Hereford Yellow Lines on Six More Streets: Object by 18 Sep

Herefordshire Council has reopened a parking consultation covering seven streets in Hereford, and this time it is asking for more than yellow lines. Objections close at 12 noon on Friday 18 September 2026.

The draft order was first advertised on 11 June covering two streets. The version republished on 27 August carries the same order number and covers seven, and on six of them the proposal is now no waiting and no loading at any time, which is a stricter restriction than a double yellow line on its own.

What is proposed, street by street

The order would vary the council’s 2025 consolidation order so that:

• no waiting and no loading at any time applies on Friars Street, Cross Street, Springfield Avenue, Belmont Avenue, Belmont Court and Hunderton Avenue
• new no waiting at any time double yellow lines apply on Barton Yard, which the notice says is also known as Grimmer Road
• existing no waiting at any time restrictions are revoked on Barton Yard and Friars Street, and replaced
• the residents’ permit holders “11” and 15 minute limited waiting bays on Barton Yard are relocated to make room for a new zebra crossing

The consultation plan attached to the order also marks an existing lay-by on Barton Yard to be filled in.

The difference between no waiting and no loading

A double yellow line stops you parking, but the law lets you stop briefly to load or unload goods unless there are also loading restrictions. Adding no loading at any time, marked by kerb blips rather than lines on the road, removes that.

That is the substantive change between June and August. The June notice, advertised on 11 June with a 3 July deadline, proposed new double yellow lines on Barton Yard and Friars Street and nothing else. The August notice carries the same order number and adds five streets and the loading ban.

Why: a Safer Routes to Schools scheme

The council has not published a separate explanation with the August notice, but the same drawing reference appears on a second set of proposals it advertised on 11 June, under the Highways Act rather than the traffic order legislation. Those name the purpose directly: the works are “proposed as part of the Safer Routes to Schools improvements surrounding several schools in Hereford”.

That notice sets out:

• a zebra crossing on Grimmer Road, about 43 metres south of the Sainsbury’s petrol station entrance and about 108 metres north of the junction with Station Road
• a flat-topped road hump on Grimmer Road at the same point, 75mm high, 7.1 metres long and 6 metres wide
• a flat-topped road hump on Hunderton Avenue, about 83 metres north of the Springfield Avenue junction, 75mm high and 3.8 metres wide
• a traffic calming build-out on Hunderton Avenue at the same point, 9 metres long and 2.8 metres wide

The council does not name the schools. Riverside Primary School is on Belmont Avenue, one of the six streets proposed for no loading, according to the Department for Education’s school register.

Work has already started on the ground. The council closed Friars Street at the Cross Street junction for one night from 29 August to install high friction surfacing and lining, with traffic sent via Barton Road, the A49 and Eign Street.

What it means for you

• If you park on any of these seven streets, the rules are changing. Check the plans before the deadline rather than after the lines appear.
• No loading matters most to businesses and deliveries. On Friars Street, Cross Street, Springfield Avenue, Belmont Avenue, Belmont Court and Hunderton Avenue you would not be able to stop to unload at any time of day.
• Barton Yard permit holders would lose their current bays and gain new ones in a different position, to make room for the crossing.
• You can support it as well as object. The council says representations of support are received on the same terms and in the same window.
• The deadline is 12 noon on Friday 18 September 2026. Objections must be in writing, with the grounds on which they are made, to the Traffic Management Team, ADL Traffic and Highways Engineering Ltd, ADL House, Oaklands Business Park, Armstrong Way, Yate, Bristol BS37 5NA, or by email to info@adltraffic.co.uk. General enquiries: 01454 332100.
• You can read the papers in person. The draft order, the full schedule, the consultation plan and the statement of reasons are at the Hereford Customer Service Centre, Blue School House, Blue School Street, HR1 2LX, during office hours, as well as on the council’s website.

A second consultation closes the same day

The council advertised a separate proposal on 27 August with the same 18 September deadline: a prohibition of overtaking on the A438 at Bartestree and Lugwardine, about four miles east of Hereford. It would run between a point 163 metres southwest of the centre line of Tidnor Lane and a point 19 metres southeast of the centre line of Weston Beggard Lane. Objections go to the same address.

For what is closed and when across the county, see our Hereford roadworks and travel page. Our guides to parking in Hereford, bin collection days and council tax bands cover the rest of the practical information.

Sources

• Herefordshire Council, Hereford prohibition and restriction of waiting, loading, stopping (various roads), status proposed, added 27 August 2026, consultation ends 18 September 2026, and the draft variation order and plans (PDF), for every street, restriction and deadline above. The order was also advertised in the Public Notice Portal on 27 August 2026.
• Herefordshire Council, Hereford Barton Yard and Friars Street Safer Routes to School waiting restrictions and its notice of proposal (PDF), added 11 June 2026, consultation ended 3 July 2026, for the earlier and narrower version of the same order.
• Herefordshire Council, Hereford Grimmer Road and Hunderton Avenue Safer Routes to School traffic calming and its notice of intention (PDF), 11 June 2026, for the zebra crossing, the road humps, the build-out and the Safer Routes to Schools description.
• Get Information about Schools, Department for Education, for Riverside Primary School’s address on Belmont Avenue, Hereford, HR2 7JF.
• Herefordshire Council notice of making for the Friars Street temporary closure, published 20 August 2026, for the high friction surfacing and lining work from 29 August and its diversion route.
• Herefordshire Council, A438 Bartestree and Lugwardine prohibition of overtaking, added 27 August 2026, consultation ends 18 September 2026.