London boroughs back permit charges

12 March 2008
 
Fifteen London boroughs want to be part of the UK launch of permit charges for utility works this autumn.

The London permit group was this week expected to agree to go out to consultation later this month on the draft rules for a common permit scheme to give greater control over street works.

The draft scheme was circulated to all boroughs in January, and the response, received last month, was overwhelmingly favourable. All London boroughs want to introduce permit charges ‘at some stage’, and all, bar one, Richmond, were ‘happy’ with the scheme as proposed.

Fifteen of the 33 boroughs want to take part from the beginning, scheduled for this October. Most of the remainder are planning to join the scheme the following year, in April or October 2009.

The other five are ‘unsure’ when they will start. Richmond commented that it would like to introduce permit charges on category one and two roads only. Barnet, while positive, said there ‘needs to be interaction with utility companies to ensure that they are willing to co-operate’. The London permit group, according to co-chair, Helena Kakouratos, was ‘very pleased with the positive response across London to the common scheme’.

Members of the group ‘are hopeful that the consultation response to the scheme will be positive’. The boroughs planning to join in the first tranche, alongside Transport for London, are: Brent, Bromley, Camden, City of London, Croydon, Ealing, Hackney, Hammersmith & Fulham, Haringey, Harrow, Hounslow, Islington, Lewisham, Redbridge and Westminster.

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