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Road status

Do you live in 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, for example, there may be costs that you haven't considered - for maintenance of the road, paths, verges and streetlights, for example.

Kent's highway network is a mix of:

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

You will be able to find the status of a road through the Kent County Council Highways Gazetteer.

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