Traffic Regulation Orders

A Traffic Regulation Order (TRO) is a legal order. It enables the county council, as the highway authority, to manage traffic in the county. Examples of TROs includes parking restrictions, speed limits, one-way streets, weight restrictions, no right/left turns and loading bays. The following is a list of recent traffic regulation order proposals which are currently under consultation. Please forward any comments or objections by email.

Current Traffic Regulation Orders under consultation

TRAF/8619 - Proposed Revocation and Implementation of Disabled Parking Bays and Parking Restrictions on Various Roads in the District of Harlow.

This proposal is to Revoke and Implement Disabled Parking Bays and Parking Restrictions on Various Roads in the District of Harlow.

TRAF/8277 - Proposed 20mph Zone on The Lindens, Gosfield, in the District of Braintree.

This proposal is to Implement a 20mph Zone on The Lindens, Gosfield, in the District of Braintree.

Intention Notice Plan Draft Order Statement of Reasons Closing Date: 22 August 2025

TRAF/8462 - Proposed extension of an existing '30mph Speed Limit' (Currently a 40mph Speed Limit) on Plough Road, Great Bentley, Tendring.

This proposal is to extend an existing '30mph Speed Limit' (Currently a 40mph Speed Limit) on Plough Road, in the Parish of Great Bentley, in the District of Tendring. 

TRAF/8133 - Proposed revocation and implementation of various restrictions in Harlow.

This proposal is to revoke and implement various Waiting, Loading, and Stopping Restrictions, including Carriageway, Verge and Footway, Disabled Badge Holders Only Bays, and Restricted Parking Zone Restrictions, and implement 'No Stopping at Any Time Restrictions, 'No Stopping at Any Time Except Taxis' Restrictions, on Post Office Road, Terminus Street, Crown Gate, and South Gate, in the District of Harlow.

TRAF/8087 and TRAF/8473 - Proposed 20mph Zone and 40mph Speed Limit Orders in the Parish of  Halstead/Greenstead Green and Halstead Rural, Braintree

This proposal is This proposal is to Implement a ‘40mph Speed Limit’ Restriction on Tidings Hill - currently a 60mph at the point of access into the new development starting with Edwards Avenue, this new development is where the 20mph zone is proposed.

TRAF/8572 - Implementation of an Experimental 6'6" Width Restriction Order on Sheering Lower Road, Sheering, Epping Forest.

This notice is for the implementation of an Experimental 6'6" Width Restriction on Sheering Lower Road, Sheering, in the District of Epping Forest.