Adoptions and land

The Development Management team deal with many aspects of highway adoptions and highway land. Follow the link to your query to find what you are looking for:

• To search for a Public Right of Way (PRoW) please refer to our PRoW Interactive Map
• To see if a road is adopted please refer to our Section 36 list
• To find out about our Vehicle Crossing process and costs

Developer Management Schemes

Are you a developer with planning approval looking to implement your works on the highway? Please refer to our guides below to help you submit drawings for our approval.

Development Management documents

Please see the latest Development Management documents in the Documents section below.

Addtionally; 

The Essex Design Guide is available online.

The Essex Folio Standard Designs are available online.

Our offices

Please see below for the details of the relevant office and the specific districts they cover. Enquiries and applications can be sent directly to the appropriate office.

For Braintree, Colchester and Tendring:

Ardleigh Depot, Harwich Road, Ardleigh, Colchester, Essex CO7 7LT

For Chelmsford, Maldon, Rochford and Uttlesford:

Springfield Highways Depot, Colchester Road, Chelmsford, Essex CM2 5PU

For Basildon, Brentwood, Castle Point, Epping and Harlow:

Unit 36, Childerditch Industrial Park, Brentwood, Essex CM13 3HD

If you have any queries you can email the Development Management team.