DARLINGTON BOROUGH COUNCIL

ROAD TRAFFIC RESTRICTIONS (AMENDMENT NO.5) ORDER 2022

On the 5th April 2022 Darlington Borough Council gave notice that it had modified the Darlington Borough Council Experimental Order No.1 2021 and that, if it proposed to continue the provisions of that Order on a permanent basis, it would give further notice of such.

The Council does propose to continue the provisions and, therefore, notice is hereby given that Darlington Borough Council proposes to make a permanent Order under Sections 1, 2, 4, 32, 35, 49 and 84 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 and of the Traffic Management Act 2004.

The effect of the Order would be to make the following amendments to the Darlington Borough Council (Prohibition and Restriction of Waiting and Loading) Consolidation Order 2019; the Darlington Borough Council (On Street Parking Places) Consolidation Order 2019 and the Darlington Borough Council (Moving Traffic) Consolidation Order 2019 on a permanent basis:

1. The following no waiting and no loading/unloading at any time restriction in the following part of Coniscliffe Road, Town Centre: the south side, from its junction with Grange Road to a point 20 metres east of the eastern boundary 3 Coniscliffe Road and from a point 25 metres west of the eastern boundary 3 Coniscliffe Road to the eastern boundary 15 Coniscliffe Road and from a point 14 metres west of the eastern boundary 15 Coniscliffe Road to its junction with West Street shall be deleted and replaced with the same restriction in the south side of that street from its junction with Grange Road to its junction with West Street

2. The following no waiting at any time restrictions in the following parts of Coniscliffe Road, Town Centre:
the north side, from its junction with Larchfield Street to its junction with Skinnergate; and the south side, from a point 20 metres east to a point 25 metres west of the eastern boundary 3 Coniscliffe Road shall be deleted and replaced with the same restriction in the following parts of that street:
the north side, from its junction with Larchfield Street to its junction with Hogarth Court; and the north side, from a point 58.5 metres east of its junction with Hogarth Court to its junction with Skinnergate

3. The following part of Coniscliffe Road, Town Centre shall be designated as loading bays at all times on all days:
the north side, from a point 16 metres east of its junction with Hogarth Court eastwards for a distance of 12 metres

4. The following part of Coniscliffe Road, Town Centre shall cease to be designated as loading bays Mon-Sat:
the south side, from the eastern boundary 15 Coniscliffe Road westwards for a distance of 14 metres

5. The following part of Coniscliffe Road, Town Centre shall cease to be designated as a bus and taxi lane:
the northern carriageway from a point 5 metres east of its junction with Larchfield Street to a point 7 metres east of the eastern boundary 2 Coniscliffe Road

6. The following part of Coniscliffe Road, Town Centre shall be one way traffic: from its junction with Grange Road westwards to its junction with West Street

7. All vehicles shall be prohibited from proceeding along the following part of Coniscliffe Road, Town Centre:
from its junction Larchfield Street eastwards for a distance of 18 metres

The draft Order, a plan and a statement of the Council's reasons for making the Order may be viewed at

and-streets/traffic-regulation-orders-and-consultations Copies may also be requested by writing to the Assistant Director - Law and Governance, Darlington Borough Council, Town Hall, Darlington DL1 5QT or by emailing

If you wish to object to the proposals contained in the Order you should send the grounds of your objection in writing by the 12th September 2022 to the Assistant Director - Law and Governance, Town Hall, Darlington DL1 5QT (Ref: AE) or email

22nd August 2022
Luke Swinhoe
Assistant Director - Law and Governance