Lorry Management in Suffolk

Working with freight and haulage companies to ensure that lorries use the most suitable routes and roads to travel through or deliver goods in Suffolk.

  

The lorry route network leaflet (PDF, 805KB) sets out the network of designated lorry routes within the county.  

Lorries parking in laybys and on county roads overnight can cause disturbance to residents, but the current level of overnight lorry parking facilities in Suffolk does not provide all drivers with a parking space off the highway.

Our Guide to Lorry Parks in Suffolk (PDF, 699KB) and the Highways Agency's interactive truckstop search can help to find suitable locations for overnight parking.

To tell us about a lorry or haulier causing a problem on the highway network in Suffolk, please complete the HGV Incident Report Form. 

If there is a problem caused by a lorry or haulier using a trunk road (PDF, 89KB) please contact the Highways Agency Information Line.

Operator Licences

The Traffic Commissioner for the East of England issues HGV operator licences. He consults us on each application for an operators licence in Suffolk, and we are allowed to comment on the suitability of the access to the highway, turning circle within the site for the types of vehicles which will operate from the site and the capacity of the site for the number of vehicles that are proposed on the licence application. To get a full list of the Applications and Decisions for the Eastern Region, please go to the VOSA website.

Abnormal loads

Abnormal loads are vehicles which exceed one of the following:

 

  • 18.75 metres long;
  • 2.9 metres wide;
  • 44 tonnes total weight;
  • an axle load of 11.5 tonnes.
If you are a haulier wishing to move an abnormal load using roads in Suffolk, please go to the abnormal loads page on this website.