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Abingdon Town Centre - Parking Amendments

Meeting: 22/01/2026 - Delegated Decisions by Cabinet Member for Transport Management (Item 12/26)

12/26 Abingdon Town Centre - Parking Amendments pdf icon PDF 2 MB

Cabinet Member: Transport Management

Forward Plan Ref: 2025/225

Contact: James Whiting, Team Leader – TRO’s and Schemes (James.Whiting@oxfordshire.gov.uk)

 

Report by Director of Environment and Highways (CMDTM).

 

The Cabinet Member is RECOMMENDED to:

 

(a)           Approve the formalisation of the existing ‘No Loading - Mon to Sun, 7.30am-9.30am & 4.30pm-6.30pm’ restriction on Drayton Road (Both sides) – between its roundabout junctions with Marcham Road/Ock Street & Caldecott Road/Suffolk Way, as advertised.

 

(b)           Approve the introduction of new ‘No Waiting at Any Time’ (Double Yellow Lines) parking restrictions on sections of Lombard Street, St Edmunds Lane, St Helens Court, West St Helen Street and St Helens Wharf, as advertised.

 

(c)           Approve the introduction of new ‘Resident Permit Holders Only’ parking bays (with ‘AB’ prefix) in St Edmunds Lane, as advertised.

 

(d)           Approve the amendment that residents of Nos.1-16 St. Edmunds Lane, Nos.1-3 & Nos.1-4 Twitty Almshouses, Nos.1-7 Long Alley Almshouses. and Nos.1-8 Brick Alley Almshouses to apply for annual Residents and Visitors` Parking Permits, with a local identifier of `AB’.

 

(e)           Approve the introduction of a new ‘30-minute Limited Waiting Parking Bay, Mon-Sat 8am-6pm, No Return Within 1 Hour’ parking bay on a section West St Helen Street, as advertised.

 

(f)            Approve the introduction of new ‘2-hour Limited Waiting Parking Bays, Mon-Sat 8am-6pm, No Return Within 1 Hour’ parking bays on sections of Manor Court, as advertised.

 

(g)           Approve the introduction of new ‘Pay & Display’ Parking Place, Mon to Sat, 8am-6pm, Max Stay 2 Hours, No Return Within 1 Hour’ parking bay (Resident Permit Holders exempt) on St Helens Wharf, as advertised.

 

(h)           Approve the existing ‘Pay & Display’ & ‘Resident Permit Holders Only’ parking bays within the Town Centre area will remain, but their associated signage will be updated to show/confirm that permit holders with the ‘AB’ prefix remain eligible to park, with no change to provisions, as advertised.

 

(i)             Defer the introduction of new ‘No Loading - Mon to Sat, 7am-10am & 4pm-7pm’ restriction on the A415 Bridge Street (Both sides).

 

 

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