Road safety enforcement

How to request a lower speed limit

Requests for a speed limit assessment must come from your local councillor, parish council or town council. This is because under our current policy, they must part-fund any recommended changes from budgets they hold. You can find your councillors details on our councillors and committees page.

We undertake assessments in line with the Department for Transport Circular 1/2013 Setting Speed Limit which is supported by Cheshire Police who are responsible for the enforcement.

The assessment considered the road environment including:

• the class of the road and location
• the number of bends and access junctions
• how the road is used - for example, is it local access or through traffic
• the level and type of development fronting the stretch of road
• the current speed of vehicles and collision data

As part of a proposed speed limit, we would consult with residents and business affected to seek their views and given them the opportunity to raise any concerns or objections.

These proposals are advertised in the local press, on our website and a notice is placed on the affected roads. Details of current proposals can be found on our Public notices page.