Highway Issues for Property Lawyers - The Latest Guidance

Introduction

What is a 'highway'?

We travel along them every day, but do you know the difference between a highway and a private road?

What is the difference between a footpath and a footway?

Who is responsible for maintaining your local roads and can homeowners expect an unwelcome bill from the council for repairing potholes?

Gaining access to a highway is vital for all landowners, and particularly for new development sites, so how can you check the route and boundaries of a highway, and what process must a developer follow before linking a new development to the existing road?

This webinar will review the latest guidance.

What You Will Learn

This webinar will cover the following:

• What is a highway?
• What are the different types of highway?
• What is dedication?
• What is adoption?
• What is a Section 38 Agreement?
• What is the Advanced Payments Code?
• How wide is a highway?
• Who can carry out works to a highway?
• Once a highway, always a highway?
• Problems with the Highway Search

This webinar was recorded on 14th June 2021