New College Rd, Shrewsbury
- Period: 12 March 2015 - 12 September 2015
- Status: Closed
- Audiences: Everyone
- Topics: Traffic management
- Type: Public
Following the recent approval of the planning application to expand Shrewsbury College at its London Road campus, Shropshire Council, as the local highway authority, has decided to prohibit motor vehicular access between A458 Wenlock Road and New College Road on an experimental basis, for up to 18 months.
This proposal follows a request from the residents of New College Road to close off access at one end so as to prevent disturbance from inappropriate driving associated with vehicles using the college car park located opposite their road. Given that the car park is due to be expanded, funding was sought from the College for this closure as part of their planning approval under s106 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990.
Because of its relatively narrow width, New College Road does not provide an appropriate route for cross-over trips between Wenlock Road and London Road, so this change will remove ‘through trips’ on this street. A permanent closure was proposed and consulted on in 2014, and the matter was referred to the Central Planning Committee on 11/12/15. It was resolved not to proceed with the permanent closure, but to implement an experimental closure instead. For further information please refer to the minutes of the Central Planning Committee meeting.
THE SHROPSHIRE COUNCIL (NEW COLLEGE ROAD, SHREWSBURY) (EXPERIMENTAL PROHIBITION OF MOTOR VEHICLES) ORDER 2015
On 10 March 2015 Shropshire Council made an experimental order to prohibit all motor vehicles from using the following length of New College Road in Shrewsbury:
From its junction with Wenlock Road for a distance of 5m.
Exemptions to this restriction include:
- Emergency vehicles being used in an emergency;
- Vehicles being used for building or repair work to this length of road, adjacent buildings, or utilities;
This Order comes into effect on 19 March 2015 and will operate for a period of up to eighteen months. The council will be considering in due course whether its provisions should continue in force indefinitely.
12 March 2015
(Data Protection: Please note that representations received may be reproduced, stored, copied and published on-line in connection with the processing of the (proposed) Order and/or any Inquiry. Information will not be used for additional purposes without consent. Representations without a name and address will be treated as anonymous, which may affect their weight in the decision making process. Any details published on-line will exclude individuals email addresses and phone numbers.)
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This experimental order was made permanent on 10/09/2016.
If you wish to raise an objection, express support or make any other comments about these proposals, please send an e-mail to: traffic.engineering@shropshire.gov.uk or ring 0345 678 9006 by 12 September 2015.
If you wish to question the validity of the order, or of any of its provisions, on the grounds that they are not within the powers conferred by the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, or that any requirement of the Act or of any instrument made under it has not been complied with in relation to the Order you may, within six weeks from 10 March 2015, apply for the purpose to the High Court.