# The Gatwick Airport (Northern Runway Project) Development Consent Order 2025, Article 12: Power to alter layout, etc., of streets

Extent: E+W

(1) Subject to the following provisions of this article, the undertaker may for the purposes of constructing, operating or maintaining the authorised development enter on and alter the layout of, or carry out any works on, any street within the Order limits and, without limiting the scope of this paragraph, the undertaker may—
(a) alter the level or increase the width of any street, footpath, footway, cycle track, carriageway or verge or central reservation;
(b) make and maintain passing place(s);
(c) increase the width of the carriageway of the street by reducing the width of any footpath, footway, cycle track, verge or central reservation within the street;
(d) reduce the width of the carriageway of the street;
(e) execute any works to widen or alter the alignment of pavements;
(f) execute any works of surfacing or re-surfacing of the street; and
(g) execute any works necessary to alter existing facilities for the management and protection of pedestrians.
(2) The undertaker must restore any street that has been temporarily altered under this article to the reasonable satisfaction of the street authority.
(3) The powers conferred by paragraph (1) must not be exercised without the consent of the street authority (this consent not to be unreasonably withheld).
(4) Article 53 (deemed consent) applies to an application to the street authority for consent under paragraph (3).
(5) Paragraphs (2) and (3) of this article do not apply to any streets within the airport.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2025/1054/article/12 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/gatwick-airport-northern-runway-project-development-consent-order-2025/article-12
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