Temporary stopping up and restriction of use of streetsE+W
16.—(1) The undertaker, during and for the purposes of carrying out the authorised development, may temporarily stop up, alter, divert or restrict 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 limitation on the scope of paragraph (1), the undertaker may use any street temporarily stopped up, altered, diverted or restricted under the powers conferred by this article, and which is within the Order limits, as a temporary working site.
(3) The undertaker must provide reasonable access for pedestrians going to or from premises abutting a street affected by the temporary stopping up, alteration, diversion or restriction of a street under this article if there would otherwise be no such access.
(4) Without limitation on the generality of paragraph (1), the undertaker may temporarily stop up, alter, divert or restrict the street specified in column (1) of Schedule 5 (streets to be temporarily stopped up) to the extent specified by reference to the letters and numbers shown on the streets, rights of way and access plans, in column (2) of that Schedule, and may provide a temporary diversion.
(5) Save as to streets in respect of which the undertaker is the street authority, the undertaker must not temporarily stop up, alter, divert or restrict—
(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 must not be unreasonably withheld.
(6) Where the undertaker provides a temporary diversion under paragraph (4), the temporary alternative route is not required to be of a higher standard than the temporarily stopped up street in column (1) of Schedule 5.
(7) 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 of the 1961 Act.
(8) 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 is deemed to have granted consent.
(9) Any application to which this article applies must include a statement that the provisions of paragraph (8) apply to that application.
Commencement Information
I1Art. 16 in force at 11.6.2020, see art. 1