Section 175B: Consent of highway authority required for trunk road access

Highways Act 1980 · 1980 c. 66View on legislation.gov.uk

Highways Act 1980
- Section 175A: Duty to have regard to needs of disabled and blind in executing works, etc.
- Section 176: Restriction on construction of bridges over highways.

Part IX: Lawful and Unlawful Interference With Highways and Streets

Access to or from a trunk road in England must not be constructed, formed or laid out without the consent of the highway authority for the trunk road.

Subsection (1) does not apply where—

section 24(2) applies, or

development consent is required under the Planning Act 2008.

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