Article 10 Street works and temporary closure of streets and private means of accessI1

England, Wales and Scotland

(1)

The undertaker may, for the purposes of the authorised development, enter on so much of any of the streets specified in the table in Schedule 4 (streets subject to street works) as is within the Order limits and may—

(a)

break up or open the street, or any sewer, drain or tunnel under it;

(b)

drill, tunnel or bore under the street;

(c)

place and keep apparatus in the street;

(d)

maintain apparatus in the street, change its position or remove it;

(e)

repair, replace or otherwise alter the surface or structure of the street or any culvert under the street; and

(f)

execute any works required for or incidental to any works referred to in sub-paragraphs (a) to (e).

(2)

The authority given by paragraph (1) is a statutory right or licence for the purposes of sections 48(3) (streets, street works and undertakers) and 51(1) (prohibition of unauthorised street works) of the 1991 Act.

(3)

Where the undertaker is not the street authority, the provisions of sections 54 F1(advance notice of certain works) to 106 (index of defined expressions) of the 1991 Act apply to any street works carried out under paragraph (1).

(4)

The undertaker, during and for the purposes of carrying out or operating the authorised development, may temporarily close, alter or divert any street or private means of access and may for any reasonable time—

(a)

divert the traffic from the street and prevent access via the private means of access; and

(b)

subject to paragraph (6), prevent all persons from passing along the street.

(5)

Without limiting the scope of paragraph (4), the undertaker may use as a temporary working site any street or private means of access which has been temporarily closed, altered or diverted under the powers conferred by this article.

(6)

The undertaker must provide reasonable access for pedestrians going to or from premises abutting a street affected by the temporary closure, alteration or diversion of a street under this article if there would otherwise be no such access.

(7)

The undertaker must restore any street that has been temporarily closed or altered pursuant to this article to the reasonable satisfaction of the street authority.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Words in art. 10(3) substituted (6.2.2026) by The Stonestreet Green Solar (Correction) Order 2026 (S.I. 2026/131), art. 1, Sch.

Commencement

I1: Art. 10 in force at 13.11.2025, see art. 1

Notes on the whole SI

Textual amendments

F1: Words in Preamble substituted (6.2.2026) by The Stonestreet Green Solar (Correction) Order 2026 (S.I. 2026/131), art. 1, Sch.