The Street Works (Registers, Notices, Directions and Designations) (England) Regulations 2007

Designation of streets as protected

14.—(1) A street authority shall not designate a street as protected under section 61 unless—

(a) the street fulfils a specific strategic traffic need;

(b) the street is subject to such high and constant traffic flows that designation as a traffic-sensitive street would not be sufficient to avoid serious disruption to traffic caused by street works; and

(c) there exists a reasonable alternative for placing undertakers’ apparatus which could lawfully be placed in the street.

(2) The procedure for making or withdrawing such a designation is set out in the Schedule.

(3) The information to be made available by the street authority in respect of each street for the time being designated by them as protected shall include—

(a) the date of designation;

(b) particulars of the street in sufficient detail to enable it to be identified; and

(c) particulars of all consents to the placing of apparatus in the street.