Decision details
Dorset Council 20mph speed limit process and Guidance
Decision Maker: Cabinet
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Is Key decision?: Yes
Is subject to call in?: Yes
Purpose:
A
report setting out the council’s approach to 20mph speed limits.
Decision:
(a)
That the
policy for setting the principles, criteria, and process for 20mph schemes, as
amended below, be approved.
“That the wording in Appendix
B, relating to the requirement to undertake a survey of residents and the
requirement to have a threshold level of support of 60% from the respondents of
households affected by the proposed 20mph scheme, should be removed, and
changed to ‘must be able to demonstrate and quantify community support for the
initiative’, to be in line with the wording of ‘criteria c’”
(b)
That the policy be reviewed 1 year after
adoption.
Reason for decision
To ensure speed limit consistency across Dorset.
Report author: Wayne Sayers
Publication date: 02/11/2022
Date of decision: 01/11/2022
Decided at meeting: 01/11/2022 - Cabinet
Effective from: 10/11/2022
Accompanying Documents:
- Referral Report to Cabinet - 20mph Speed Limit Approach PDF 255 KB
- Appendix A - PRO Report 6 October 2022 PDF 375 KB
- 20mph Policy - for Cabinet 01.11.2022 PDF 434 KB
- 20mph - process flowchart PDF 32 KB
- Extract from DfT Circular PDF 215 KB
- Appendix B - Extract from draft minutes of Place and Resources Overview Committee PDF 275 KB