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Daventry, Northampton and North & South Northamptonshire - Changes to Parking & Traffic Orders
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WEST NORTHAMPTONSHIRE COUNCIL
ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984
(WAITING, STOPPING, LOADING AND UNLOADING RESTRICTIONS AND ON STREET PARKING PLACES) ORDER 2026
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that West Northamptonshire Council, in exercise of its powers under Sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 19, 32, 35, 35(a), 35(b), 36, 37, 39, 45 to 49, 51 to 53, 55, 122, 124 and Part IV of Schedule 9 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 (‘the Act’), as amended, The Traffic Management Act 2004 (as amended) and all other enabling powers, after consultation with the Chief Officer of Police in accordance with Part III of Schedule 9 to the Act, has made the above Order.
The effect of this Order is primarily administrative in nature and includes;
• The revocation of all existing Traffic Regulation Orders relating to Waiting, Stopping, Loading and Unloading Restrictions and On Street Parking Places in West Northamptonshire (this includes Daventry, Northampton and South Northamptonshire).
• All existing traffic restrictions and associated provisions will be re-enacted within the new Order without material alteration.
• Existing written schedules and schedule plans will be replaced with comprehensive map-based schedules introduced as part of the new Order.
• Associated definitions and articles have been updated accordingly to accommodate the map-based schedules.
• All existing traffic restrictions will be digitised and incorporated into the Council’s map-based traffic regulation system in accordance with the Department for Transport’s Digital Traffic Regulation Orders (DTRO) programme.
• The Order does not make any material changes to the effect of the existing restrictions on site, or to how existing restrictions operate, apply or are enforced.
A COPY of the Order may be inspected at Kier Highways, Brixworth Depot, Harborough Road, Brixworth, Northants, NN6 9BX at a time and date specified by appointment only by calling 01604 529700. A copy of the Order can also be obtained on request by emailing WNCParkingenquiries@ kier.co.uk
CHALLENGE TO THE ORDER
Any person wishing 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, or that any requirement of the Act or any instrument made under it has not been complied with, may apply to the High Court within six weeks from the date on which the Order was made.
Dated this 4th day of November 2026 SARAH HALL, Corporate Director of Law and Governance (MO)
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