The Traffic Regulation Order consultation for Kings Heath & Moseley Places for People (PfP) aka Low Traffic Neighbourhood (LTN) scheme opens on Monday 15 September and runs until Monday 6th October 2025.
Following public consultation and engagement activities on the proposals for Kings Heath & Moseley PfP, and subsequent amendments to the plans based on this engagement, the council are now at the stage of formalising the proposals through a consultation on the Traffic Regulation Orders (TRO).
During this consultation, residents/businesses and organisations are invited to make comments on the proposals or submit a formal objection (which must include the grounds for the objection).
A letter outlining the TRO will be delivered to all residents and businesses within the area of the scheme.
Details of the measures can be found on the online consultation and sets of the TRO documents will also be available at Kings Heath Library and Kings Heath Community Centre. (Opening times of the venues will need to be checked before attending).
In addition, to the TRO’s the council are proposing the following changes which can be implemented with a Traffic Notice rather than a TRO:
Traffic calming measures on Billesley Lane, Springfield Road, Clarence Road and Gaddesby Road to reduce vehicle speeds and improve safety
Zebra crossing on Billesley Lane to improve pedestrian safety
The Council has released its updated delivery plan for Kings Heath and Moseley Places for People (LTN). We are disappointed that this scheme has been delayed yet again for another year, and have made representations that this timeline must be adhered to and brought forward if possible.
Measures have been grouped into four packages and will be delivered over the next couple of years as follows:
Package 1: improvements to phase 1 measures (to the west of the High Street) including the York Road pedestrian zone – to be delivered July to October 2025
Package 2: measures being introduced as part of phase 2 (to the east of the High Street) including new modal filters, one-way streets, and traffic calming – to be delivered July to November 2025
Package 3: 20mph speed limit across the project area, including all ‘boundary’ roads and measures on Coldbath Road – to be delivered February to March 2026
Package 4: a bus gate on Addison Road and reinstate the right turn from Vicarage Road onto A435 Alcester Road – to be delivered April to June 2026
This timeline is based on the current programme but is subject to change in line with any governance and spend control processes in place.
Elements on all packages are also subject to statutory consultation on Traffic Regulation Orders, to take place before construction.
Birmingham City Council have issued an update on the Places for People project (phase 2). I have copied the update below. It can also be found on their website I welcome the release of the details of Phase 2 measures and am supportive of the revised design, having given some initial feedback concerning access to Moseley Golf Club. I am however disappointed no provision has been made to take into account the potential impact on Boundary Roads. I will continue to ensure community representations are fed back to the councilto try to ensure the best possible scheme is implemented for the residents and businesses of Moseley. Cllr Izzy Knowles.
Council Update on Kings Heath & Moseley Places for People project (phase 2) – September 2023
“Places for People in Kings Heath & Moseley aims to reduce traffic in residential neighbourhoods so that it is safer for people to walk, wheel, and cycle and nicer to be outside, for children to play and neighbours to chat. A first phase of this scheme was delivered in 2020 in the form of temporary measures, which were made permanent in April 2022, with the intention that a second phase would implement a revised area-wide scheme.
The Outline Business Case for this next phase of the Kings Heath & Moseley Places for People project was approved by Cabinet in January 2023. Our specialist delivery team are now overseeing the completion of scheme designs and other points required to progress this to delivery.
Following engagement with residents in Autumn 2022, some minor changes have been made to the final concept design layout ahead of delivery, specifically:
the addition of a modal filter at the junction of Yardley Wood Road and St Agnes Road (in place of the proposed one-way ‘gyratory’ by St Agnes church)
the introduction of a diagonal modal filter (south-west to north-east) at the junction of School Road / Greenend Road / Greenhill Road, instead of the existing modal filter on School Road (and in place of the proposed modal filters on School Road and Greenhill Road)
making the section of Springfield Road between Addison Road and Institute Road one-way (northbound) along with consideration of any other traffic calming measures required here (as with Billesley Lane)
A revised final concept design for Kings Heath & Moseley Places for People is shown below
An updated delivery programme is now being put in place based on a phased approach, with measures being delivered through separate packages as follows: 1) improvements to phase 1 measures to the west of the High Street – including the York Road pedestrian zone – which already have TROs in place. 2) new measures being introduced as part of phase 2 (to the east of the High Street) which will require new TROs – this includes modal filters, one-way streets, and traffic calming. 3) a 20mph speed limit across the project area, including on ‘boundary’ roads. 4) bus gate on Addison Road and reinstate a right turn from Vicarage Road onto High Street. Work is underway to complete design work, obtain internal approvals, advertise Traffic Regulation Orders (TROs) including statutory consultation, and award construction contracts. Further details, including envisaged timescales, will be shared as available. Notwithstanding the requirement to comply with any spend restrictions in place in advance of the Council setting out its Financial Recovery Plan, the funding allocated to this scheme comes from grants and income which is ring-fenced for sustainable travel and environmental improvements. This funding was committed by the Council’s Cabinet on 17 January 2023 and due to the nature of the funding, it cannot be used to fund any wider financial pressures across the City Council.“
Councillors Izzy Knowles, Philip Mills & Moseley Liberal Democrats 