Road status

Do you live on a public or private road? Sometimes, the precise status of a road or piece of land can have implications for you, and you need to be aware of what those are.

If you are thinking of buying a property in a private road, there may be costs that you haven't considered - for example, maintenance of the road, paths, verges and streetlights.

Kent's highway network includes:

  • public (adopted) roads
  • private (unadopted) roads
  • paths and pavements
  • verges and 'amenity land' structures, signs and lighting. 

We keep a list of the status of a road in the Kent County Council Highways Gazetteer.

 

Contact us

Kent County Council
Invicta House
County Hall
Maidstone
Kent ME14 1XX

Telephone 08458 247 800

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