London Borough of Lewisham -Garthorne Road prescribed routes

LONDON BOROUGH OF LEWISHAM 

TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT ORDER

The Lewisham (Prescribed Routes) (No.5) Order 2026 Garthorne Road, SE23

1. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Lewisham Borough Council (“The Council”) on 13 November 2026 made the above-mentioned Order under Section 6 of and Part IV of Schedule 9 to the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 “the Act” (as amended), the effect of which will be to:- (a) prohibit motor vehicles from entering or proceeding in that length of Garthorne Road, SE23 at its junction 
with Grierson Road southwards to a point 3m south of the party wall of Nos.6 and 8; (b) revoke “The Lewisham (Prescribed Route) (No. 6) Traffic Order 1988 which imposes a prohibition of motor vehicles in Garthorne Road above, in its entirety. 

2. Exemptions apply (a) for pedal cycles; (b) to anything done with the permission or at the direction of a police constable in uniform; (c) to any person who causes any vehicle to proceed in accordance with any restriction or requirement indicated by traffic signs placed pursuant to Section 66 or 67 of the Act. 

3. Copies of the made Order, which will come into force on 14 November 2026, plans and Statement of the Council’s Reasons for making the Orders may be obtained by emailing a request to trafficorders@lewisham.gov.uk  quoting reference ‘PTO-1061’. 

4. If any person wishes to question the validity of the Orders or of any of their provisions on the grounds that they are not within the powers conferred by the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, or that any requirement of that Act or of any instrument made under that Act has not been complied with, that person may, within 6 weeks from the date on which the Orders were made, apply for the purpose to the High Court.

Dated 13th November 2026.

Zahur Khan, Director of Public Realm,  
Laurence House, 1 Catford Road, London SE6 4RU.