Chesham Town Centre Experimental Traffic Regulation Order (ETRO)

Closes 18 Apr 2025

Opened 18 Oct 2024

Contact

BH Design Team

parkingTRO@buckinghamshire.gov.uk

Overview

Overview

Buckinghamshire Council is working to resolve and improve parking within Chesham Town Centre. We are introducing or amending restrictions to allow non- goods vehicles to access the pedestrian zones to make deliveries and collections during certain hours of the day.

We are seeking your views on these amendments before we consider whether the arrangements should be made permanent.

You have six months from the start of this trial period to voice any comments you may have. The ETRO can remain in operation for a period of up to 18 months.

What are we introducing/amending

We are proposing to introduce or amend several types of restrictions, which will include (but not limited to) the following:

1. Pedestrian Zone
2. Double Yellow Lines and Other Parking Restrictions
3. One-Way
4. No-Entry

Where are these proposals

These proposals can be found within Chesham on the following roads:

Road Name (And Extents) Proposal
The Broadway (Entrances to block paved area) Revoke Double Yellow Lines (No Waiting At Any Time)
The Broadway (Outside No.75 - Nationwide) Revoke Double Yellow Lines (No Waiting At Any Time)

Implement a Bay for "Loading only 10am-4pm/ No Stopping 4pm-10am Except Taxis"
The Broadway Revoke "Pedestrian Zone"

Implement "Bus and Cycle Lane" & "One-way"
Church Street (Between No. 4 High Street and Junction with High Street and Market Square)

High Street (Between No. 1/2 and No. 51/52)

Market Square (From Church Street/ High Street to Red Lion Street)		 Revoke "Pedestrian Zone"

"Pedestrian Zone - No Motor Vehicles except Permit Holders and Loading Mon-Tue, Thur-Fri & Sun 6am-10am & 4pm-6pm and Wed & Sat 6am-10am & 3pm-6pm")
Junction of The Broadway and High Street (Northern End of Existing One-Way System)

Junction of Market Square and Red Lion Street		 Introduce No-Entry
Church Street (Junction with High Street and Market Square in a westerly direction to outside No.3)

Market Square (From its junction with High Street in a southerly direction to its junction with Red Lion Street)

High Street (Junction with Station Road in a southerly direction to its junction with Market Square)		 Revoke One-Way System

These Amendments also include the following provision of charges:

Permit Type Validity Details Cost
Market Trader Access 

Valid for all times except:

From 6am - 10am and 4pm - 6pm on Mon - Tue, Thurs - Fri & Sun.

From 6am - 10am and 3pm - 6pm on Wednesday and Saturday.

 To allow Market Traders to operate loading/unloading activities outside the designated loading periods. £1.30 per vehicle per day
Trader Access & Parking Valid everyday where it is essential for Traders to operate out of their vehicle. To allow Traders to access and trade from a vehicle. £15.00 per vehicle per day
or £25.00 per vehicle per week
Event Permit Valid for the period of an event.   £2100.00 for all areas of a Pedestrian Zone.

£1500.00 covering north section or south section only of Pedestrian Zone

Related documents

You can view the proposals and documents by clicking on the links below (clicking on the links will open a pop-up window): 

  1. Draft Map Tiles - Movement (1.95 MB)
  2. Draft Map Tiles - Parking (648 KB)
  3. Public Site Notice (106KB)
  4. Letter to Residents (408KB)
  5. Statement of Reasons (151KB)
  6. Newspaper Advert (221KB)
  7. Draft Experimental Traffic Regulation Order - Movement (122KB)
  8. Draft Experimental Traffic Regulation Order - Parking (226KB)

How to have your say

You can comment on the proposals in one of the following ways:

  • Complete the online survey using the link at the bottom of the page.
  • Email us: parkingTRO@buckinghamshire.gov.uk
  • Write to us at Design Services. Buckinghamshire Highways, Floor 10, Walton Street Offices, Aylesbury, HP20 1UA.

If you have any question you can contact us on the email above.

Please tell us your views by 11:59pm on Friday 18 April 2025.

What happens next

At the end of six months of the consultation period all comments on the trial amendments will be reviewed. If there are any changes to the ETRO prior to the deadline, consultation will recommence with a further six months to gather further feedback on the updated proposals.

We will consider these responses and prepare a report. The Council Leader will review the report and make a decision about the proposal. 

The results of the consultation and the Council's decision will be published on this webpage. Statutory Consultees will be informed of the decision once it has been made, via the website.

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If you have questions about data and privacy, please email us on dataprotection@buckinghamshire.gov.uk. Or you can write to our Data Protection Officer at Buckinghamshire Council, The Gateway Gatehouse Road, Aylesbury, HP19 8FF.

Give us your views

Online Survey

Areas

  • Chesham and Villages

Interests

  • Transport
  • Roads & parking