Statutory guidance

Street works permit schemes conditions

Sets out the conditions that may be attached to street works permit schemes by highway authorities.

From:
Department for Transport
Published
17 March 2015
Last updated
17 December 2025 — See all updates

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Statutory guidance for highway authority permit schemes: permit scheme conditions

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Details

Guidance setting out the street works permit scheme conditions that highway authorities must follow if imposing conditions on permits.

The guidance applies from 5 January 2026.

It is used with the street works permit schemes regulations guidance and reflects the Street and Road Work Charges and Penalties Regulations 2025, which:

  • increased the level of fixed penalty notices for street works offences
  • extended overrun charges to weekends and bank holidays where works extend beyond the agreed duration

Updates to this page

Published 17 March 2015
Last updated 17 December 2025 show all updates

  1. Changes to fixed penalty notice rates and when overrun charges apply.

  2. New permit scheme national conditions, 3 April 2023.

  3. Addition of 3 April 2023 guidance.

  4. The guidance has been updated following the introduction of the street manager digital service for planning and managing roadworks, and a change to the advice on signal removal from operation when no longer needed.

  5. First published.

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