PART 3STREETS

Access to works

14.—(1) The undertaker may, for the purposes of carrying out and maintaining the authorised development—

(a)form and lay out means of access, or improve or maintain an existing means of access, in the locations specified in column (2) of Schedule 7 (access to works) for the purposes specified in column (3) of Schedule 7;

(b)with the approval of the relevant planning authority after consultation with the relevant highway authority, form and lay out such other means of access or improve or maintain any existing means of access, at such locations within the Order limits as the undertaker reasonably requires for the purposes of the authorised development; and

(c)the undertaker must with the request for approval from the relevant planning authority notify the relevant planning authority of the provisions of paragraph (2).

(2) If the relevant planning authority has received an application for approval under paragraph (1)(b) and fails to notify the undertaker of its decision before the end of the period of 28 days starting with the date on which the application was made, it is deemed to have granted consent.

(3) The relevant planning authority may attach any reasonable conditions to any approval given under paragraph (1)(b).

(4) Works to create a permanent access which—

(a)join a highway maintainable at the public expense; and

(b)which are specified in column (3) of Schedule 7 as being required for the purposes of operation and maintenance of the authorised development

must be completed in accordance with the provisions of Part 6 of Schedule 15 (protective provisions).