Nottinghamshire County Council is proposing to introduce a 7.5 tonne environmental weight limit to replace the existing 18 tonne weight limit in the Blidworth area, to reduce the impact of large vehicles in the area. The weight limit is intended to stop heavy goods vehicles from driving through Blidworth, Rainworth and Ravenshead but would still allow HGVs who need access within the villages.

Further to the Stage 1 consultation in February, the next stage of the consultation is to publicly advertise the above scheme. The notice will be published in the Nottingham Post and Mansfield and Ashfield Chad and notices will be fixed on site.

Vehicles (the laden or unladen weight of which exceeds 7.5 tonnes) will be prohibited from proceeding in any of the following roads or lengths of road:-
Lengths of Road at Kirkby in Ashfield in the District of Ashfield, Calverton,Gedling, Papplewick and Ravenshead in the Borough of Gedling,Mansfield in the District of Mansfield and Blidworth, Farnsfield, Lindhurst and Rainworth in the District of Newark and Sherwood.

All of the roads within the area bounded by (but not including) The A60 Road (from Leapool Roundabout to A617 Fountaindale Way West); The A60 Road (from A617 Fountaindale Way West to the Rainworth Bypass Roundabout); The B6020 Road (from the Rainworth Bypass Roundabout to A617 Fountaindale Way East); The A617 Road (from A617 Fountaindale Way East to Lockwell Hill Roundabout); and The A614 Road ( from the Lockwell Hill Roundabout to Leapool Roundabout).

Please contact [email protected] with any objections by Friday 22nd August 2025.