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TCPA 1990 s 249 orders extinguishing vehicular rights on highways: procedure, objections, exceptions, ancillary powers, compensation, revocation and Traffic Regulation Orders interaction

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This Practice Note sets out the process for securing an order to extinguish vehicular rights over a highway and what the order should encompass. Section 249 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (TCPA 1990) allows an order extinguishing vehicular rights on a highway to be made when specified conditions are met. The provision is principally employed for pedestrian schemes or to create a cul-de-sac from a side road that would otherwise run onto a busy main route. It can also be used to remove vehicular rights on a byway open to all traffic. See Practice Note: Public rights of way. Commencing closure of a highway is only possible where a planning authority resolves that the measure is required to enhance the amenity of its local area.

Procedure for making orders

The procedure for making orders under TCPA 1990, s 249 is provided by TCPA 1990, s 252. Before making an order, the Secretary of State or a London Borough Council must take the following steps:

publish in at least one local newspaper circulating in the relevant area, and in the London Gazette, a notice stating the general effect of the order, including as set out in the notice...

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Richard Cuthbert , BSc (Hons), MIPROW

Hertfordshire County Council

Richard was Head of Access & Rights of Way at Hertfordshire County Council for over sixteen years, a position he progressed to after several years as a Countryside Access Officer and then Countryside Access Team Leader in Hertfordshire. Prior to this he worked in diverse Authorities from metropolitan South Tyneside to rural Lincolnshire. He learnt the practical side of the trade with BTCV (the British Trust for Conservation Volunteers) and the legislative side from gaining a BSc (Hons) in Environmental Studies from the University of Sunderland, specialising in Countryside and Rights of Way Management. He is now leading the Definitive Map & Enforcement Team at Hertfordshire County Council and is rights of way and access advisor to the Herts Local Access Forum.He is a Chair of the Eastern Region ADEPT Rights of Way Managers Working Group (RoWMWG) and represents that region at the National ADEPT RoW...

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