Overview

• Cabinet member Richard Eglington asked officers to pause the scheme to give residents another chance to comment.
• Work was due to begin on 20 October with a nine-month phased program across six sections of the High Street, now effectively on hold.
• Officers are arranging meetings with petition organizers to agree how a further consultation will run.
• The petition opposing aspects of the design has gathered around 1,190 signatures, with local businesses and MP Matt Vickers urging a rethink.
• Stockton Council says the plan, part-funded from £20m Levelling Up money, removes nine of 324 on-street spaces and uses materials suited to the Conservation Area.