Decision details

Date of Decision:

24^th August 2023

Title:

Cumwell Lane, Hellaby proposed No waiting at any time restriction

Decision Maker:

(Including Job Title)

 Simon Moss

Assistant Director, Planning, Regeneration and Transport 

Specific Delegation:

(If any)

To promote, consider objections to and implement Traffic Regulation Orders under the Traffic Regulation Act 1984.

Brief Description of Decision:

The purpose of this report is to consider an unwithdrawn objection to proposed no waiting at any time restriction on Cumwell Lane (both sides of the road), Hellaby from its junction with the A631 Bawtry Road for a length of approximately 415m in a southerly direction. The key recommendation of the report is to continue with the making of the order.

Reasons for the Decision:

Failure to secure the traffic regulation order may result in vehicles parking on, or near to the proposed new accesses into the development, which may affect the free and safe flow of traffic, potentially affecting response times for emergency services etc, or collisions at the accesses due to restricted visibility.

Details of alternative options considered and rejected:

One option considered was that Cumwell Lane would be left as it is in it’s present state i.e. without any waiting restrictions being introduced. However, due to the requirement to ensure that the vehicle accesses to the development do not have their visibility splay obstructed by stationary vehicles, and that the operation of the proposed signalised junction of Cumwell Lane and the A631 Bawtry road was not compromised, then this option was not considered a viable option.

Another option was omitting waiting restrictions on one side, which could be dismissed on the basis of leaving only a clear carriageway width of 5.5m, impacting capacity near the signals and potentially worsening congestion, which is known to be a sensitive issue locally.

A further option, following receipt of the objection from the resident, was a shorter length of waiting restriction directly outside the residential properties in order to alleviate the concerns expressed in the resident objection. Following discussions with the affected resident, this option was not progressed as the resident did not wish to have parked vehicles unknown to them directly outside their property. However, the resident did request omitting restrictions only at the objectors driveway, which can be dismissed owing to risk of drivers (incorrectly) inferring they may park from absence of yellow lines where it would (likely) present unlawful obstruction.

Conflicts of interest declared by any Executive Member consulted by the decision maker which relates to the decision:

No

Dispensations Granted:

(If any)

No

Reports or parts of reports considered

Cumwell Lane, Hellaby proposed No waiting at any time restriction