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Highways Act inspectors' reports and decision letters

Lists all Highways Act inspectors' reports and decision letters.

From:
Department for Transport
Published
19 August 2013
Last updated
31 October 2018 — See all updates

Local authority orders

Local authority order applications under the Highways Act 1980 can be for:

  • local bypass or link roads
  • improvements to the existing highway network
  • off-street car parking

Special road schemes

Special road schemes give authority to restrict the use of proposed highways to certain types of traffic. The highways involved are usually motorways or slip roads that lead to and from motorways, and are not for the use of pedestrians or cyclists.

Bridge and tunnel schemes

Bridge and tunnel schemes give authority to construct a bridge over, or a tunnel under, a navigable waterway. The scheme must provide very specific details about the proposed structure, such as the height above or depth below the waterway.

Side roads orders

Side roads orders give authority to:

  • stop up
  • divert
  • provide as new
  • improve

highways that cross or enter the route of a proposed new (or to be improved) classified road. They also provide authority to stop up and provide new private means of access to premises in relation to classified road works.

Compulsory purchase orders

Compulsory purchase orders give authority to acquire the title to land, or new rights over land for highway purposes. For example, a compulsory purchase order might be applied for when constructing a new highway or improving an existing one.

These orders also give authority to acquire lands or new rights over land for off-street car parking proposals. This authority comes from the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984.

Cattle grids and bypasses

Local highway authorities can provide cattle grids and bypasses under section 82 of the Highways Act 1980. The authority must comply with schedule 10 of the act regarding publicising and posting notices about the proposal. The authority must consider:

  • whether placing a cattle grid on, or bypass in, any common or waste land not forming part of a highway and not belonging to the authority has any advantages
  • whether providing a bypass along any part of a highway has any advantages
  • whether having a cattle grid will meet the same needs as having a gate

National Transport Casework

The National Transport Casework (NTC) team carries out a range of transport casework for the Secretary of State for Transport under the Highways Act 1980.

National Transport Casework team

Tyneside House
Skinnerburn Road
Newcastle Business Park
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE4 7AR

Email nationalcasework@dft.gov.uk

Phone 07786 190 909

Documents

Updates to this page

Published 19 August 2013
Last updated 31 October 2018 + show all updates

  1. 'A120 Little Hadham bypass: Highways Act orders' decision published.

  2. Decision and inspector reports for the A536 Congleton link road.

  3. Kings Ash Road, Paignton decision letter.

  4. Worcestershire County Council Southern Link Road decision letter and inspector's report.

  5. Beccles Southern relief road decision letter and inspector's report.

  6. Decision letter and inspector's report regarding the A15 Lincoln Eastern Bypass published.

  7. Published Broughton bypass inspector's report and decision letter.

  8. First published.

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