School Street - Face to Face Engagement Event - 17th March 4pm-6pm

Proposed School Street - St Thomas of Canterbury School

We are writing to invite you to a face-to-face engagement event to give you the opportunity to ask any questions that you might have about our proposal to introduce a School Street on the following roads around St Thomas of Canterbury School:

• Horseshoe Lane West
• White House Drive 
• Greencroft
• Beechway
• Holmesdale Close 

The event will take place on Tuesday 17 March 4pm – 6pm at 

Jeffries Hall, St Pius X Church, Laustan Close, GU1 2TS.

Our Proposal   

We are proposing to install a School Street on Horseshoe Lane West and the above-named roads. The proposed operating times for St Thomas of Canterbury School Street are: 

8:00am – 9:00am and 2:30pm – 3:45pm Monday to Friday, term-time only. 

During these set times, only vehicles with an exemption will be permitted to enter the zone.  Signage will be displayed at each entry and closure point informing drivers of the timed restrictions in place. The School Street will be enforced with the use of Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) cameras to ensure the success of our proposal.   

Public Engagement

Our public engagement is designed specifically to gather insight and feedback from residents and highway users on our proposals. All comments received during this initial stage are reviewed, considered and shared with County Councillor’s, helping shape the design and influencing the decision on whether the scheme should proceed.

Objections and comments are not replied to at this stage. If the scheme progressses, Surrey County Council will use the Experimental Traffic Order (ETRO) process to implement the School Street. This process provides fexibility and enable changes to be made folloiwng feedback from the public and statutory consultees. The ETRO consultation will run for the first 6 months after the scheme has been launched.  After the 6 months, comments and objections will be taken into consideration when deciding if the School Street should be amended or be made permanent. 

Please note that you can leave comments via the webpage or write to us. However we cannot accept comments on this proposal via email or phone.

Have your say on our plans 

To view the detailed plans and to have your say on our proposals please visit https://st-thomas-of-canterbury.commonplace.is If you require a printed or large print version or another accessible format. Please contact us using the details at the bottom of this email The online survey will be open until 20 March 2026

 Contact us: 

• Phone: 0300 200 1003
• Textphone via Relay UK: 18001 0300 200 1003
• Text SMS: 07860 053 465
• Email: contact.centre@surreycc.gov.uk (Please enter FAO Donna Selby - St Thomas of Canterbury- Proposed School Street Scheme the subject of the email) 
• Post: FAO Donna Selby Surrey Highways, Hazel House, Merrow Lane, Guildford, Surrey GU4 7BQ

Yours Faithfully, 

Donna Selby- Road Safety & Schools Active Travel Engineer