Adopted roads

An adopted road is maintainable at public expense. This means that the local authority (here it would be Nottinghamshire County Council) is responsible for maintaining it. This would include things such as fixing street lights that are not working and repairing pot holes. Not all roads and footpaths in Nottinghamshire are adopted.

We are the Highway Authority throughout Nottinghamshire with the exception of the Nottingham City Council area, the motorways and trunk roads.

When a developer builds a new road they enter into an agreement with the Council. (This is part of Section 38 of the Highways Act 1980.) The agreement says that the developer will build the road to the standard required by the Council and if this is not achieved, then the road will not be adopted. Delays in the adoption for roads subject to a Section 38 agreement generally rest with the developer.

When a new road has been built to the Council’s standards it is normally adopted through an agreement between the developer and the Council under Section 38 of the Highways Act 1980.

Information on whether a road length is partly or wholly adopted is now available on-line here.

Disclaimer

The list has been prepared using the best information available from records at the time of publication. It does not, however, constitute a definitive statement as to the status of any particular highway and only refers to the length adopted, not lateral extents e.g. whether or not a grass verge is included.

Find out whether a road is adopted within Nottinghamshire:

Adopted highway search

Please note that this database does not include any roads that are not adopted (including those covered by a Section 38 agreement), those within Nottingham City boundaries and footpaths/other rights of way.

If you require further information please write to the Highway Searches Team (including a plan showing the property you are referring to):

Highway Searches
Floor 9 - Fox Wing
Trent Bridge House
Fox Road
West Bridgford
NG2 6BJ

Alternatively e-mail: enlandc@nottscc.gov.uk or tel: 0115 977 2519.

Please note that for legal reasons we are unable to provide adoption information over the telephone.

Please also note that all requests for information are dealt with in the order in which they are received and that the team has a target of a ten working day response time for any written correspondence (including e-mail).

Adoption records are also available for inspection. We have a policy that anyone wishing to view our records does so in person or requests the information by e-mail or writes to the Council (address above). We do not provide adoption information over the telephone.

If you wish to visit the office to look at the information we ask that you contact us first to make an appointment by calling the telephone number above. There is limited space available for visitors to inspect our records and the appointments ensure that there is room for each visitor. This also enables us to save your time by locating the plans you require ahead of your visit.

Appointment times are:

8.45am - 9.30am
9.30am - 10.15am
10.15am - 11.00am
11.00am - 11.45am
2.00pm - 2.45pm
2.45pm - 3.30pm.

Highway Searches also hold information regarding proposed highway schemes for Nottinghamshire for the purpose of property search requests.

The current charges for information are:

Search (in person) - £20*
For major highway scheme information.

Search (in person) - £30*
For major highway scheme information plus traffic scheme information.

Search (by letter) - £35*
For requests for information sent in and responded to by letter. Please note that there is a charge of £5 for each additional question.

Please note that for all of the charges marked * there is an additional charge of £7 where an invoice is requested.

Please note that for extents of Adopted Highway information for the following districts you will need to contact the District Authority direct:

Ashfield District Council

Broxtowe Borough Council

Mansfield District Council

Nottingham City Council