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<p>Any structure off the highways would need local planning permission. For structures
on the highways, local planning authorities have a power to stop the erection of structures
within the permitted development rights of all highway authorities where they think
there would be an environmental impact. This includes visual as well as other impacts.</p><p>
</p><p>The local Highway authority is responsible for technical approval of structures
within the highway boundary. In the case of the Strategic Road Network the agency
would be Highways England and design would be in line with the requirements of the
Design Manual for Roads and Bridges (DMRB).</p><p> </p><p>In February 2015 the Government
published “The Pathway to Driverless Cars”: a detailed review of the regulation around
the use of driverless cars on UK roads. It established that it is possible for a driverless
vehicle to be tested on UK roads provided that, among other conditions, a suitably
qualified test driver or test operator would be in a position to take control of the
vehicle if necessary. A test operator is someone who oversees testing of an automated
vehicle without necessarily being seated in the vehicle, since some automated vehicles
might not have conventional manual controls and/or a driver’s seat.</p><p>The Government
is currently working to establish what changes to the domestic and international regulatory
system will be necessary to safely enable the sale and use of driverless vehicle technology
on UK roads.</p><p> </p>
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