Book and online guide
All members receive a copy of our book, Private Roads:
The Legal Framework. The current edition is the
fourth. The contents of the book are set out in our Book
pages. Members are entitled to buy further copies, if
they wish, at half price.
While Private Roads is available to the public at
large, our online guide, Managing Private Roads and
Estates ("MPRE" for short) is exclusive to members. It
deals with the practicalities of managing private roads and
estates, from the point of view of residents' associations and
companies. In other words, it complements our book, which
deals with the law.
The table below summarises the contents of the chapters.
They are available to members, in our members' pages, as pdf
(portable document format) files, so members can download them and
print them off for their own use, subject to the copyright
restrictions set out in our Terms and Conditions.
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Chapter
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Contents
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1 - Background
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History - Information about private roads - Distribution - Need
for management - the law - PRS in action
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2 - Organisation
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Introduction - Advantages and disadvantages - Company formation
- Company administration: basics; annual return and report;
annual accounts; audit - The best of both worlds? - Changing form -
Charitable status - Subscriptions - Other forms of income
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3 - Information and communication
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Introduction - Know your road - Data Protection Act 1998 -
Communicating with residents; buyers' solicitors; local government
and other bodies
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4 - Problems with ownership
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Introduction - disadvantages of not owning the road - Acquiring
title
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5 - Problems with encroachment
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Introduction - Private use - Public use - Encroachment by a
residents' association
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6 - Maintenance
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Introduction - Road surfaces - Surface water drains - Subsidence
- Trees, shrubs etc - Volunteers - Contractors - Paying for
maintenance
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7 - Services
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Introduction - Road works - Access to private sewers and water
mains - Adoption of lateral drains - Surface water drains
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8 - Development
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Introduction - Influencing planning decisions - Private rights
of way and related issues - Restrictive covenants - Granting new
rights of way - Dealing with developers - Objectives - Minor
planning issues - Other action
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9 - Risk management
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Introduction - Limited liability companies - Accidents generally
- Standards of care - Some specific issues - Warning notices -
Other risks - Health and safety issues - Insurance - ATE ("after
the event") insurance
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Appendix - model letters etc
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[Model letters to residents (various issues) - buyer's
solicitors - neighbour (permission to use road) - Local authority
(alleged highway; use of powers) - Freedom of Information Act
notice]
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Last Updated: 15 February 2011