Highways Act Orders and Schemes

Lettering
5.15 Each new highway should be identified by a letter placed in a circle, starting at
A, and working across the site plan from left to right. Start again with letter A on
each subsequent site plan.
Stopping up and creation of private means of access (PMA)
5.16 PMAs include both formal accesses to private properties and field gates which
lead to no clear track or way. A distinction needs to be made between a right
of way serving only the owner and occupier of land onto which it leads from the
highway and rights of way which are shared by several occupiers. Where it is a
single owner /occupier the plan should show the stopping up and new access
on the Side Roads Order plan. The new access can subsequently be omitted
from the scheme or moved to another location to meet the landowner’s wishes.
However, where there are other interests taking access along the route the
stopping up must appear in the Order. The position of the replacement access
cannot be changed so easily so it must be chosen with care
5.17 Stopping up PMAs is shown by a solid black line. Where the access serves only
one interest, or the intention is simply to stop vehicles entering the highway,
the marking need only be applied for a short distance back from the highway
boundary, normally three metres. Where there is more than one user and access
is being replaced elsewhere the marking must be shown across the full width of
the access until it reaches the boundary of the last interest it serves.
Lettering
5.18 Each PMA should be lettered a, b, c working across the plan from left to right, the
letter being placed in a circle. The letter should appear in the Schedule and on
the ORD forms after the description of the route.
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Creating new private means of access (PMA)
5.19 A private means of access provides access to land and property. Where access
will be needed for maintenance of a structure or drainage, this would be provided
by an easement and should not appear in the Side Roads Order.
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