Temporary road closures and restrictions licence

You need a licence for temporary road closures and restrictions in Cheshire East. These are called a Temporary Traffic Regulation Order (TTRO) or Notice (TTRN). You need these for:

• road closures
• footpath closures where a diversion is needed
• lane closures where a diversion is needed
• weight restrictions
• speed restrictions
• parking/waiting restrictions
• removal of a one-way system
• cycle lane (with a solid white line)

For parking bay dispensation, contact parking services.

Before you apply to close a road

Before you apply for a road closure you will need a traffic management plan prepared by a competent traffic management engineer and it must include:

• the location and length of the restriction, including road names
• the location and length of any diversion route, including road names
• a signing schedule giving the detail and position of any temporary traffic signs including proposed access for pedestrians and cyclists e.g. cyclist dismount, road closed except cycles, cyclists to follow diversion.

Diversion Routes

When creating your traffic management plan, you must ensure that a suitable diversion route is being used. This route must follow the same, or higher, classification of road than the one being closed. For example, if you are closing an A road, the diversion route must consist of only A roads.

The diversion route must be free of any height or weight restrictions. However, if the road you are closing already has a weight restriction, then other roads with the same restriction and same classification may be used.

We are unable to include motorways as part of a diversion route.

If you want to close a road for an event, you must as a first step register the event with our Event Safety Advisory Group (ESAG).

If you are planning to occupy the road, you must also apply for a streetworks permit (utilities), a S50 streetworks licence (companies other than utilities working on apparatus) or a S171 licence (other excavations or occupying the highway). There may be delays in processing your road closure application if you have not applied for the relevant permit or licence.

When to apply

For planned closures of more than 5 days (TTRO), you must apply at least 12 weeks before your planned start date.

For planned closures of 5 days or less (TTRN), you must apply at least 8 weeks before your planned start date.

For urgent/emergency work you must apply by the next working day.

How to apply for a temporary road closure or restriction

For permission to close a road for events, see road closures for events.

For permission to close a road for roadworks, use the form below. The form will take 10 minutes to complete.

Apply to temporarily close a road

Traffic management plan

When you apply, you must provide a traffic management plan at a scale of 1:1,250 (or greater) designed by your appointed traffic management company. 

We may ask for proof of public liability insurance indemnifying us for a minimum of £5 million. 

Road closure licence fees and charges

Fees for works-related road closures and restrictions

Temporary notice = (21 days) £1,505 plus £415 per any additional restriction needed.

Temporary order - no rebate for subsequently cancelled applications (includes advertising and admin fee) = £2,491 plus £415 per additional restriction needed.

Temporary notice - 5 days (no rebate for subsequently cancelled applications) = £1,505 plus £415 per additional restriction needed.

Charge for rejected / cancelled unprocessed applications = £114.

All fees and charges must be paid online when submitting the application form.

After you apply

After you apply, an automated email will be sent to the email address given online with your reference number and confirmation of payment.

We will review your application to make sure your plans are suitable for the site. We will contact you if any changes are needed.

All approvals will be issued via a permit/ licence.

If your application has not been approved and you need to change any dates or make amendments to your submitted application, email streetworks@cheshireeasthighways.org. We do not require a further application to be submitted online.

Your responsibilities when you close the road

When working on a closed road,you must keep workers and the public safe and minimise inconvenience.

Advance warning signs

For planned works, you must put up advance warning signs at each end of the closure 14 days before the work is due to start.

Should these signs not be displayed within the required timescale, then your permission to close the road may be revoked.

Telling businesses and residents

Where the closure or restriction affects businesses and residents or other frontage owners, you must notify them at least 14 days in advance.

When the closure is in place, you must display businesses open as usual signs.

Health and safety

You must comply with all relevant health and safety legislation and codes of practice including the Department for Transport’sSafety at Street Works and Road Works Code of Practice. You can be fined or prosecuted if you don’t comply.

Signage during the road closure

You must make sure all signs you erect are properly maintained. You must then remove them when you finish the work.

Clearing the site

You must clear the site and take away any rubbish when you have finished. If we have to take rubbish away, we will charge you for the cost of doing so.

Failure to comply with any of these listed responsibilities, will result in your licence/permit being taken away.

Road closure licence legislation

Temporary road closures are covered by part 9 of the Highways Act 1980

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