Streets designed in accordance with this guidance should be suitable for adoption by ÖйúPÕ¾ under Section 38 of the Highways Act 1980, providing that they meet the following additional criteria:
- Are constructed to the council’s approved standard
- Connect to an existing public maintainable highway
- Pay commuted sums to provide for ongoing maintenance
- Serve either six or more residential curtilages or equivalent or otherwise have wider public utility
Further guidance on adoption can be found on ÖйúPÕ¾'s Transport and Development Planning website
Where new roads are not proposed for adoption and a long term, private management scheme is in place, departure from this guidance could be permitted if proposed designs are consistent with the guide’s overarching principles.
In this section
- 4.1 Street vision and strategy
- 4.2 Street typologies
- 4.3 Creating a street network
- 4.4 Connectivity and thinking ‘beyond the red line’
- 4.5 Permeability and walkability
- 4.6 Streets and block patterns
- 4.7 Cul-de-sacs
- 4.8 20-minute neighbourhoods
- 4.9 Street adoption
- 4.10 Utilities and services
- 4.11 Emergency vehicles
- 4.12 Refuse collection and servicing
- 4.13 Character and Local Context
- 4.14 Street types overview table