of Nos. 9 and 11 (“Sequoia”) south-eastwards for 6 metres).

CONVERT PART OF AN EXISTING LIMITED WAITING 4 HOURS, NO RETURN WITHIN 1 HOUR, OR PERMIT HOLDERS H ONLY PARKING PLACE TO NO WAITING APPLYING BETWEEN 8.30 A.M. AND 6 P.M. ON MONDAYS TO SATURDAYS INCLUSIVE – SINGLE YELLOW LINE

Clifford Manor Road (D4007) (On the north-east side fronting No. 11 (“Sequoia”), from a point 8 metres south-east of the common boundary of Nos. 9 and 11 (“Sequoia”) south-eastwards for 6 metres).

INTRODUCE NO STOPPING MONDAYS-FRIÐAYS 8.00-10.00A.M. AND 2.30-4.30P.M. SCHOOL “KEEP CLEAR” RESTRICTION

Farnham Road (On the south-east side from 20 metres to 53 metres north-east of the north-eastern kerb-line of Annandale Road).

A copy of the proposed Order, together with four plans showing the precise details of the parking controls proposed to be introduced and amended and six plans showing the extent of the Guildford Town Centre CPZ and the various Catchment Areas situated within that CPZ, a Statement of the County Council’s Reasons for Proposing to Make the Order and the Order of 2025 (and the plans which accompany that sealed Order), may be inspected, free of charge, from Friday 30 October 2026 -

(a) at Guildford Library, 77 North Street, Guildford, Surrey, GU1 4AL on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays between 9.30 a.m. and 5.30 p.m., on Tuesdays and Thursdays between 9.30 a.m. and 7 p.m. and on Saturdays between 9.30 a.m. and 5 p.m.; or

(b) at the Main Reception, Guildford Borough Council Offices, Millmead House, Millmead, Guildford, Surrey, GU2 4BB during normal office hours on Mondays to Fridays inclusive; or

(c) by prior arrangement and appointment only at Guildford Borough Council’s Parking Office situated at Bedford Road Multi-storey Car Park (Level 2), Laundry Road, Guildford, Surrey, GU1 4PX (Telephone No. (01483) 505050 or Email: Parking@guildford.gov.uk) during normal office hours on Mondays to Fridays inclusive; or

(d) by prior arrangement by telephoning or emailing the County Council’s Merrow Complex, situated at Merrow Lane, Merrow, Guildford, Surrey, GU4 7BQ (Telephone No. 0300 200 1003 or Email: highways@ surreycc.gov.uk) between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. on Mondays to Thursdays inclusive and 9 a.m. and 4.30 p.m. on Fridays.

If you wish to object or make any other representation to the proposed Traffic Regulation Order you must send the grounds for your objection or representation (including any in support) –

(i) in writing, to Ms L Monie at Hazel House, Merrow Lane, Merrow, Guildford, Surrey, GU4 7BQ, or

(ii) by email at tdpguildford@surreycc.gov.uk in respect of the proposals referred to in sub-paragraphs

(d), (f), (g) and (h) above; or
(iii) by email at contact.centre@surreycc.gov.uk in respect of the proposals referred to in sub-paragraphs

(b), (e), (i) and (j) above, by Friday 27 November 2026 quoting reference LSEN/10644/GLD/AK/PAG.

Dated 29 October 2026

Lucy Monie – Director – Highways & Transport Environment, Transport & Infrastructure

Enquiries to: Traffic Regulation Orders Team, Hazel House, Merrow Lane, Guildford, Surrey, GU4 7BQ Telephone: 0300 200 1003