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/ .I ... ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984

OXFORDSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL ( 7.5 TONNE MAXIMUM GROSS WEIGHT RESTRICTION) ORDER 2007

The Oxfordshire County Council ("the Council") in exercise of their powers under Sections 1(1), 2(1), 2(2), and 2(4) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 ("the Act") and all other enabling powers and after consultation with the Chief Officer of Police in accordance with Part III of Schedule 9 to the Act, make the following Order:

1. This Order shall come into operation on the 24 th September 2007 and may be cited as the Oxfordshire County Council (Oxfordshire 7.5 tonne Maximum Gross Weight Restriction) Order 2007.

2. In this Order, except where the context otherwise requires, the following expressions have the following meanings:

"articulated vehicle" means a vehicle with a trailer so attached to it as to be partially superimposed upon it;

"goods vehicle" means a motor vehicle trailer constructed or adapted for use for the carriage or haulage of goods or burden of any description;

"maximum gross weight" means: (a) in the case of a motor vehicle not drawing a trailer or in the case of a trailer. its maximum laden weight; (b) in the case of an articulated vehicle, its maximum laden weight (if it has one) and otherwise the aggregate maximum laden weight of all the individual vehicles forming part of that articulated vehicle; and (c) in the case of a motor vehicle (other than an articulated vehicle) drawing one or more trailers, the aggregate maximum laden weight of the motor vehicle and the trailer or trailers drawn by it.

"maximum laden weight" means: in relation to a vehicle (including a vehicle which is a trailer), (a) in the case of a vehicle as respects which a gross weight not to be exceeded in Great Britain is specified in Construction and Use requirements (as defined by Section 41 (8) of the Road Traffic Act 1988). the weight so specified; (b) in the case of a vehicle as respects which no such weight is so specified, the weight which the vehicle is designed or adapted not to exceed when in normal use and travelling on a road laden .

"trailer" means a vehicle drawn by a motor vehicle. •

3. (1 ) Any reference in this Order to any enactment shall be construed as a reference to that enactment as amended or replaced by any subsequent enactment.

(2) Words importing the masculine gender shall also include the feminine gender and words in the singular include the plural and vice versa.

(3) The restrictions imposed by this Order shall be in addition to and not in derogation from any restriction or requirement imposed by any other enactment.

(4) Any reference in this Order to a numbered Article shall unless the context otherwise requires be construed as a reference to the numbered Article bearing that number in this Order.

4 Save as provided by Articles 5 & 6, no person shall, except upon the direction or with the permission of a police constable in uniform or a traffic warden, cause or permit any goods vehicle with a maximum gross weight exceeding 7.5 tonnes to proceed in any of the lengths of road specified in Schedule 2 to this Order.

5 Nothing in Article 4 of this Order shall have effect so as to prevent such access as may be reasonably required, for vehicles of any class or description, to any premises or land situated on or adjacent to any such. lengths of road, or any other premises or land accessible for vehicles of that class or description from, and only from any such length 'of road, for the picking up or setting down of passengers, or for loading onto or, unloading from the vehicle in any such length of road.

6. Nothing in Article 4 of this Order shall render it unlawful to cause or permit a vehicle to proceed in any such length of road:

(1) if it is being used for police, fire or ambulance services purposes,

(2) in connection with any of the following: (a) undertaking any building operation, demolition or excavation in or adjacent to the length of road; (b) moving any obstruction to traffic from the length of road; (c) undertaking works in the length road, in relation to any sewer or water main or in relation to the supply of gas, water, electricity or communication services: (d) undertaking works to any traffic sign or road lighting in that road; (e) carrying out any statutory functions of a local authority;

(3) if it is being used for Military training operations.

2 ~ / 7. The Orders specified in Part 1 of Schedule 1 to this Order are hereby revoked .

8. The Orders specified in Part 2 of Schedule 1 to this Order are amended in the manner and to the extent shown therein.

GIVEN UNDER the Common Seal of the Oxfordshire County Council this [ 7+:- t.. day of September 2007 .

THE COMMON SEAL of THE OXFORDSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL was hereunto affixed in the presence of: l~~~~ C~y Solicitor I Designated Officer

CEFfrIFIED ATRUE COpy IlJ.~

I-" "1 ON kJ?Atf 1 p 6-. tlaIk ' SCHEDULE 1 COUNTY SOLICITOR OXFORDSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL PART 1 '-----Jm1Ut:ations:"'-'--'­

The following Orders, all of which were amended by the Oxfordshire County Council (Metrication of Weight Restrictions) Order 1992 are revoked.

