Steeple Barton/Westcott Barton & Enstone - proposed 20mph & other speed limits

We're asking for your views on the proposal to reduce speed limits in the 'Bartons' as a result of road safety concerns raised by the Parish Council. The proposals will see a reduction of the existing 30mph speed limit in its entirety to 20mph. Additionally, accompanying the proposed 20mph limit new 30mph & 40mph ‘buffer’ speed limits will be introduced on the approaches/peripheral routes.

Thereafter, additional 30mph & 40mph ‘buffer’ speed limits will be introduced on the following roads:

• B4030 Enstone/Middle Barton Road – a new 30mph speed limit from a point 285 metres southwest of its junction with Sandford St Martin Road south-westwards for a distance of 295 metres,
• B4030 North Street – a new 40mph speed limit from a point 140 metres northeast of its junction with Holliers Crescent eastwards to a point 55 metres east of its junction with Duns Tew Road, and
• Duns Tew Road – a new 40mph speed limit from its junction with the B4030 North Street north-eastwards for a distance of 105 metres.

In order to help manage compliance with the proposed 20mph limit, new traffic calming features – in the form of build-outs with priority traffic flow - could be introduced on the B4030 Enstone/Middle Barton Road.

Finally, a 50mph speed limit will be introduced on the B4030 between Enstone & Hopcrofts Holt, replacing the existing sections of 60mph National Speed Limit, between a), the B4022 junction at Church Enstone & Gagingwell, b) between Gagingwell & the western edge of Westcott Barton, and c) the eastern end of Middle Barton to its junction with the A4260 at Hopcrofts Holt.

Please read the detailed information provided on this consultation, and take the time to complete the survey as your views and opinions matter. Your response should be completed and returned by Thursday 09 June 2022.

Whilst we will endeavour to answer simple queries during the course of the consultation, any more complex questions/issues will be appraised and dealt with as part of consultation process.

What happens next?

The County Council will review the responses and if necessary (i.e. if objections are received) prepare a report to be presented to the Cabinet Member for Highway Management at a meeting scheduled for later in 2022. This will be public meeting at which members of the public may apply to speak. The agenda and reports for meetings will be made available on the Oxfordshire County Council web site about a week before the meeting (please note that occasionally it is necessary to defer reports to a later meeting, and it is therefore advisable to check the agenda ahead of attending a meeting). The Forward Plan of decisions meetings can be viewed here