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Street Manager Glossary

Term

Definition

Activity

A record of a public event or highway license.

Note: this is different to “Works activity” that is defined separately in this glossary.

Change Request (CR)

An application to amend (or a historical record of an amendment of) an existing PAA or Permit Application (PA).

Related to what was previously known as “Works Data Alteration”

Designations

Should be interpreted to mean Special Designations (except where otherwise qualified).

See the GeoPlace glossary for the definition of Special Designation.

Failed — high

A failed outcome of any inspection with higher risk inadequacies or defects causing danger. See the Code of Practice for Inspections for more information.

Failed — low

A failed outcome of any inspection with higher risk inadequacies or defects are not causing danger. See the Code of Practice for Inspections for more information.

Final site registered

An indicator to advise when no more sites will be registered for the latest PA.

Related to what was previously known as ‘full registration’.

Forward plan

A record containing information on a promoter’s potential major road or street works that has been planned as part of their long-term programme.

Previously known as ‘forward planning information’.

Geographic area

An area within a HA organisation used to divide works and records geographically for HA users (such as permit officers or inspectors).

Highway Authority (HA)

As defined in sections 1 and 329 of the Highways Act.

Historic / Historical works

Works recorded and completed outside of Street Manager e.g. works recorded in EToN.

Modification requested

HA has requested for changes to be made on a PA.

Minimum notice period

The minimum period of notice to be given to the Highway Authority for street works. See the NRSWA for more information.

PAA

Provisional Advance Authorisation. The early provisional approval of activities in the highway.

Primary notice authority

The Highway Authority responsible for the coordination of Street Works on the specified street or part street. In the case of Private Streets this is the Local Highway Authority whose area covers the Private Street.

Promoter / Works promoter / Promoter organisation 

Any organisation undertaking works on the Highway under a Statutory Undertakers Licence or a Highway Authorities Licence and working within the NRSWA / Traffic Management Act (TMA) legislative framework. 

Response period

The maximum period that a Highway Authority has to respond to an application prior to the application deeming.

Working day

As defined in the Glossary of the NRSWA.

Works activity

The reason for undertaking the works.

Note: this is different to “Activity” that is defined separately in this glossary.

Works record

A repository of notifications (such as PAA/PAs, reinstatements, inspections and FPNs) and file attachments associated with a particular works.

Works stop

Notification used to indicate that the promoter is no longer occupying the highway. Serves the purposes of both the works clear and works closed notice described in the legislation.

Workstream

An area within a promoter or HA organisation used to divide works and records for planner users.

Related to what were previously known as ‘operational districts’.




External Glossaries

Useful resources containing Street-works-related glossary sections below: