Access to works
16.—(1) The undertaker may, for the purposes of the construction, use and or maintenance of the authorised project, other than in respect of specified works subject to the LoPS as applied by the highway authority in whose area the undertaker seeks to carry out such works—
(a)form and lay out means of access, or improve existing means of access, in the location specified in column (2) of Schedule 9 (access to works) for the purposes specified in column (3) of Schedule 9; and
(b)with the approval of the relevant planning authority after consultation with the highway authority, form and lay out such other means of access or improve existing means of access, at such locations within the Order limits as the undertaker reasonably requires for the purposes of the authorised project.
(2) The relevant planning authority may attach any reasonable conditions to any approval given under paragraph (1)(b).
(3) The undertaker may not exercise the powers under this article after completion of construction.