Partners including the Council, Leominster Town Council, businesses, voluntary organisations and local residents have worked together over recent years to improve the town centre through the Heritage Action Zone programme. This investment has already delivered enhancements to the public realm, helping to make Corn Square safer, and more attractive and pedestrian-friendly – aiming to encourage visitors and residents to spend longer in the town centre.

Initial options for changes to parking and vehicle access in Corn Square were previously rejected by local people. As promised, the Council has now developed new options and is returning to residents and businesses, as their views will decide whether any changes should go ahead. The Council will only go ahead with these changes if a clear majority of local businesses and residents want the scheme.

Councillor Barry Durkin, Cabinet Member for Roads and Regulatory Services, said:

“This is your call – we will only take forward these proposals if the people of Leominster want them. We are committed to continuing to support the town centre and local businesses, including through the new Business Hub we recently opened in the library, improved public spaces, support for local enterprises and ongoing investment in the town’s infrastructure.

“When we developed the public realm improvements together, we promised to come back with new options for parking and vehicle access. Now we need local people’s views to determine whether any changes to the current approaches are needed – we’re listening to what you say.” 

The council is writing to local residents and businesses asking for feedback on a potential new scheme, including a Traffic Regulation Order (TRO), which would cover:

• A Prohibition of Motor Vehicles 10am-4pm (Pedestrian & Cycle Zone) restriction in Corn Square. Vehicular access will continue to be permitted outside of these restriction times.
• The removal of the existing limited waiting & disabled badge holder parking restrictions in Corn Square to complement the Prohibition of Motor Vehicles 10am-4pm restriction. Parking will continue to be permitted outside of the No Waiting & No Loading 10am-4pm restriction time.
• The relocation of the disabled badge holder only bays into the Etnam Street car park to continue to provide disabled parking provision near to Corn Square during 10am-4pm restricted hours and to increase the overall disabled parking provision in the town.
• Enforcement of the Prohibition of Motor Vehicles 10am–4pm (Pedestrian & Cycle Zone) restriction via a camera, using automatic number plate recognition (ANPR) technology during the restricted hours.

People are asked three key questions:

• Do you want this TRO to be implemented with the resulting changes to parking and vehicle access on Corn Square?
• Do you want no changes to be made to parking and vehicle access on Corn Square, ie to remain as present?
• Do you have any further comments or suggestions to improve parking and vehicle access on Corn Square?

You can answer these questions on the survey on our website

The deadline for feedback is 11.59pm on Wednesday 4 March, 2026.