Warwickshire Direct
Estate roads and road adoptions
Road Design Guide for Warwickshire (pdf, 300Kb)
Road adoptions
If you are unsure of the status of any road in Warwickshire please contact our Highway Searches Team. If the result of your query is that the road is the subject of an Adoption Agreement you can get more information by contacting the Principal Development Management Engineer on 01926 412362:
The majority of housing developers prefer to have the roads and footpaths serving their new housing developments adopted by the highways authority. The council is then responsible for maintaining the infrastructure in a clean and safe condition.
The process of adoption is usually covered by a legal agreement between the developer and the council, commonly known as a section 38 agreement. This agreement binds the developer to construct the roads and footways to proper standards.
Online road adoption application form
Highway work agreements
Application to enter into a highway works agreement (pdf, 35Kb)
Guide to Section 184 Agreements (pdf, 49kb)
Guide to Minor Highway Works Section 278 Agreements (pdf, 61kb)
Guide to Section 278 Agreements (pdf, 62kb)
Guide to Section 38 Agreements (pdf, 63kb)
Section 106 fees
Section 106 administration fee schedule (pdf, 49Kb)
Highway Authority pre-application charging
