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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">When I lived somewhere with one of
these (Filton, Bristol), it was clearly unadopted - we were
suppose to pay ground rent for the use, but the relevant
descendant of the last-named landowner didn't show any interest
and what little maintenance took placewas done by the adjoining
homeowners, so they did get overgrown in places. There were a few
interlinked alleys so cutting through was possible; some have been
gated to prevent this and the potholes acted as a deterrent to
through traffic. <br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">That would seem to imply "private".
Currently the ones round there are highway=track, access=yes. When
we were selling, the land registry had no helpful records
available. So it's a bit of a mess. Even finding out who would be
responsible for putting up a "private" sign would be hard enough</div>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 20/12/2021 12:23, Adam Snape wrote:<br>
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One problem I've found on that is people who religiously
apply the on <br>
the ground rule and won't accept that it is common sense
that service <br>
roads behind rows of houses are private, and they don't
need to be <br>
signposted as private to be assumed private.<br>
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<div dir="auto">Oh, that one depends on where you live and the
type of access road. In Lancashire the vast majority of such
roads are back streets behind terraced houses (Coronation
Street style) and the vast majority of those are adopted
public highways which the public have a right to use as they
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<div dir="auto">In some areas where there has been antisocial
behaviour their access has subsequently been restricted by
Gating Orders but in the absence of indication on the ground,
my default assumption wouldn't be that access=private.</div>
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