(1)A pavement licence authorises the restriction, by anything done by the licence-holder pursuant to the licence, of public access to the part of the relevant highway to which the licence relates.
(2)A pavement licence constitutes deemed planning permission for anything done by the licence-holder pursuant to the licence—
(a)which is development requiring planning permission under Part 3 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990, and
(b)for which there would otherwise not be planning permission or deemed planning permission.
(3)Anything done by the licence-holder pursuant to a pavement licence is not street trading for the purposes of—
(a)Schedule 4 to the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1982 (street trading),
(b)Part 3 of the London Local Authorities Act 1990 (street trading), or
(c)any other enactment under or by virtue of which street trading without a licence or other form of permission is unlawful.
F1(4). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
F1(5). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
F1(6). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(7)Section 333 of the Highways Act 1980 (saving for rights and liabilities as to interference with highways) applies as if sections 1 to 6 were provisions of that Act.
F2(8). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
F2(9). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
F2(10). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Textual Amendments
F1S. 7(4)-(6) omitted (31.3.2024) by virtue of Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023 (c. 55), s. 255(9)(a), Sch. 22 para. 10(a) (with s. 247, Sch. 22 para. 18); S.I. 2024/389, reg. 2(u) (with reg. 5(2))
F2S. 7(8)-(10) omitted (31.3.2024) by virtue of Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023 (c. 55), s. 255(9)(a), Sch. 22 para. 10(b) (with s. 247, Sch. 22 para. 18); S.I. 2024/389, reg. 2(u) (with reg. 5(2))