South Lakeland - Introduction, Extension and Variation of 20 mph and 30 mph Speed Limits

WESTMORLAND AND FURNESS COUNCIL

(VARIOUS ROADS, SOUTH LAKELAND AREA) (CONSOLIDATION AND PROVISION OF SPEED LIMITS) (ORDER 2024) VARIATION ORDER (NO. 3) 2026

1. Westmorland and Furness Council hereby give notice that on 3 November 2026, it made the above Order under Sections 1(1) and 2(1) to (4), 32, 35, 35A, 47, 49 and 64 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984.

2. The effect of the proposed Order will be to: -

2a) Introduce 20 miles per hour speed limits on various roads in the following areas: -

i. Barbon

ii. Cartmel

iii. Greenodd and Penny Bridge

iv. Heversham

v. Ings

vi. Kendal

vii. Levens

viii. Milnthorpe

ix. Satterthwaite

2b) Extend the existing 20 miles per hour speed limits on various roads in Levens.

2c) Remove the 30 miles per hour speed limit from various roads, or sections of road, in Penny Bridge, Levens, and Satterthwaite.

2d) Introduce 30 miles per hour speed limits on various roads, or sections of road, in Cartmel, Penny Bridge, and Satterthwaite.

PLEASE REFER TO THE DOCUMENTS ON DEPOSIT AND ON THE COUNCIL’S WEB-SITE FOR FULL DETAILS.

3. Full details of the proposed Order, together with plans showing the lengths of road concerned, and a statement of the Council's reasons for proposing to make the Order, may be: -

(i) viewed on the Council’s website using the following link: https://www.westmorlandandfurness.gov.uk/parking-streets-and-transport/streets-roadsandpavements/road-maintenance-closures-and-improvements/proposed-traffic-regulation-orders-tros

(ii) on deposit at Grange Library, Grange Fell Road, Grange over Sands, LA11 6BQ; Kendal Library, Stricklandgate, Kendal, LA9 4PY; Ulverston Library, The Coro, County Square, Ulverston, LA12 7LZ; and Windermere Library, Ellerthwaite Road, Windermere, LA23 2AJ.

(iii) at the offices of the undersigned; and

(iv) may otherwise be obtained by emailing 20mph@westmorlandandfurness.gov.uk

4. If you wish 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 on the grounds that any requirement of that Act or any instrument made there under has not been complied with in relation to the Order, you may within six weeks of 3 November 2026 apply to the High Court for this purpose.

Director of Law & Governance, Westmorland and Furness, South Lakeland House, Lowther Street, Kendal, LA9 4DQ

Dated 5 November 2026