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Statutory guidance for highway authorities. Permit scheme national conditions
Publication Year
2025
Document Status
Current
Abstract
Provides details of the conditions that may be included in street works permit schemes by highway authorities such as duration, date and time constraints, working hours, ancillary activities, removal and storage of surplus material and plant, road space occupation dimensions, availability of road space to traffic and/or pedestrians, road closure, traffic management requests, manual control of traffic management, traffic management arrangements, signal removal, using appropriate methodology, displaying permit number, publicity for the proposed works, limit timing of certain events and exceptional circumstance.
Document History
Last updated: 17 December 2025 - Changes to fixed penalty notice rates and when overrun charges apply. Comes into force: 5 January 2026. Document type: statutory guidance. First published: 17 March 2015.
Publisher Information
Department for Transport
The Department for Transport is a UK Government department that provides leadership across the transport sector to achieve its objectives, working with regional, local and private sector partners to deliver many of the services. These activities were formerly carried out by the Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions.
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