Draft Prohibition of Driving Order (2025) on Bastion Street, Shaw-cum-Donnington (Ref: 9839)
Statutory advertisement of Traffic Regulation Order (TRO) for the Bastion Street, Shaw-cum-Donnington.
Consultation status Results publishedActivity closed. Results published.
Background
A Traffic Regulation Order (TRO) is a legal document that must be made by the Local Authority under the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 to regulate or restrict the use of the public highway either permanently, experimentally or temporarily. The most common restrictions are:
- closing the road
- speed restrictions
- weight/width/height restrictions
- prohibiting certain movements
- restricting parking in some way
What is being proposed
This Order is proposed as part of our Bus Service Improvement Plan relating to bus services in the district and will provide a controlled bus service link between the Donnington Heights housing development and Love Lane in Shaw-cum-Donnington.
Bastion Street will be used as an entry and exit point out onto Love Lane from the Donnington Heights housing development for local buses and cycles. Enforcement of the restriction will be via ANPR Camera enforcement rather than by physical engineering prevention means such as rising bollards.
All other vehicles except local buses and pedal cycles will be stopped from proceeding in any direction along Bastion Street in Shaw-cum-Donnington between points approximately 30 metres and 44 metres north of its junction with Love Lane.
Please note that Bastion Street is not yet adopted highway. The project forms part of the approved Capital Programme for 2024/25.
The documents that support this proposal can be viewed/downloaded from the links below:
Why we want your views
We'd like to know whether you'd like to express your support, record a neutral position or lodge an objection to the proposal to restrict all vehicles except local buses and pedal cycles from proceeding in any direction along Bastion Street in Shaw-cum-Donnington between points approximately 30 metres and 44 metres north of its junction with Love Lane.
How to take part
Copies of the draft Order, explanatory statement and map were available for inspection during the hours of 9am to 4.30pm, Monday to Friday at main reception on the ground floor of West Berkshire Council Offices, Market Street, Newbury, Berkshire, RG14 5LD.
Our survey closed at midnight on Thursday, 13 February 2025.
Comments could also be submitted by email to the Traffic and Road Safety Team or in writing to the Traffic and Road Safety Team, Environment, West Berkshire District Council, Council Offices, Market Street, Newbury, Berkshire, RG14 5LD.
Any personal information you choose to provide will be kept confidential and used in accordance with our privacy notice.
If you have any questions about this TRO please email the Traffic and Road Safety Team
For general enquiries about traffic management and road safety, please visit our webpage.
What happens next
All comments received will be reviewed by the Traffic and Road Safety Team. If we receive any objections, the Executive Member for Highways will decide how to proceed at an Individual Executive Member Decision meeting, which is provisionally scheduled for April 2025. However, whilst the intention is to meet this date, there may be unforeseen circumstances that delay the final decision. If no objections are received, the Order will be sealed and come into effect in summer 2025.
We aim to publish on this page a summary of the responses we received and the decision taken, within three months of the consultation closing.
What you told us
Overall, there was support for the proposal with 12 respondents in favour, four giving a neutral response, and seven objecting.
The comments in support of the proposal included:
• significant concerns related to devaluation of properties if the bus gate restriction was not introduced in line with planning approval
• road safety fears if traffic volume was to increase and vehicles used the route to short-cut the A339 when that road is congested
• safety concerns were also raised regarding the increased level of traffic on Love Lane if the access road was not controlled
Most of the objectors raised concerns about residents of the new estate at Donnington Heights only having access via the A339 junction, which can be congested at times.
What we did
Depending on the outcome of the meeting, we will either be able to complete the scheme and have a formal TRO in place for the enforcement of a Bus Gate at this location, or will be looking at alternative measures and/or a different TRO proposal.
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