1 The County of (Service Roads, Kidlington) (Restriction on Driving) Order 1959 as amended by the County of Oxford (Service Roads, Kidlington) (Restriction on Driving) (Amendment) Order 1973;

2 The Oxfordshire County Council (Bicester Road, Kidlington) (Three Ton Weight Restriction) Order 1971;

3 The County of Oxford (Various Roads) (Restriction on Driving) Order 1968 ;

4 The Oxfordshire County Council (Middle Barton-Duns Tew Road and Duns Tew-Middle Aston Road) (Weight Restr iction) Order 1970;

5 The Oxfordshire County Council (White Lane , Bix) (Weight Restriction) Order 1970;

3 6 The Oxfordshire County Council (Elvendon Road - Goring) (Weight Restriction) Order 1970 ;

7 The Oxfordshire County Council (Market Square, The Causeway, Church Street and Kings End - Bicester) (Weight Restriction) Order 1970 .

8 The Oxfordshire County Council (Fulbrook - Milton-under­ Wychwood Road) (Weight Restriction) Order 1971;

9 The Oxfordshire County Council (Curbridge-Ducklington Road) (Weight Restriction) Order 1971;

10 The Oxfordshire County Council (Various Roads in the Rural District of Henley) (Weight Restriction) Order 1971;

11 The Oxfordshire County Council (Various Roads in the Rural District of Bullingdon) (Weight Restriction) Order 1972;

12 The Oxfordshire County Council (Various Roads in the Rural District of Banbury) (Weight Restriction) Order 1972;

13 The Oxfordshire County Council (Routes bounded by A41, A421, B4031 and A43) (Prohibition of Heavy Commercial Vehicles) Order 1984.

SCHEDULE 1

PART 2

Amendments:

14 The Oxfordshire County Council (Milton and Sutton Courtenay) (Weight and Width Restrictions) Order 1977, is amended by deleting Article 3( 1) and the Schedule to the Order.

15 The Oxfordshire County Council (Whitchurch Area) (Prohibition of Heavy Commercial Vehicles and Width Restrictions) Order 1980, is amended by deleting Articles 2 & 3(1) and Part 1 of the Schedule.

4 SCHEDULE 2

MAXIMUM GROSS WEIGHT OF VEHICLES NOT TO EXCEED 7.5 TONNES.

The following lengths of road in the Parishes stated shall be subject of a 7.5 tonnes maximum gross weight limit (with exemptions):

1 Kidlington

Service Roads, Kidlington:

i) The service road which lies to the west of A4260, Oxford Road, Kidlington, from its junction with Kidlington Roundabout for a distance of 1,110 metres north west; ii) The service road which lies to the east of A4260, Oxford Road, Kidlington from the northern boundary line of No. 287 Oxford Road to the northern boundary line of No. 145 Oxford Road, Kidlington, a distance of 800 metres;

2 Kidlington, Gosford

Bicester Road:

Bicester Road, Kidlington from its junction with A4260 Oxford to Banbury Road to its junction with Bicester Road, Gosford;

3 Hailey:

Foxburrow Lane, Hailey:

From its junction with B4022 Witney to Charlbury Road to its junction with Priest Hill Lane;

4 Burford,Upton & Signet:

Sheep Street, Burford to Upton road :

from its junction with A361, High Street to a point approximately 178m north-east of its junction with A40 Oxford to Cheltenham Road, a distance of approximately 1618m;

Witney Street, Burford to White Hill:

from its junction with the A361, High Street, Burford to its junction with the A40 Oxford to Cheltenham road;

5 5 Wootton (Woodstock):

Stratford Lane:

from its junction with the un-named road (Wootton Road) between Station Lane and West End, Wootton to its junction with-the B4027 Wheatley to Glympton road;

6 Middle Barton, Middle Aston and Duns Tew:

Un-named Middle Barton to Duns Tew road:

From its junction with the B4030 North Street, Middle Barton to its junction with the un-named Middle Aston to Duns Tew road;

Un-named Duns Tew to Middle Aston road:

From its junction with Main Street, Duns Tew to its junction with the A4260 Oxford to Banbury road ;

7 Bix & Assendon :

White Lane:

From its junction with the B480 Henley to Watlington Road, to its junction with Rectory Lane, Bix;

8 Goring and :

Elvendon Lane and Battle Road:

From a point 750m east of its junction with the 84009 Goring to Wallingford road to its junction with the B471 Goring to Wood cote road, ;

9 Milton-Under-Wychwood:

Un-named Milton-under-Wychwood to Milton Down road :

From its junction with the Milton-under-Wychwood to Upper Milton road to its junction with the un-named road between the A361 and A424 at Milton Down:

10 Curbridge & Lew and Ducklington

Curbridge to Ducklington road:

From its junction with A4095 Bicester to Faringdon road to its junction with A415 Witney to Abingdon road;

6 11 Nuffield and Nettlebed:

