Extent of highways
Contact us if you want to enquire about the extent of highway land that is maintainable at public expense.
We will then carry out a check and prepare a digitised extent of highway plan. We also provide responses to highway questions of CON29 searches.
Make an enquiry
Your request needs to be accompanied by a detailed plan of the area in question, along with an address or description of the land. Send your enquiry to:
Highway Boundaries & Land Charges
Room 348
Hertfordshire County Council
County Hall
Pegs Lane
Hertford SG13 8DE
or email hcclandcharges@hertfordshire.gov.uk
We'll send you a written response which includes a coloured plan, usually at the scale of 1:1250, showing the extent of highway maintainable at public expense in the area of your enquiry.
For Common land and village green searches write to us at the above address or email commons.enquiries@hertfordshire.gov.uk
Costs and payments
There is a fee for this service. Our charges are listed below:
| Type of request | Fee from 1 April 2024 |
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CON29R (Questions 2.1-5, 3.2, 3.4, 3.6, 3.7e)
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£23 + VAT
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CON29O (Question 22)
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£26 + VAT
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Copy of a common land or village green register
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£10
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Common land or village green standard search
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£26 + VAT
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Extent of highway information
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£55 for a single residential property, for large areas an estimate will be provided.
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Copy of Section 38 or 278 or 106 agreement
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£46 per agreement
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Payment should be made in advance, either by cheque (payable to Hertfordshire County Council), online (a link for secure payment will be provided) or as a card payment by phone.
Local land charge enquiries
For local land charge enquiries contact the nearest district or borough council for the area of enquiry.
Access to information
You can also request CON29 information under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. You can either request that facilities are made available to inspect the information at our offices (for which no charge is made) or request that copies are sent to you by email or in an alternative form or format for which a reasonable charge is made in accordance with the regulations.