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3.10 - Traffic regulation committee

In this section

  1. 1
    Introduction
  2. 2
    Section 1 - The function of the full council
  3. 3
    Section 2 - Local choice functions
  4. 4
    Section 3 - full Council functions of a regulatory nature (non-Cabinet functions)
  5. 5
    Section 4 - responsibility for executive functions
  6. 6
    Section 5 - scheme of delegation
  7. 7
    Section 6 - joint arrangements
  8. 8
    Section 7 - general statement of policy
  9. 9
    3.1 - Appeals committee
  10. 10
    3.2 - Appointments committee
  11. 11
    3.3 - Constitution committee
  12. 12
    3.4 - Disciplinary appeals committee
  1. 13
    3.5 - Pensions committee
  2. 14
    3.6 - Pensions board
  3. 15
    3.7 - Planning committee
  4. 16
    3.8 - Safety and licensing committee
  5. 17
    3.9 - Commons and rights of way committee
  6. 18
    3.10 - Traffic regulation committee
  7. 19
    3.11 - Audit and governance committee
  8. 20
    3.12 - Scrutiny committees
  9. 21
    3.13 - Health and wellbeing board
  10. 22
    3.14 - Gloucestershire police and crime panel
  11. 23
    3.15 - Gloucestershire health and wellbeing partnership
  12. 24
    Council regulatory functions

The duties of the Traffic Regulation Committee are set out in Table 3.08.

Table 3.09:  The duties of the Traffic Regulation Committee

1. Power to permit deposit of a builders’ skip on the highway. Section 139 of the Highways Act 1980 (c.66).
2. Power to license planting, retention and maintenance of trees, etc, in part on highway. Section 142 of the Highways Act 1980.
3. Power to authorise erection of stiles, etc, on footpaths or bridleways. Section 147 of the Highways Act 1980.
4. Power to license works in relation to buildings, etc, which obstruct the highway. Section 169 of the Highways Act 1980.
5. Power to consent to temporary deposits or excavations in streets. Section 171 of the Highways Act 1980.
6. Power to dispense with obligation to erect hoarding or fence. Section 172 of the Highways Act 1980.
7. Power to restrict the placing of rails, beams, etc, over highways. Section 178 of the Highways Act 1980.
8. Power to consent to construction of cellars, etc, under street. Section 179 of the Highways Act 1980.
9. Power to consent to the making of openings into cellars, etc, under streets, and pavement lights and ventilators. Section 180 of the Highways Act 1980.
10. Duty to assert and protect the rights of the public to use and enjoyment of highways. Section 130 of the Highways Act 1980.
11. Power to apply for variation of order under Section 130B of the Highways Act 1980. Section 130B(7) of the Highways Act 1980.
12. Power to authorise temporary disturbance of surface of footpath bridleway or restricted byway. Section 135 of the Highways Act 1980.
13. Power to temporarily divert footpaths, bridleways or restricted byways. Section 135A of the Highways Act 1980.
14. Functions relation to the making good of damage and the removal of obstructions. Section 135B of the Highways Act 1980.
15. Powers relating to the removal of things so deposited on highways as to be a nuisance. Section 149 of the Highways Act 1980
16. To respond to consultation upon executive proposals for traffic regulation orders to which valid objections have been received and not been resolved or withdrawn.  

 

Traffic Regulation Committee Membership

9 County Councillors.

County Councillors shall have completed training approved by the Monitoring Officer before taking part in decisions by this Committee.

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