Newton-le-Willows - Proposed Amendments to Waiting, Loading and Parking Restrictions

ST HELENS BOROUGH COUNCIL

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ST HELENS BOROUGH COUNCIL

Public Notice

ST HELENS COUNCIL

THE COUNCIL OF THE BOROUGH OF ST HELENS

(PROHIBITION OF WAITING AND LOADING AND PROVISION OF PARKING)

CONSOLIDATION ORDER 2025 (AMENDMENT No 4) ORDER 2026

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that St Helens Borough Council in exercise of its powers under the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 proposes to make an Order, the effect of which will be to amend the Council of the Borough of St Helens (Prohibition of Waiting and Loading and Provision of Parking) Consolidation Order 2025 by the removal from Schedule 2 of that Order of the items listed in Schedule 1 below, by the addition to Schedule 2 of that Order of the items listed in Schedule 2 below, by changes to Article 13(2) listed in Schedule 3 below and by the addition of Articles 29 and 30 listed in Schedule 4 below.

SCHEDULE 1 - ITEMS REVOKED

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SCHEDULE 2 - ITEMS PROPOSED

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SCHEDULE 3 – ALTERATION TO DESCRIPTIONS (ARTICLE 13(2))

Alteration to descriptions (Prohibition of Waiting and Loading and Provision of Parking) Consolidation Order 2025 in so far as it relates to the following Article:

Prohibition of Waiting, Loading and Unloading

13. (1) Save as provided in Article 5 no person shall, except upon the direction or with the permission of a Civil Enforcement Officer, cause any vehicle to wait at the times and in the lengths of road so specified in Schedule 2 to this Order.

(2) Save as provided in Article 5 (excluding Article 5(1)(b)), 29 and 30 no person shall, except upon the direction or with the permission of a Civil Enforcement Officer, allow goods to be loaded on or unloaded from the vehicle in the lengths of road so specified in Schedule 2 to this Order.

SCHEDULE 4 – ADDITION TO DESCRIPTIONS (ARTICLES 29 AND 30)

Addition to descriptions (Prohibition of Waiting and Loading and Provision of Parking) Consolidation Order 2025 in so far as it relates to the following Articles:

Queen Street, Earlestown - Prohibition of Waiting, Loading and Unloading

29. Save as provided in Article 30 of this Order no person shall, except upon the direction or with the permission of a Civil Enforcement Officer cause any vehicle to wait, nor allow goods to be loaded on or unloaded from the vehicle, at the times and in the lengths of road so specified in Schedule 2 to this Order, pertaining to Queen Street, Earlestown.

30. Nothing in Article 29 of this Order shall render it unlawful to cause any vehicle to wait during the controlled hours for the lengths of road referred to therein, for so long as may be necessary to enable:

(a) goods to be loaded onto or unloaded from a vehicle, where the vehicle is necessary for the collection or delivery of those goods, (except in those roads or lengths of road during those hours where loading and unloading is prohibited) with the exception of private ambulances and funeral vehicles servicing the funeral directors.

(b) a vehicle, if it cannot conveniently be used for such purpose in any other road, to be directly used in connection with any of the following operations, namely:

(i) building, industrial or demolition operations.

(ii) the removal of any obstruction to traffic.

(iii) the maintenance, improvement or reconstruction of the said roads, lengths of roads or sides of lengths of roads.

(iv) the laying, erection, alteration, or repair in, or in land adjacent to, the said roads, lengths of roads or sides of lengths of roads of any sewer or of any main, pipe or apparatus for the supply of gas, water, or electricity or of any telecommunications apparatus.

(c) a vehicle, not being a passenger vehicle, being used in the service of a local authority in pursuance of statutory powers or duties provided that in all the circumstances it is reasonably necessary in the exercise of such powers or in the performance of such duties for the vehicle to wait in the place in which it is waiting.

(d) a vehicle to be used for the purpose of delivering or collecting postal packets as defined in Section 87 of the Post Office Act 1953.

(e) a vehicle being used for fire brigade, ambulance, or police purposes in the circumstances of an emergency.

(f) a vehicle, being a security vehicle, to be used in connection with the delivery/collection of valuables/money.

(g) a vehicle displaying a valid dispensation or permit. This option may be discharged by the obtaining of a virtual dispensation/permit, as an alternative method.

(h) a private ambulance or funeral director's vehicles servicing the funeral directors.

(i) a vehicle, if it cannot conveniently be used for such purpose in any other road, to be used for any purpose, provided authorisation has been granted by an appropriate officer of St Helens Council.

A copy of the Order may be requested from the council by emailing Traffic@sthelens.gov.uk or by writing to the Traffic Section, 1st Floor Atlas House, 2 Corporation Street, St Helens WA9 1LD.

Any person wishing to object to the proposed changes must do so in writing to the undersigned, stating the grounds of objection, within a period of 21 days from the date of this notice.

Dated: 5th day of November 2026

G Tyson, Team Manager – Highway Management Traffic Engineering Town Hall, Victoria Square St Helens, WA10 1HP