Northampton parking restrictions to move to new digital system – but rules won't change

West Northamptonshire Council is proposing to revoke existing Traffic Regulation Orders covering waiting, stopping, loading and unloading restrictions and on-street parking places across the area.

However, the council has stressed that the move is administrative and will not materially change any of the existing restrictions, how they operate or how they are enforced.

Instead, all of the current restrictions covering Northampton, Daventry and South Northamptonshire will be reintroduced under a single new Traffic Regulation Order.

Existing written schedules and plans showing where restrictions apply will also be replaced with comprehensive map-based schedules.

The council says all existing traffic restrictions will be digitised and incorporated into its map-based traffic regulation system as part of the Department for Transport's Digital Traffic Regulation Orders programme.

This means existing restrictions such as waiting, stopping and loading rules and on-street parking places will remain in place rather than being changed as part of the exercise.

Definitions and other parts of the legal order are also being updated to accommodate the new map-based system.

Full details of the proposals, including the proposed maps and a list of the existing Traffic Regulation Orders which would be revoked, can be viewed through West Northamptonshire Council's website by searching for traffic regulation orders.

The documents can also be inspected by appointment at Kier Highways' Brixworth Depot in Old Harborough Road.

Anyone wishing to comment, make representations or object to the proposed order has until October 15, 2026.

Comments can be sent to the Traffic Orders Section at Kier Highways' Brixworth Depot or emailed to [email protected], quoting reference P/2149.

This public notice was published in the Chronicle & Echo and the Public Notice Portal.