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Stopping up and diversion of highwaysS

198 Highways affected by development: orders by Secretary of State. S

(1)The Secretary of State may by order authorise the stopping up or diversion of any [F1road] if he is satisfied that it is necessary to do so in order to enable development to be carried out in accordance with planning permission granted under Part III of this Act, [F2or by virtue of Schedule 32 to the M1Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980], or to be carried out by a government department.

[F3(2)Any order under this section may make such provision as appears to the Secretary of State to be necessary or expedient for the construction or improvement of any other road, and may direct that the other road so constructed or improved—

(a)shall be entered by the local roads authority in the list of public roads kept by them under section 1 of the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984; or

(b)shall be deemed for the purposes of that Act to have been constructed by him under section 19 thereof,

and in the case of a road so deemed, that it shall, on such date as may be specified in the order, become a trunk road within the meaning of that Act.]

(3)Any order made under this section may contain such incidental and consequential provisions as appear to the Secretary of State to be necessary or expedient, including in particular—

(a)provision for authorising the Secretary of State, or requiring any other authority or person specified in the order—

(i)to pay, or to make contributions in respect of, the cost of doing any work provided for by the order or any increased expenditure to be incurred which is attributable to the doing of any such work; F4

(ii)

F4(b)provision for the preservation of any rights of statutory undertakers in respect of any apparatus of theirs which immediately before the date of the order is under, in, on, over, along or across the [F5road] to which the order relates.

(4)An order may be made under this section authorising the stopping up or diversion of any [F6road] which is temporarily stopped up or diverted under any other enactment.

(5)The provisions of this section shall have effect without prejudice to—

(a)any power conferred on the Secretary of State by any other enactment to authorise the stopping up or diversion of a [F6road];

(b)the provisions of section 3 of the M2Acquisition of Land (Authorisation Procedure) (Scotland) Act 1947; or

(c)the provisions of section 203(1)(a) of this Act.

Textual Amendments

F4S. 198(3)(a)(ii) and the word “or” immediately preceding that sub-paragraph repealed by Roads (Scotland) Act 1984 (c. 54, SIF 108), s. 156(1)(3), Sch. 9 para. 70(8)(c)(i), Sch. 11 (with s. 128(1))

F5Word substituted by Roads (Scotland) Act 1984 (c. 54, SIF 108), s. 156(1), Sch. 9 para. 70(8)(c)(ii), Sch. 11 (with s. 128(1))

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[F7198A Highways affected by development: orders by planning authorities. S

(1)Subject to section 206 of this Act and to subsection (5) below, a planning authority may by order authorise the stopping up diversion of any [F8road] which is not—

(a)a trunk road within the meaning of [F9the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984]; or

(b)a special road provided by the Secretary of State in pursuance of a scheme under [F10that Act],

if they are satisfied as mentioned in section 198(1) of this Act.

(2)An order under this section—

(a)may make such provision as appears to the planning authority to be necessary or expedient for the [F11construction] or improvement of any other [F11road] (not being a trunk road such as is mentioned in paragraph (a), or a special road such as is mentioned in paragraph (b), of subsection (1) above) and may direct that [F11the other road so constructed or improved shall be entered by the local roads authority in the list of public roads kept by the local roads authority under section 1 of the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984];

(b)may contain such incidental and consequential provisions as appear to the planning authority to be necessary or expedient, including in particular—

(i)provision for authorising the planning authority, or requiring any other authority or person specified in the order, to make such payments, repayments or contributions as are mentioned in F12 paragraph (a) of subsection (3) of section 198 of this Act;

(ii)such provision as is mentioned in paragraph (b) of that subsection.

(3)An order may be made under this section authorising the stopping up or diversion of any [F13road] (not being a trunk road such as is mentioned in paragraph (a), or a special road such as is mentioned in paragraph (b), of subsection (1) above) which is temporarily stopped up or diverted under any other enactment.

(4)The provisions of this section shall have effect without prejudice to any power conferred on the planning authority by any other enactment to authorise the stopping up or diversion of a [F13road].

(5)The planning authority shall not make an order under this section without consulting the [F14roads] authority (in a case where they are themselves not that authority).]

199 Footpaths and bridleways affected by development: orders by local planning authorities. S

(1)Subject to section 206 of this Act, a F15planning authority may by order authorise the stopping up or diversion of any footpath or bridleway if they are satisfied as mentioned in section 198(1) of this Act.

(2)An order under this section may, if the F15 planning authority are satisfied that it should do so, provide—

(a)for the creation of an alternative footpath or bridleway for use as a replacement for the one authorised by the order to be stopped up or diverted, or for the improvement of an existing path or way for such use;

(b)for authorising or requiring works to be carried out in relation to any footpath or bridleway for whose stopping up or diversion, creation or improvement, provision is made by the order;

(c)for the preservation of any rights of statutory undertakers in respect of apparatus of theirs which immediately before the date of the order is under, in, on, over, along or across any such footpath or bridleway;

(d)for requiring any person named in the order to pay, or make contributions in respect of, the cost of carrying out any such works.

(3)An order may be made under this section authorising the stopping up or diversion of a footpath or bridleway which is temporarily stopped up or diverted under any other enactment.

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