The Traffic Management Permit Scheme (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026

These Regulations amend the Traffic Management Permit Scheme (England) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/3372) (“2007 Regulations”). Section 49 of the Planning and Infrastructure Act 2025 introduced the legislative provisions granting Electric Vehicle Charge Point Operators (“EV CPOs”) the legal right to carry out street works using a permit-based system rather than the licensing regime created under section 50 of the New Roads and Street Works Act 1991 (“1991 Act”). These Regulations make consequential amendments to the 2007 Regulations to apply enforcement provisions to EV CPOs. It inserts a new definition of “undertaker” and omits the definition of “statutory undertaker” to reflect the widened definition of street works under the 1991 Act whereby installation of charge points is now included in the permit scheme. A full impact assessment has not been prepared for this instrument as it was previously prepared as part of the electric vehicle charge point measures in the Planning and Infrastructure Act 2025. The relevant excerpt of the impact assessment to these Regulations is annexed to the Explanatory Memorandum which is available alongside the Regulations on www.legislation.gov.uk. Hard copies may be obtained from the Department for Transport, Great Minister House, 33 Horseferry Road, London SW1P 4DR, United Kingdom.