219 Payments to be made by owners of new buildings in respect of street works

The advance payments code

219  Payments to be made by owners of new buildings in respect of street works

(1)     Subject to the provisions of this section, where—

(a)     it is proposed to erect a building[—

(i)     in England for which an application for building control approval must be made, or

(ii)     in Wales] for which plans are required to be deposited with the local authority in accordance with building regulations, and

(b)     the building will have a frontage on a private street in which the street works authority have power under the private street works code to require works to be executed or to execute works,

no work shall be done in or for the purpose of erecting the building unless the owner of the land on which it is to be erected or a previous owner thereof has paid to the street works authority, or secured to the satisfaction of that authority the payment to them of, such sum as may be required under section 220 below in respect of the cost of street works in that street.

(2)     If work is done in contravention of subsection (1) above, the owner of the land on which

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