Public Engagement – Wymundsley
14th of May, 2026
At the last Parish Council Meeting on 6 May 2026, a resident reported that it was very difficult to egress Wymundsley onto Chancery Road and suggested that a convex traffic mirror be installed on the existing lamppost.
It was agreed that Lancashire County Council be requested to consider the installation of a convex traffic mirror on the existing lamppost due to the difficulty of egressing Wymundsley onto Chancery Road.
Councillor Aidy Riggott Lancashire County Councillor for Astley Village) has confirmed that this was requested by the Parish Council in 2024 and a copy of the response from Lancashire County Council is below:
"Dear County Councillor Riggott.
“Thank you for your email of 9 January 2024 on behalf of Astley Village Parish Council who enquired about the possibility of traffic calming for Chancery Road and installation of a traffic mirror at the junction of Wymundsley & Chancery Road.
As part of the Lancashire Road Safety Partnership, we take requests for safety engineering measures very seriously however it is unfortunate that every year the number of requests, we receive exceeds what we can implement. The council consider requests in line with the Lancashire Road Safety Strategy published by the partnership, and which can be found on their website at Strategy – Lancashire Road Safety Partnership (lancsroadsafety.co.uk). This allows us to prioritise the measures that we take forward.
I am sorry but, without diminishing the parish council's concerns about this location, we have other locations that have been prioritised for safety measures and cannot support the introduction of traffic calming on Chancery Road at this time.
Traffic mirrors were classified as a road traffic sign but were not currently prescribed in the Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions (TSRGD). Their use on the highway currently required special authorisation by the Department for Transport (DfT). The DfT had however in 2014 following a review of their signing policy “Signing the Way” advised that they would allow the use of mirrors in prescribed conditions without the need for special authorisation.
Whilst the widespread use of mirrors should not be encouraged there were sites when their use might be a benefit to road safety. It was therefore proposed that the County Council adopted a new proactive policy that allowed their limited use. Each site would need to meet with the DfT criteria and would require an independent safety assessment to ensure that existing hazards were not increased by inducing drivers to rely on a mirror and take less care than they normally would. The assessment process would include a review of the safety record and consultation with the police.
The County would only consider traffic mirrors on the public highway where: -
- There was an injury incident history relating to a lack of visibility.
- Visibility for vehicles emerging from the side road was severely restricted.
- A visibility improvement scheme was not feasible.
- Visibility could not be improved by removing hedges, walls, trees, or other obstacles.
- The speed limit on the major road was above 30mph, the introduction thereby being aimed at higher speed roads.
- There were no other reasonable standard highway improvements possible.
- We would only consider a mirror for a road junction, not private entrances.
Mirrors might be sited off the highway on private land and that was a matter for the landowner and the person who placed the mirror. Planning permission might be required and any applicant should be directed to the local Planning Authority. Should the County Council ascertain that road safety was being compromised as a result of a private mirror being placed near to the public highway the County Council would use its powers to remove the mirror.”