Dewsbury: Market Place & Foundry Street - Experimental Traffic Regulation

KIRKLEES COUNCIL
EXPERIMENTAL (TRAFFIC REGULATION)
(NO. 01) ORDER 2026
MARKET PLACE & FOUNDRY STREET, DEWSBURY

The Council of the Borough of Kirklees has made the above Order under their powers in the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 the effect of which, as it affects lengths of road in the Dewsbury area of the Kirklees district, is to:

1. Prohibit driving at all times (with the exception of loading/unloading between 5pm – 9am) on the following lengths of road:

i. Market Place, Dewsbury, from its junction with Northgate to its junction with Foundry Street ii. Foundry Street, Dewsbury, from its junction with Market Place to its junction with Corporation Street

2. Prohibit driving at all times (with the exception of permit holders) over the short link between Longcauseway and Foundry street (named - access to 1-19 Foundry Street/1-11 Broadway House)

4. Implement one-way traffic flow on the following lengths of road

i. Market Place, Dewsbury, from its junction with Northgate to its junction with Foundry Street ii. Foundry Street, Dewsbury, from its junction with Market Place to its junction with Corporation Street

5. Revoke items in the Kirklees Metropolitan Council (Traffic Regulation) (No.4) Order 1988, which will be redundant when certain of the restrictions referred to above take effect

The Order will be implemented initially on an experimental basis for eighteen months, after which time it will be reviewed. The Council may then make the Order permanent or abandon it.

The Council may vary or modify the Order if it so desires although no variation or modification may be made after 12 months.

This Order was made on 03 November 2026 and will take effect on 19 November 2026.

A copy of this Order, together with the plan showing the affected lengths of road and a detailed statement of reasons for making the Order may be examined at:-

• Online: www.kirklees.gov.uk/traffic-regulation-orders

• By emailing highways.TRO@kirklees.gov.uk

If you wish to object to the Order on the basis that it may become a permanent Order, you should send the grounds for your objection to:

• by email: TRO.Objections@kirklees.gov.uk; or

• by post to TRO Objections, Kirklees Council Legal

Services, PO Box 1720, Huddersfield HD1 9EL Objections must be sent no later than 19 May 2027, and please ensure you quote reference DEV/HG/D116-2601 If the Order is varied or modified in any way, objections may be received within six months of the variation or modification taking effect.

Any person wishing to challenge the Order on the grounds that it is not within the powers of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 or that any requirements of that, or of any instrument made under it, have not been complied with may apply to the High Court within six weeks following 12 November 2026.

Dated this 12 November 2026

Samantha Lawton – Service Director – Legal, Governance and Commissioning, Kirklees Council, Legal Services, PO Box 1720, Huddersfield, HD1 9EL