Section 7 Effects

(1)

A pavement licence authorises the restriction, by anything done by the licence-holder pursuant to the licence, of public access to the part of the relevant highway to which the licence relates.

(2)

A pavement licence constitutes deemed planning permission for anything done by the licence-holder pursuant to the licence—

(a)

which is development requiring planning permission under Part 3 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990, and

(b)

for which there would otherwise not be planning permission or deemed planning permission.

(3)

Anything done by the licence-holder pursuant to a pavement licence is not street trading for the purposes of—

(a)

Schedule 4 to the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1982 (street trading),

(b)

Part 3 of the London Local Authorities Act 1990 (street trading), or

(c)

any other enactment under or by virtue of which street trading without a licence or other form of permission is unlawful.

F1(4)

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(7)

Section 333 of the Highways Act 1980 (saving for rights and liabilities as to interference with highways) applies as if sections 1 to 6 were provisions of that Act.

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(10)

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Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: S. 7(4)-(6) omitted (31.3.2024) by virtue of Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023 (c. 55), s. 255(9)(a), Sch. 22 para. 10(a) (with s. 247, Sch. 22 para. 18); S.I. 2024/389, reg. 2(u) (with reg. 5(2))
F2: S. 7(8)-(10) omitted (31.3.2024) by virtue of Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023 (c. 55), s. 255(9)(a), Sch. 22 para. 10(b) (with s. 247, Sch. 22 para. 18); S.I. 2024/389, reg. 2(u) (with reg. 5(2))