Article 7 Insertion of Class F in Part 9 of Schedule 2 (cross-pavement solutions)

In Part 9 of Schedule 2, after Class E (repairs to unadopted streets and private ways) insert—

“Class F - cross-pavement solutions : domestic premises

Permitted development

F.

The installation, alteration or replacement of a cross-pavement solution by, on behalf of, or with the authorisation of, a highway authority.

Development not permitted

F1.

Development is not permitted by Class F if the cross-pavement solution would—

(a)

be within a site designated as a scheduled monument;

(b)

be within the curtilage of a listed building; or

(c)

be within a conservation area.

Conditions

F2.

Development is permitted by Class F subject to the conditions that when no longer needed as a cross-pavement solution—

(a)

the development is removed as soon as reasonably practicable; and

(b)

the pavement within which the cross-pavement solution was set is, as soon as reasonably practicable, reinstated to its condition before that development was carried out.

Interpretation of Class F

F3.

For the purposes of Class F—

• “cross-pavement solution” means a pavement-embedded cable channel that allows a cable for the recharging of electric vehicles to safely cross a footway from a domestic premises to a parked vehicle;

• “footway” has the meaning given by section 329(1) of the Highways Act 1980.”.