The West Burton C (Gas Fired Generating Station) Order 2020

Temporary prohibition or restriction of use of streets

9.—(1) The undertaker may, during and for the purposes of carrying out the authorised development, temporarily divert or prohibit or restrict the use of any street specified in column 2 of Schedule 4 (streets subject to temporary prohibition or restriction of use) and may for any reasonable time—

(a) divert the traffic or a class of traffic from the street; and

(b) subject to paragraph (2), prevent all persons from passing along the street.

(2) The undertaker must provide reasonable access for non-motorised users (including pedestrians) going to or from premises abutting a street affected by the temporary diversion, prohibition or restriction of a street under this article if there would otherwise be no such access.

(3) The undertaker must not temporarily divert or prohibit or restrict the use of—

(a) any street referred to in paragraph (1) without first consulting the street authority; or

(b) any other street without the prior written consent of the street authority which may attach reasonable conditions to any consent.

(4) If a street authority fails to notify the undertaker of its decision within 4 weeks of receiving an application for consent under paragraph (3)(b) (or such longer period as may be agreed with the undertaker in writing) that street authority is deemed to have granted consent.

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