Explanatory note
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order gives effect to the Northamptonshire Permit Scheme for Road Works and Street Works (in the Order called the Northamptonshire County Council Permit Scheme).
The Northamptonshire County Council Permit Scheme is designed to control the carrying out of works in specified streets in Northamptonshire by imposing an obligation to obtain a permit from Northamptonshire County Council before undertaking the works.
Article 3 gives effect to the permit scheme, which will come into effect on 10th January 2011. The permit scheme referred to in this article is set out in the Schedule to the Order.
Article 4 applies Part 8 of the Traffic Management Permit Scheme (England) Regulations 2007 (which makes provision for the disapplication and modification of enactments in relation to specified works in specified streets) to the specified streets within the Northamptonshire County Council Permit Scheme.
A copy of the Northamptonshire County Council Permit Scheme is deposited and can be inspected at the offices of Northamptonshire County Council, Transport and Highways, Riverside House, Riverside Way, Northampton, NN1 5NX and is also available to inspect on the Northamptonshire County Council website;