Highways Act newspaper notices
Stopping up orders and public right of way extinguishment and diversion orders under the Highways Act 1980 require newspaper advertisement. Start a guided record so the draft, source file and route confirmation stay together before artwork, quote or payment.
Guided specialist route
Start a guided highways notice draft
Enter the facts or upload your existing notice. The draft appears in Applications and its source stays in Documents while Gazetted confirms the statutory route before artwork, quote, publication booking or payment.
- Tailored checklist and next task
- Source documents kept with the matter
- Route review before publication-ready artwork
Starting a draft does not place a notice or take payment.
The highways-notice workflow
Save the road notice details for an assisted route check.
The current customer product has no automatic Highways publication route. The draft still appears in Applications and its source stays in Documents, then pauses for a current-law check before any quote, artwork, publication booking or payment.
How this service works
What Gazetted helps you do from source document to organised record
Build or upload
Enter or extract the authority, statutory route, affected highway, court or objection details and inspection location.
Check the route
Keep the statutory route, responsible authority and required publicity visible for assisted review; no publication artwork is generated yet.
Request assisted review
Save the draft and contact Gazetted. No postcode newspaper quote, publication booking or payment is created until a supported route has been confirmed.
Keep the source record
Keep the draft in Applications and its source files in Documents while the route is reviewed; add statutory tasks only after they are confirmed.
Gazetted prompts for the details this workflow needs and flags missing required fields. You remain responsible for the application, the selected publication route and any legal or professional review.
Exact portal example — live tasks adapt to the subtype and route.
The legal requirement
The Highways Act 1980 requires newspaper advertisement for three categories of order: s.116 (stopping up of unnecessary highways via the Magistrates Court — procedural requirements in Schedule 12), s.118 (extinguishment of public rights of way — Schedule 6 Part I para 1(3)(a) requires publication in a local newspaper circulating in the area), and s.119 (diversion of footpaths and bridleways — also subject to Schedule 6).
Where a stopping-up is needed to enable development, s.247 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 provides a separate authorisation route through the Secretary of State, rather than the Magistrates Court under HA 1980 s.116.
For s.116 stopping-up orders (Sch 12 Part I para 3), publication must occur at least 28 days before the magistrates' court application date — this is a pre-application lead-time requirement, not a post-publication objection window.
For ss.118 and 119 orders (Sch 6 para 1(1)(c)), the notice must specify a representation period of at least 28 days from the date of first publication; the authority may set a longer period. Failure to advertise correctly can render an order vulnerable to legal challenge.
Key points
- Covers stopping up orders and public right of way extinguishment and diversion orders
- Must be published in a newspaper circulating in the area of the proposed works
- Key provisions: ss.116, 118, 119 HA 1980 (Sch 12 for s.116; Sch 6 for ss.118 and 119) and s.247 TCPA 1990 (planning-permission stopping-up route)
- Sch 12 (s.116): publish 28 days before the court application. Sch 6 (ss.118/119): 28-day representation period from first publication
- Proper publication protects against legal challenge
What you receive
Everything you need to demonstrate compliance, delivered to your portal.
Proof PDF
A typeset proof of your notice for approval before publication.
Publication certificate
Confirming publication date, newspaper name, and notice content.
VAT invoice
Available in your portal immediately after payment.
Guided route
Start the record without payment. Gazetted confirms the Highways Act route, artwork and quote before any booking.
No publication booking or payment during draft review
Frequently asked questions
Ready to organise the highways notice record?
Start from the authority wording or upload the source document. The route is checked before artwork, quote, booking or payment.
Guided specialist route
Start a guided highways notice draft
Enter the facts or upload your existing notice. The draft appears in Applications and its source stays in Documents while Gazetted confirms the statutory route before artwork, quote, publication booking or payment.
- Tailored checklist and next task
- Source documents kept with the matter
- Route review before publication-ready artwork
Starting a draft does not place a notice or take payment.