Local authority searches | Leicestershire County Council

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Find out more about highway and other local authority searches.

Highway status search

Our highways status search tool allows you to find which streets in Leicestershire that the county council is wholly or partly responsible for, or will be responsible for in the future.

Highway record enquiry

Request a highway record enquiry for a specific property or piece of land.

Highway extinguishments

An ‘Extinguishment’ is a procedure which lets a landowner legally acquire an area of public highway, which can then be included within their property boundary as private land

Local authority searches (Local land charges & Con29)

The local authority search looks at all the information held by the Local Authority about a specific property and is usually done by a conveyancing solicitor on your behalf.