Agenda and minutes

In accordance with the County Council’s Constitution the Chair and Vice Chair must be County Councillors.

RESOLVED that Councillor D McGeough be elected Chair and Councillor L Hellyer be elected Vice Chair for the ensuing year.  

Minutes of the meeting held on 31 October 2022, attached.

RESOLVED that the Minutes of the meeting held on 31 October 2022 be signed as a correct record.

Items which in the opinion of the Chairman should be considered at the meeting as matters of urgency.

There was no item raised as a matter of urgency.

Report of the Director of Climate Change, Environment and Transport (CET/23/39), attached.

The Committee considered the Report of the Director of Climate Change,

Environment and Transport (CET/23/39) on requests for new or amended waiting restrictions.  Officers had consulted the relevant local County Councillors and Chair/Vice Chair prior to advertisement from 16 March until 6 April 2023.

A summary of the proposals advertised was detailed in Appendix 1 of the Report with associated plans. Details of the objections received to these proposals, and the Officers’ response was shown in Appendix 2 of the Report with a recommendation for each location.

In relation to the Programme, the local Member (Holsworthy Rural) raised concerns about the implementation of an Order (approved by this Committee at its meeting 6 July 2022 [Minute *12 Chapel Street, Holsworthy]). The Traffic Engineer undertook to investigate the details for report back to the local Member.

The local Member (Bideford West & Hartland) requested an extension of the existing weight limit (7.5T) to both East Ball and West Ball Hill, Hartland, to prevent HGVs traversing the hill and prevent damage to private property which had occurred on numerous times, due to the limited available width. The request had been supported by Hartland Parish Council. The Traffic Engineer undertook to investigate the request (with regard, in particular to any access issues) for report back to the local Member and confirmed that any proposed extension would not require Committee approval.

Members noted that any request for an extension of the restrictions detailed in the proposed Orders before the Committee would require further statutory advertisement/consultation. 

It was MOVED by Councillor A Saywell, and SECONDED by Councillor L Hellyer and

RESOLVED

(a) that the work on the local waiting restriction programme be noted; and

(b) that the recommendations contained in Appendix 2 to the Report be approved.

Update from the Committee representative

The Vice Chair reported that the next meeting of the Forum was due on Wednesday, 5 July and she would report back at the next meeting of this Committee.

10 October 2023 and 26 February 2024

Dates of other information available here:

Browse meetings - Torridge Highways and Traffic Orders Committee - Democracy in Devon

10 October 2023 at Holsworthy Town Council (Market Hall); and  

26 February 2024 (venue to be confirmed) both at 10.30 am