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
31 March 2023 — 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 all highway authorities, imposing conditions on permits, must follow. This guidance is used with the street works permit schemes regulations guidance.

The guidance came into force on 3 April 2023. It makes the alterations stated in the outcome of a consultation on reforms to street works permit schemes.

It introduces a condition for:

  • ancillary information on adjacent streets
  • changes to traffic management arrangements
Published 17 March 2015
Last updated 31 March 2023 + show all updates

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

  2. Addition of 3 April 2023 guidance.

  3. 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.

  4. First published.

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