Decision Maker: Assistant Director Highways and Capital Projects
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Is Key decision?: No
Is subject to call in?: No
To provide pavement cafes, road closures are
required.
To focus on Coniscliffe Road, Blackwellgate and Skinnergate with
road closures in place for Coniscliffe Road, bollard to stay up on
Blackwellgate, and managed closure of Skinnergate with traffic
access only.
Closure will be 4.30pm-10.30pm Thursday-Sunday with pavement cafes
5-10pm.
Financial/staffing/health & safety (incl virus transmission
risks)/service delivery impacts/other risks and impacts
considered:
Road closures are to allow pavement cafes to be set up safely in
the road to allow businesses to trade safely within
guidelines.
Equality Impacts:
Consultation was carried out with Darlington Association on
Disability (DAD) and in line with pavement café licence
policy.
Agreed to close roads from 6 August 2020 until
end of September/early October 2020, weather dependent.
Reason: To allow businesses in the area to trade safely.
Not to allow trading outdoors.
Publication date: 24/11/2020
Date of decision: 24/07/2020