Adopted roads

The search is used to determine the highway boundary area of an adopted road which is a road maintainable at public expense.

Confirmation of the boundary is often requested during the house purchasing or conveyancing process. For example to establish whether a property is connected to a public road without the need to cross land owned by a third party.

It is also useful for planning applications, identifying the boundary of the highway, and to confirm responsibility for verge areas.

In order to qualify as one search, the length requested must be either continual or each unconnected section of highway requested must be less than 50m apart.