Decision details

Subject to the formal statutory consultation process approval of a permanent Traffic Regulation Order for the speed limit reductions as detailed in the report associated with the highway improvement schemes involving full signalisation of the Yarm Back Lane/Darlington Back Lane and Darlington Back Lane/Bishopton Road West junctions.
C138 Yarm Back Lane – reduce in part from 40mph to 30mph, by virtue of street lighting for 200 metres on the northbound approach to new signalised Darlington Back Lane junction.
Darlington Back Lane – reduce from 40mph to 30mph by virtue of street lighting from its junction with Harrowgate Lane for 770 metres west, to a point approximately 84 metres west of its junction with Redmarsall Road, where the current speed limit change occurs.
Redmarshall Road – replace the 40mph gateway with 30mph (approximately 20 metres) southbound approach to the signalised Darlington Back Lane junction.

The proposed Traffic Order is associated with highway mitigation works at the junctions of Yarm Back Lane / Darlington Back Lane / Bishopton Road West which form part of the Section 106 agreement for planning application 20/0191/EIS Land To The East Of Yarm Back Lane. The application site forms part of the West Stockton Sustainable Urban Extension (alongside land at Harrowgate Lane) identified for residential development within the Adopted Local Plan. The application was approved at Planning Committee in February 2021. The reduction in speed limit are to assist with maintaining the safety of all road users. The works are included within the same main contractor agreement as Elton Interchange.

As detailed in the associated report.

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