Our technical approval process and timescales

Our approval process and timescales

You must send all construction information to us before any Agreement is completed.

When we receive your application, and you've paid all the initial fees, we'll allocate it to an Officer for a technical review in accordance with:

We'll usually contact you within 4 to 6 weeks with our initial feedback.

Our initial fee covers up to 3 technical reviews.

When you give us updated drawings, ensure you highlight changes from previous versions using a red cloud.

You need to give us a written response for each individual comment via the document we give you.

If your development needs a street lighting design, there will need to be a separate street lighting design review.

If your development has or needs traffic signals, there will need to be a separate traffic signals design review.

If your development has or needs structures, there will need to be a separate structures design review.

View the road adoption process as a flowchart or step-by-step below:

Below is a full list of the steps in the road adoption process:

The completion of works and the maintenance period

the works are completed
our Highways Development Management Inspector is happy with the work
1. the developer arranges for the relevant teams to:
  1. sign off the traffic signals
  2. sign off the street lighting
  3. sign off the structure
2. we agree to bring the assets onto maintenance
our Inspector will send a Provisional Certificate to the developer
the developer must maintain the road for:
1. 12 months for Section 38 or 278
2. 24 months for Section 184
the developer needs to give us:
1. as built drawings
2. drainage vesting certificates
3. wayleaves and easements
4. oversail licenses
5. planting licenses
6. structures licences
7. Traffic Regulation Orders (TROs)
8. streetlighting electrical safety certificates
9. Buckinghamshire Highways lighting acceptance certificate
10. Buckinghamshire Highways traffic signal acceptance

The end of the maintenance period and the payment of all fees

The end of the maintenance period
1. the developer needs to email us to request inspection
2. the developer arranges for the relevant teams to:
  1. sign off the traffic signals
  2. sign off the street lighting
  3. sign off the structure
3. we agree to adopt the assets
our Inspectors accept the assets or confirm if further remedial action is needed
the developer confirms receipt of the required documents and arranges payment of commuted sums and any outstanding fees
we send the final certificate
we return any remaining deposit or bond

The colours required on as built drawings

You need to colour assets on as built drawings as follows: