Improvements to the highway network
As part of large developments, for example a retail store, Highways Development Control (DC) secures improvements to the roads in the vicinity of the site. This is to ensure that the development does not cause congestion. The size of the road improvement will vary depending on the proposed development. For example, a new roundabout may be built.
When a large housing development is being proposed which may involve a number of developers, the local planning authority, in consultation with Highways DC will prepare a development brief. The development brief sets out what improvements are required to the roads in the vicinity of the site. For example, a large housing development may give the opportunity to provide a new distributor road to ease congestion on existing roads.
When a road improvement is promoted by a developer as part of their scheme these are called improvements by private bodies. As part of land charge search you can ask if the property you are buying is affected by a private body improvement.
When a developer proposes a road improvement an agreement is entered into, and as for new housing estates Highways Development Control supervises the work to make sure that it is to our standards.
