Roadworks Permits Required?

Better Streetworks: Permits Proposal to Keep Traffic Moving
Department for Transport Press Release
28 November 2006
New proposals for permit schemes which give local highway
authorities the power to control when and where their roads are
dug up and keep traffic moving has been put to public
consultation, Transport Minister Gillian Merron announced today.
Under the scheme, anyone digging up the road would have to seek
permission from a local highway authority to begin works.