The National Grid (North London Reinforcement Project) Order 2014

Temporary stopping up of streets

14.—(1) The undertaker, during and for the purposes of carrying out the authorised development, may temporarily stop up, alter or divert the use of any street and may for any reasonable time—

(a) divert the traffic from the street; and

(b) subject to paragraph (3), prevent all persons from passing along the street.

(2) Without prejudice to the scope of paragraph (1), the undertaker may use any street where the use has been temporarily stopped up, altered or diverted under the powers conferred by this article and within the Order limits as a temporary working site for the purposes of carrying out the authorised development.

(3) The undertaker shall provide reasonable access for pedestrians going to or from premises abutting a street affected by the temporary stopping up, alteration or diversion of a street under this article if there would otherwise be no such access.

(4) Without prejudice to the generality of paragraph (1), the undertaker may temporarily stop up, alter or divert the use of the streets specified in columns (1) and (2) of Parts 1 and 2 of Schedule 6 (streets to be temporarily stopped up) to the extent specified in column (3) of that Schedule and, if it does so in respect of a street specified in Part 1 of the Schedule, must provide the temporary diversion to be substituted as specified in column (4) of that Part.

(5) The undertaker shall not temporarily stop up, alter or divert the use of—

(a) any street specified as mentioned in paragraph (4) without first consulting the street authority; and

(b) any other street without the consent of the street authority which may attach reasonable conditions to any consent, but such consent not to be unreasonably withheld.

(6) Any person who suffers loss by the suspension of any private right of way under this article shall be entitled to compensation to be determined, in case of dispute, under Part 1 of the 1961 Act.

(7) If a street authority which receives an application for consent under paragraph (5)(b) fails to notify the undertaker of its decision before the end of the period of 28 days beginning with the date on which the application was made, it shall be deemed to have granted consent.

(8) The procedure set out in paragraphs 3, 4 and 5 of Schedule 3 (discharge of requirements) has effect in relation to any consent required under this article where such consent is granted subject to conditions to which the undertaker objects, or is refused.