Consultation outcome

Traffic regulation orders: changes to publishing requirements and special events order approvals

• From: Department for Transport
• Published: 7 March 2022
• Last updated: 15 January 2024 — See all updates

This was published under the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

Applies to England

This consultation has concluded

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Traffic regulation orders – government response part 1

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Detail of outcome

The Department for Transport (DfT) has published part 1 of the response relating to primary legislation.

We will publish part 2 in due course.

Detail of feedback received

We received 306 responses to this consultation. A summary of public feedback is included in the consultation outcome.

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Original consultation

Summary

Suggests amending traffic regulation order (TRO) requirements that affect data sharing, publishing practices and approvals for certain special events orders.

This consultation ran from
7 March 2022 to 11:59pm on 17 April 2022

Consultation description

We are proposing to make alterations to traffic regulation order (TRO) processes and requirements. These alterations include:

• adding a new requirement for traffic authorities (TAs) to publish standardised, digital and open data about all TROs for anyone to access, use and share
• introducing a requirement for TAs to publish service levels for TRO applicants
• removing a requirement for the Secretary of State of Transport to approve special events orders that close:
  • a road for more than 3 days
  • the same road on more than one occasion in a calendar year
  • roads for filming
• altering the requirement to publish TROs in local newspapers but include other digital media where local newspapers are not available
• adding a requirement for TAs to publish details of application fees on their websites
• reviewing the list of statutory consultees

We are also asking for views about streamlining the process for installing electric vehicle chargepoints and introducing a unified consent process.

The consultation references information from research on TRO COVID-19 impacts and creating a TRO data platform, released in 2022.

TROs are legal orders made by traffic authorities (TAs) that are needed to change a road’s use or its design.

Documents

Reform of traffic regulation orders

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Reform of traffic regulation orders: impact assessment

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Published 7 March 2022
Last updated 15 January 2024 + show all updates

1. 15 January 2024

   Traffic regulation orders – government response part 1 has been published.

2. 7 March 2022

   First published.