Did you know we have a dedicated powers and duties tool?
Available to LG Inform Plus subscribers, it provides information on what current legislation gives English and Welsh councils the power to do and what it requires them to do in law. Advanced searching and filtering options make it easy to find specific powers and duties based on legislation, business function and keyword, and results are easily exported in commonly used formats.
Roads and streets Function
Abnormal load notification (785) Service
A haulier who intend to move an abnormal load such as gross weight exceeding 40 tonnes or more must notify and gain consent from the police or the local authority..
Highway projection licence (744) Service
The local authority is responsible for processing applications for licences are required for any display or temporary construction which may protrude or project over a public highway.
Street works licence (1295) Service
Any person or organisation (other than anyone acting under a statutory right) who wishes to place, retain and thereafter inspect, maintain, adjust, repair, alter or renew apparatus, or change its position or remove it from the highway must have a licence to do so.
Weighbridge operator licence (843) Service
Trading Standards Officers test the competence of Public Weighbridge Operators and issue a certificate before public weighings can be carried out. Records are kept of all public weighbridges and the locations of the nearest public weighbridges are given on request.
Workplace parking levy (1705) Service
Employers that provide workplace parking places may be required to get a workplace parking levy licence and, where applicable, pay a charge, as part of the workplace parking levy (WPL) congestion charging scheme.
