South Cumberland - Proposed 20mph Speed Limits

CUMBERLAND COUNCIL

(VARIOUS ROADS IN THE SOUTH CUMBERLAND AREA)

(CONSOLIDATION AND PROVISION OF SPEED LIMITS) ORDER 20><

1. Cumberland Council hereby give notice that it proposes to make the above Order under Section 84 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984.

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

(a) Consolidate, revoke, re-enact and amend the provisions of the Cumberland Council (Various Roads in the South Cumberland Area) (Consolidation and Provision of Speed Limits) Order 2025; as follows: -

(i) Proposal 1 - Millom – Introducing a 20mph speed limit, replacing the existing 30mph speed limit, on the entire lengths of Queens Park, Moor Road, Butler Street, Hodgson Gardens and Moor Terrace;

(ii) Proposal 2 - Beckermet – Introducing a 20mph speed limit, replacing the existing 30mph speed limit, on the entire lengths of Bankfield, Beck Rise, Fleming Drive, Hunter Rise, Kirkbeck Drive, Lowrey Close, Station Crescent, The Mill Fields, and on parts of Braystones Road, Mill Lane, Morras Road, Nursery Road and Sellafield Road;

(iii) Proposal 3 - Parton – Introducing a 20mph speed limit, replacing the existing 30mph speed limit, on the entire lengths of Bank Yard Road, Brewery Brow, Criffel Road, Firth View, Main Street, Parton Brow, Ramsey Drive, Ross View, Seven Acres, Screel View and The Square, and on part of Foundry Road;

(iv) Proposal 4 – Gosforth - Introducing a 20mph speed limit, replacing the existing 30mph speed limit, on the entire lengths of Ellerslie Park and Walkmill Gardens and on part of the U4090, and extending the existing 20mph on Wasdale Road and Leagate Brow.

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

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

(i) viewed on the Council’s website using the following link: - https://cumberland.gov.uk/tro;

(ii) on deposit at: -

a) Millom Town Council, 6 Newton Street, Millom, Cumbria, LA18 4DR; and

b) Whitehaven Library, Lowther Street, Whitehaven, Cumbria, CA28 7QZ;

(iii) on deposit at the offices of the undersigned; and

(iv) otherwise be obtained by emailing TrafficTeam@cumberland.gov.uk

4. If you wish to comment or make representations in relation to the proposals, you should write to Traffic Management Officer, Cumberland Council, Highways Depot, Joseph Noble Road, Lillyhall Industrial Estate, Workington, CA14 4JH or by email to troresponses@cumberland.gov.uk and quoting reference TRO/26/SouthSpeeds not later than 2nd December 2026.

Chief Legal and Monitoring Officer, Cumberland Council, Cumbria House, 117 Botchergate, Carlisle, CA1 1RD

Dated 11th November 2026