The Rother Valley Railway (Bodiam to Robertsbridge Junction) Order 2023

Power to alter layout etc. of streets

9.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2), the Company may, for the purposes of constructing and maintaining any authorised work, alter the layout of any street within the Order limits and the layout of any street having a junction with such a street; and, without limitation on the scope of that power, the Company may—

(a) increase the width of the carriageway of the street by reducing the width of any kerb, footpath, footway, or verge within the street;

(b) alter the level or increase the width of any such kerb, footpath, footway, or verge;

(c) reduce the width of the carriageway of the street; and

(d) temporarily remove any road hump within the street.

(2) The Company must restore to the reasonable satisfaction of the street authority any street which has been temporarily altered under this article.

(3) The powers conferred by paragraph (1) must not be exercised without the consent of the street authority, but such consent must not be unreasonably withheld.

(4) If within 28 days of receiving an application for consent under paragraph (3) a street authority fails to notify the Company of its decision or refuses consent without giving any grounds for its refusal that street authority is deemed to have granted consent.

(5) When making an application for consent under paragraph (3), the Company must notify the street authority of the effect of paragraph (4).