PART 1

Consumption of food and drink outdoors

Pavement licences

Effects
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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.
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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.
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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.
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S. 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))
S. 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))