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OXFORDSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL (, & ) (SPEED LIMITS) ORDER 2021

The County Council ("the Council") in exercise of its powers under Sections 82 & 84 and Part IV of Schedule 9 to the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 (“the Act”) and of 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 may be cited as the Oxfordshire County Council (Longcot, Shrivenham & Watchfield) (Speed Limits) Order 2021 and shall come into force on the ninth day of August 2021.

2. No person shall drive any vehicle at a speed exceeding 20 miles per hour in any of the lengths of roads specified in Schedule 1 to this Order.

3. No person shall drive any vehicle at a speed exceeding 30 miles per hour in any of the lengths of roads specified in Schedule 2 to this Order.

4. No person shall drive any vehicle at a speed exceeding 40 miles per hour in the length of road specified in Schedule 3 to this Order.

5. No person shall drive any vehicle at a speed exceeding 50 miles per hour in the length of road specified in Schedule 4 to this Order.

6. No speed limit imposed by this Order applies to a vehicle falling within Regulation 3(4) of the Road Traffic Exemptions (Special Forces) (Variation and Amendment) Regulations 2011, being a vehicle used for naval, military or air force purposes, when used in accordance with regulation 3(5) of those regulations.

7. The Oxfordshire County Council (Shrivenham) (Speed Limits) Order 2016, The Oxfordshire County Council (Longcot Parish) (Speed Limits) Order 2000, and Oxfordshire County Council (Watchfield Parish) (Speed Limits) Order 2000 are hereby revoked.

GIVEN UNDER the Common Seal of the Oxfordshire County Council

this second day of August 2021.

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SCHEDULE 1

20mph speed limit:

SHRIVENHAM a) for its entire length Church Walk

b) High Street From a point 17 metres to its junction with northeast of its junction Road / Longcot Road. with Fairthorne Way, north-eastwards c) Manor Close for its entire length d) for its entire length Manor Lane

SCHEDULE 2 30mph speed limit:

LONGCOT

The whole length of every road in the village of Longcot, (excluding the B4508 Watchfield - road and the roads listed in Schedules 3 & 4) extending - in the case of the respective roads leading out of the said village - to the following points: a) Kings Lane a point 527 metres north-west of its junction with Hughes Crescent.

SHRIVENHAM

The whole length of every road in the parish of Shrivenham (excluding the A420 - Road and the roads listed in Schedules 1 & 3) extending in the case of the respective roads leading out of the parish to the following points: a) Faringdon Road 186 metres northeast of its junction with Days Ground. b) B4000 Highworth Road 227 metres northwest of its junction with Sand Hill c) Longcot Road 100 metres southeast of its junction with Ballingers d) Stainswick Lane 119 metres south of its junction With Fairthorne Way e) B4000 Station Road 136 metres south of its junction With Road f) Townsend Road 340 metres southwest of its junction with Colton Road.

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WATCHFIELD

The whole length of every road in the parish of Watchfield (excluding the A420 Oxford-Swindon Road and the roads listed in Schedule 3) extending in the case of the respective roads leading out of the parish to the following points: a) Majors Road 66 metres east of its junction with the access to Shrivenham Hundred Business Park b) Meadow Road its junction with Majors Road c) Axis Road its junction with Faringdon Road d) High Street its junction with Faringdon Road e) Barrington Avenue its junction with the B4508 Majors Road

SCHEDULE 3

40mph speed limit:

LONGCOT a) Fernham Road from its junction with Shrivenham Road, north- eastwards to a point 89 metres northeast of the junction with Mallins Lane. b) Longcot Road From its junction with Majors Road, south- westwards for a distance of 117 metres. c) B4508 Majors Road From its junction with Shrivenham Road, north- westwards for a distance of 185 metres. d) Shrivenham Road From its junction with Majors Road, north- eastwards to its junction with Fernham Road.

SHRIVENHAM

B4000 from a point 136 metres south of its for a distance of Station Road junction with Charlbury Road, 475 metres. southwards

Faringdon Road from a point186 metres northeast to the Watchfield Parish of its junction with Days Ground, boundary north-eastwards

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WATCHFIELD

Faringdon from the Shrivenham Parish to its junction with the Road boundary, north-eastwards A420 Oxford Road.

Majors Road from its junction with Faringdon to a point 66 metres east Road, westwards of its junction with the Shrivenham Hundred Business Park

SCHEDULE 4

50mph speed limit:

LONGCOT

B4508 Majors Road from its junction with the A420 roundabout junction (within the parish of Watchfield), eastwards to a point 185 metres northwest of its junction with Shrivenham Road.

THE COMMON SEAL of THE OXFORDSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL was hereunto affixed in the presence of:

Solicitor / Designated Officer.

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