Cambridgeshire County Council has a duty to keep and maintain a register of all landowner deposits made under the Highways Act 1980 and the Commons Act 2006.

If evidence can be provided that a route or an area of land has been open to and used by the public for 20 years without challenge by the landowner, a claim could be submitted to the council for the land to be recorded as a public right of way or a town or village green.

Landowners can protect their land from such claims by depositing certain documents with the council under section 31(6) of the Highways Act and section 15A(1) of the Commons Act 2006.

If correctly lodged and maintained the deposit of these documents can provide evidence that the landowner did not intend to dedicate a public right of way or town or village green on their land.

For more information, please email highwaysassetmanagement@cambridgeshire.gov.uk or telephone 0345 045 5212.

To find out more or to make a deposit please see the guidance notes and application form.

You can use the landowners deposit interactive map to search for a deposit or plot of land.

(If the map does not load, please view it on the MapsCambridgeshire website.)

All original documents and maps are available for public inspection by appointment.

Submitted deposits and declaration should be sent to:

Asset Information Definitive Map
Cambridgeshire County Council
STA2101
Huntingdon Highways Depot
Stanton Way
Huntingdon
PE29 6PY

To make an appointment or for any other query, please email highwaysassetmanagement@cambridgeshire.gov.uk.