Highways & Traffic Order Committees

The Executive

Highways & Traffic Order Committees

This Committee reports to the Executive Committee

What does the Highways Committee do ?

Responsibilities / Activities

Within the general strategy, policies and operating procedures of the Council to exercise the following powers of the Highway Authority delegated by the Executive:

To develop, approve details and monitor and implement the Statutory Devon Local Transport Plan local area improvement programmes, up to a value (work costs) of £250,000.
To approve details and implement improvement schemes from the Statutory Devon Local Transport Plan regional, countywide and zonal and local safety scheme programmes, up to a value [works costs] of £250,000.
To approve details and implement Traffic Regulation Orders, and schemes for the control of parking on the highway and to be involved in the development of proposals for park and ride schemes.
To comment on proposals by third parties to stop up or divert highways and stop up private means of highway access.
To control the use of highways by the granting of consents, approvals, licences, minor property rights in connection with operations, uses or activities on, under, over or adjacent to the highway.
To ensure the effectiveness of the maintenance of highways, bridges and street lighting.
To consider and approve proposals for the making up of private streets.
To maintain an overview on issues relating to repeated obstruction of the highway and advise when action to enforce public rights of way may be considered appropriate.
To approve the establishment or deletion of school crossing patrol sites, within the criteria and budget defined by the Council.
To approve the revocation of New Street Orders.
To approve applications to the Magistrates' Court for the stopping-up or diversion of a public highway.

What happened at the last meeting ?

See Committee Minutes and Agendas for more information.

Committee Membership:

East Devon Highways & Traffic Orders

Conservative	Liberal Democrat	Non Aligned Group
Roger Boote	Derek Button	Roger Giles
Christine Channon	Douglas Hull
Stuart Hughes	Margaret Rogers
Bernard Hughes	Brenda Taylor
Barry Nicholson	Eileen Wragg B A Comb Hons

Additional members (3) Representing East Devon District Council:
Councillors Drew, Diviani and Halse

Mid Devon Highways & Traffic Orders

Conservative	Liberal Democrat	Non Aligned Group
John Berry	Des Hannon	Mary Turner
Michael Lee	Nicholas Way
Ray Radford

Additional members (2) Representing Mid Devon District Council:
Councillors Nation and Snow

North Devon Highways & Traffic Orders

Conservative	Liberal Democrat	Labour	Non Aligned Group
Rodney Cann	Geoff Fowler
Andrea Davis	Brian Greenslade
Jeremy Yabsley	Christopher Haywood
	Jennifer Jenkins
	Joe Tucker

Additional members (3) Representing North Devon District Council:
Councillors Crabb, Chugg and Manuel

South Hams Highways & Traffic Orders

Conservative	Liberal Democrat	Labour	Non Aligned Group
Roger Croad	Julian Brazil
Simon Day	Geoff Date
John Hart
Jonathan Hawkins
William Mumford
Trevor Pennington

Additional members (2) Representing South Hams District Council:
Councillors P Coulson and A Ward

Teignbridge Highways & Traffic Orders

Conservative	Liberal Democrat	Labour	Non Aligned Group
Stuart Barker	Brian Berman
Francis Brook	Chris Bray
John Clatworthy	Phil Cook
	David Cox
	Anne Fry
	Gordon Hook M.A.
	Sally Morgan
	John Smith

Additional members (3) Representing Teignbridge District Council:
Councillors S Cook, M Walters and M Haines

Torridge Highways & Traffic Orders

Conservative	Liberal Democrat	Labour	Non Aligned Group
	Hugo Barton
	Leonard Ford
	John Rawlinson
	Des Shadrick
	Humphrey Temperley

Additional members (2) Representing Torridge District Council:
Councillors Collins and Lee

West Devon Highways & Traffic Orders

Conservative	Liberal Democrat	Labour	Non Aligned Group
Christine Marsh	Roy Connelly
James McInnes	Alan Hosking

Additional members (2) Representing West Devon Borough Council:
Councillors D Bater and Pearce

Exeter Highways & Traffic Orders

Conservative	Liberal Democrat	Labour
Andrew Leadbetter	Philip Brock	Olwen Foggin
	Rob Hannaford	Jill Owen
	Sheila Hobden - Ch	Saxon Spence
	Vanessa Newcombe	Richard Westlake

Additional members (4) Representing Exeter City Council:
Councillors Gale, Prowse, Shepherd and Wadham