Traffic regulation orders

A traffic regulation order is a permanent change to the rules of the road. Find information about how we make them.

Why traffic regulation orders are needed

Traffic regulation orders are the legal documents behind the rules of the road. They let us enforce traffic and parking restrictions, including:

  • controlled parking zones
  • yellow lines
  • loading restrictions
  • taxi ranks

You can find copies of our parking traffic orders on the Traffic Penalty Tribunal website. If you want to see an order that isn't on the list, send an email to TRO.Support@brighton-hove.gov.uk

If the order has been sealed in the last 6 weeks it will still be available to view on our Current TRO webpage. 

How traffic regulation orders are made

  1. We advertise proposals for new restrictions in a public notice. You can comment on the proposals during a 21 day period
  2. The comments are considered by the Project Team.
  3. If necessary, approval will be sought from senior officers/ members.
  4. If the proposals are approved, we seal the traffic regulation order and make the necessary changes to road markings or signs in the city. 

We receive a lot of requests for parking restrictions each year, so instead of creating a separate order for each request we combine the requests. This means that many changes are included in one order.