Roughwood Lane, Chalfont St Giles, Proposed Prohibition to Motorised Traffic - Statutory Consultation - Your Voice Bucks

Feedback updated 3 Feb 2025

We asked

We asked for your views on a proposal to prohibit motorised traffic (except for access to off-street premises) in Roughwood Lane, Chalfont St Giles.

The consultation ran from 22 November to 13 December 2024.

You said

We received 601 responses to the consultation:

51 (8.5%) supported the proposal
519 (86.5%) objected the proposal
31 (5.2%) commented on the proposal but did not say whether they supported or objected

View a summary of the responses (PDF 0.44MB).

View the responses in full (redacted) (PDF 4MB).

We did

On 15 January 2025, taking into consideration the consultation feedback, the Leader in consultation with the Deputy Leader and Cabinet Member for Transport agreed to not proceed with the proposal.

Instead, it was agreed to:

improve the signs for the existing 7.5 tonnes weight limit in Roughwood Lane
implement a Traffic Regulation Order (TRO) to prohibit motorised traffic in Roughwood Lane except for permit holders and access to off street premises from 21 February 2025
extend the eligibility criteria for a permit to all residents and businesses located in the following five parish council areas:
- Chalfont St Giles Parish Council area
- Chalfont St Peter Parish Council area
- Chenies Parish Council area
- Chorleywood Parish Council area (Hertfordshire)
- Little Chalfont Parish Council area

On 3 February 2025, a decision was made to extend the eligibility criteria for a permit to all residents and businesses in the following areas:

Seer Green Parish Council area
selected postcodes in the WD3 area (ending in 5BT, 5BU, 5DA, 5DB, 5DD, 5DE, 5DF, 5DG, 5DH, 5DL, 5DN, 5DP, 5DQ, 5DW, 5HA, 5HB and 5HD)

If you are eligible, you can now apply for a permit to use Roughwood Lane.

Overview

It is proposed to prohibit motorised traffic (except for access to off street premises) in Roughwood Lane, Chalfont St Giles.

Roughwood Lane is a single track lane and is not able to cope with the volumes of traffic currently using the road. It is proposed to continue to allow non-motorised traffic and access to the properties on the road only.

We would like to hear your views on the proposal.

How to have your say

The consultation closed on Friday 13 December 2024.

If you have any questions about this consultation, please email us at highways.consultations@buckinghamshire.gov.uk.

What Happens Next

Thank you to everyone that responded to the consultation.

The decision has now been made and is available at Decision - Prohibition to motorised traffic - Roughwood Lane, Chalfont St Giles - Modern Council.

The full report, including annexes with a summary of the responses, the full responses (with personal information removed) is also available on the above link.

This decision is subject to the council's call-in period. If and when the decision becomes effective we will contact all those people that responded to the consultation, and provide details on how to apply for a permit to continue to use Roughwood Lane on this webpage.

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Amersham
Denham, Gerrards Cross and Chalfonts
Denham, Gerrards Cross, Chalfonts

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