Road Adoption

This guide has been prepared to give some general information on the policy and procedures that are involved in road adoptions.

Road adoption means that the Kent County Council (KCC) as the local highway authority takes on the maintenance of a private road so that the general public travelling about can use the road.

KCC will only do this when it is sure that the roads are safe, are going to be useful for the public as a highway, and are of the standard that will mean low maintenance costs for the future.

To make sure that this happens KCC issues a Kent Design Guide with a Technical Appendix that is readily available to the house builders.

KCC website (www.kent.gov.uk)

The two main types of roads that can be adopted are new estate roads and existing private roads.

• New Estate roads
• Existing Private roads