Please note the Definitive Map team will be closed on 25 and 26 December and 1 January 2025.
We will be working at reduced capacity over the festive period. We will respond to any enquiries during this time as soon as possible. Full service resumes on 2 January 2025.
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 DefinitiveMapTeam@cambridgeshire.gov.uk
To find out more or to make a deposit please see the guidance notes and application form.
You can search for landowner deposits using the interactive map below or by viewing the Register of Landowner Deposits Document above. Please note that the register contains a record of all of the landowner deposits ever received by Cambridgeshire County Council. This includes current and historic deposits which may have expired but are included on the register for information.
(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:
Definitive Map Team
Box No. STA2101
Cambridgeshire County Council
Huntingdon Highways Depot
Stanton Way
HUNTINGDON
PE29 6PY
To make an appointment or for any other query, please email DefinitiveMapTeam@Cambridgeshire.gov.uk.
