Editing Home zone (section)

==Current legislation==
===Home Zone===
[[File:Home zone Higham on the Hill Nuneaton Dec 2019.jpg|thumb|upright|Home zone sign in Higham on the Hill, Nuneaton, UK]]
The main enabling legislation for home zones is given in section 268 of the [[Transport Act 2000]] which allows the creation of 'use orders' which are orders that 'permit the use of a road for purposes other than passage' such as social interaction and children's play.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2000/38/section/268|title=Transport Act 2000 Section 268}}</ref> In 2002 Farley Bank, a [[cul-de-sac]] in Hastings was designated as a Play Street giving children traffic-free space for play between 8am and sunset.<ref name=PlayStreetsInLondon/>

===Quiet Lane===
[[File:Bucklebury Quiet Lane - geograph.org.uk - 975893.jpg|thumb|upright|Signage indicating a Quiet Lane.]]
[[File:Quiet Lane - East Malling.jpg|thumb|Quiet Lane in East Malling, Kent]]
The same act introduced the concept of the Quiet Lane which allows similar social uses in rural roads,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dft.gov.uk/pgr/sustainable/homezones/circular22006thequietlanesan5740?version%3D1|title=circular22006thequietlanesan5740|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070130011647/http://www.dft.gov.uk/pgr/sustainable/homezones/circular22006thequietlanesan5740?version=1|archivedate=30 January 2007|df=dmy-all}}</ref> following pilot projects in Kent and Norfolk.<ref>Norfolk's Transport Asset Management Plan Part Two https://www.norfolk.gov.uk/-/media/norfolk/downloads/what-we-do-and-how-we-work/policy-performance-and-partnerships/policies-and-strategies/roads-and-transport/transport-asset-management-plan-part-2.pdf</ref>