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  1. Introductory Text

  2. PART 1

    1. 1.Citation and commencement

    2. 2.Interpretation

  3. PART 2

    1. 3.Development consent etc. granted by the Order

    2. 4.Maintenance of authorised development

    3. 5.Limits of deviation

    4. 6.Benefit of Order

    5. 7.Consent to transfer benefit of Order

  4. PART 3

    1. 8.Application of the 1991 Act

    2. 9.Construction and maintenance of new, altered or diverted streets

    3. 10.Classification of roads

    4. 11.Clearways

    5. 12.Speed limits

    6. 13.Permanent stopping up of streets

    7. 14.Temporary stopping up of streets

    8. 15.Access to works

  5. PART 4

    1. 16.Discharge of water

    2. 17.Authority to survey and investigate land

  6. PART 5

    1. 18.Compulsory acquisition of land

    2. 19.Time limits for exercise of authority to acquire land compulsorily and to use land temporarily

    3. 20.Compulsory acquisition of rights etc.

    4. 21.Private rights over land

    5. 22.Application of the Compulsory Purchase (Vesting Declarations) Act 1981

    6. 23.Acquisition of subsoil or air-space only

    7. 24.Rights under or over streets

    8. 25.Temporary use of land for carrying out the authorised development

    9. 26.Temporary use of land for maintaining authorised development

    10. 27.Statutory undertakers

    11. 28.Apparatus and rights of statutory undertakers in stopped up streets

    12. 29.Recovery of costs of new connections

  7. PART 6

    1. 30.Felling or lopping trees

    2. 31.Trees subject to tree preservation order

  8. PART 7

    1. 32.Operational land for purposes of the 1990 Act

    2. 33.Defence to proceedings in respect of statutory nuisance

    3. 34.Protection of interests

    4. 35.Certification of plans etc.

    5. 36.Service of notices

    6. 37.Arbitration

    7. 38.Traffic regulation

    8. 39.Procedure in relation to approvals etc. under Schedule 2

  9. Signature

  10. SCHEDULES

    1. SCHEDULE 1

      THE AUTHORISED DEVELOPMENT

      1. In the administrative areas of Luton Borough Council and Central Bedfordshire Council—

    2. SCHEDULE 2

      REQUIREMENTS

      1. 1.Interpretation

      2. 2.Time limits

      3. 3.Stages of authorised development

      4. 4.Scheme design changes and staging

      5. 5.Ecology

      6. 6.Protection of retained trees and shrubs during construction

      7. 7.Landscaping scheme

      8. 8.Implementation and maintenance of landscaping

      9. 9.Drainage

      10. 10.Measures to protect the water environment

      11. 11.Flood risk assessment

      12. 12.Archaeology

      13. 13.Construction traffic and access strategy

      14. 14.Construction work and construction compounds

      15. 15.Site waste management plan

      16. 16.Code of construction practice

      17. 17.Construction environmental management plan

      18. 18.Approved details

      19. 19.Traffic management during construction

    3. SCHEDULE 3

      CLEARWAYS

    4. SCHEDULE 4

      SPEED LIMITS

      1. PART 1 M1 MOTORWAY

      2. PART 2 ROADS SUBJECT TO 40 MPH SPEED LIMIT

      3. PART 3 ROADS SUBJECT TO 50 MPH SPEED LIMIT

    5. SCHEDULE 5

      STREETS TO BE PERMANENTLY STOPPED UP

    6. SCHEDULE 6

      TEMPORARY STOPPING UP OF STREETS

    7. SCHEDULE 7

      ACCESS TO WORKS

    8. SCHEDULE 8

      LAND IN WHICH ONLY NEW RIGHTS ETC. MAY BE ACQUIRED

    9. SCHEDULE 9

      MODIFICATION OF COMPENSATION AND COMPULSORY PURCHASE ENACTMENTS FOR CREATION OF NEW RIGHTS

      1. Compensation enactments

        1. 1.The enactments for the time being in force with respect...

        2. 2.(1) Without limitation on the scope of paragraph 1, the...

      2. Application of the 1965 Act

        1. 3.(1) The 1965 Act has effect with the modifications necessary...

        2. 4.For section 7 of the 1965 Act (measure of compensation)...

        3. 5.For section 8 of the 1965 Act (provisions as to...

        4. 6.The following provisions of the 1965 Act (which state the...

        5. 7.Section 11 of the 1965 Act (powers of entry) is...

        6. 8.Section 20 of the 1965 Act (protection for interests of...

        7. 9.Section 22 of the 1965 Act (protection of acquiring authority’s...

    10. SCHEDULE 10

      LAND OF WHICH TEMPORARY POSSESSION MAY BE TAKEN

    11. SCHEDULE 11

      TREES SUBJECT TO TREE PRESERVATION ORDERS

    12. SCHEDULE 12

      PROTECTIVE PROVISIONS

      1. PART 1

        1. 1.Unless otherwise agreed in writing between the undertaker and the...

        2. 2.In this Schedule— “highway” means a street vested in or...

        3. 3.Wherever in this Schedule provision is made with respect to...

        4. 4.Before commencing any part of the authorised development the undertaker...

        5. 5.If, within 21 days after any plans have been submitted...

        6. 6.In the event of any disapproval of plans by a...

        7. 7.Except in an emergency or where reasonably necessary to secure...

        8. 8.To facilitate liaison with the undertaker, the highway authority concerned...

        9. 9.The authorised development must be completed in accordance with the...

      2. PART 2 FOR THE PROTECTION OF ELECTRICITY, GAS, WATER AND SEWERAGE UNDERTAKERS

        1. 10.Application and interpretation

        2. 11.Apparatus of statutory undertakers in stopped up streets

        3. 12.Acquisition of Apparatus

        4. 13.Removal of apparatus

        5. 14.Facilities and rights for alternative apparatus

        6. 15.Retained apparatus: protection

        7. 16.Expenses

        8. 17.Indemnity

        9. 18.Enactments and agreements

        10. 19.Co-operation

        11. 20.Access

      3. PART 3 FOR THE PROTECTION OF NATIONAL GRID

        1. 21.Interpretation

        2. 22.High pressure gas main: application of Parts 2 and 3

        3. 23.High pressure gas main: protection

        4. 24.Conduct of claims and demands

  11. Explanatory Note