Huntercombe End Lane :

From its junction with A4130 Henley to Wallingford road, Nuffield to its junction with 8481 Netllebed to Watlington road, Nettlebed;

12 Whitchurch on Thames and :

Hardwick Road and Deadmans Lane, Whitchurch on Thames and Deadmans Lane, Goring Heath:

from the junction with the 8471 High Street, Whitchurch, to the junction with the 84526 Goring to Reading road;

13 :

Colliers Lane:

8etween its junctions with the 8481 Reading to Netllebed road and its junction with Colmore Lane;

Rocky Lane:

From its junction with the 8481 Reading to Nettlebed road to its junction with the to Henley-on-Thames road ;

14 and :

Ewelme to road :

From its junction with Clacks Lane, Ewelme to its junction with the A4130 Henley-on-Thames to Wallingford road, Crowmarsh;

15 Crowmarsh:

Ewelme to Ipsden road :

From its junction with Nuffield Lane, Crowmarsh to its junction with Cox's Lane;

16 :

Oxford Road :

From its junction with the 8480 Oxford to Watlington road to its junction with the Garsington to Wheatley road ;

7 17 Garsington and Wheatley:

Garsington to Wheatley Road :

From its junction with the 8480 Oxford to Watlington road, Garsington to its junction with Road, Wheatley;

18 Garsington and & Denton :

Denton Lane:

From its junction with the 8480 Oxford to Watlington road, Garsington to its junction with The Hill, Denton;

19 Garsington:

Pettiwell, Southend and The Green:

From the junctions with the 8480 Oxford to Watlington road to the junction with The Hill;

20 :

Cuddesdon Road:

From its junction with Gidley Way to its junction with the Garsington to Wheatley road;

21 Cowley, Horspath and Wheatley:

Horspath Road, Cowley; Oxford Road, The Green, Cuddesdon Road, Gidley Way, Littleworth Road, Horspath; and Church Road , Wheatley:

From a point approximately 220m east of its junction with the A4142 Eastern 8y Pass (junction with Roman Way). Cowley to its junction with Holloway Road, Wheatley;

22 Cuddesdon & Denton and :

Denton Hill, High Street, The Green, and the Cuddesdon to Great Milton road :

From the junction with Denton Lane, Denton to the junction with Sworford Lane, Great Milton ;

23 Great Milton, Little Milton and Wheatley:

Church Road , Road, Chilworth Road, The Green, Great Milton and Sworford Lane, Wheatley:

For their entire lengths;

8 • 24 Little Milton, Cuddesdon & Denton and Wheatley: / Little Milton to Wheatley road:

From its junction with A329 Wallingford to Thame Road, Little Milton to its junction with Sworford Lane, Wheatley;

25 Wigginton, Swalcliffe and Sibford Ferris :

Grange Lane:

From its junction with the un-named Wigginton to Tadmarton road , Wigginton to its junction with the Swalcliffe to Sibford Ferris road , Sibford Ferris;

26 Swalcliffe:

Park Lane:

From the B4035 Banbury to Shipston-on-Stour road to its junction with Grange Lane;

27 Swalcliffe and Tadmarton:

Green Lane and Swalcliffe Lea, Swalcliffe and Tadmarton:

From its junction with the B4035 Banbury to Shipston-on­ Stour road, Swalcliffe to its junction with Shutford Road , Tadmarton;

28 Tadmarton:

Stant Hill:

From its junction with the B4035 Banbury to Shipston-on­ Stour road to its junction with the Swalcliffe Lea, Tadmarton;

29 Swerford and Wigginton:

Swerford to Wigginton road:

From its junction with the Swerford to Hook Norton road, Swerford to its junction with the un-named Swerford Heath to Wigginton road, Wigginton;

30 Deddington, Barford St John & St Michael, and Milton (Banbury):

Deddington to Milton road

From its junction with the service road to the west of the A4260 Oxford to Banbury road, Deddington to its junction with the Bloxham to Adderbury road, Milton;

9 31 Tackley:

Shipton-on-Cherwell to Tackley road:

From its junction with the B4027 Bunkers Hill, Shipton-on­ Cherwell to its junction with Church Hill, Tackley;

32 Broughton and North Newington:

Sandfine Road :

From its junction with the B4035 Banbury to Shipston-on­ Stour road, Broughton to its junction with the North Newington to Shutford road, North Newington;

33 Milton and Sutton Courtenay:

High Street, Milton and Drayton Road, Milton and Sutton Courtenay:

From a point 91 m south of the junction of High Street and Pembroke Lane, Milton to the junction with B4016 Appleford to Drayton road, Drayton;

Sutton Road, Milton; and Milton Road, High Street and Harwell Road, Sutton Courtenay:

For their entire lengths.

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