9.4.3.2.1
If more than one Highway Dedication type applies to a section of Highway, then the types must have the highest priority level of Highway Dedication type. The priority order is:
- Motorway*
- All Vehicles
- Byway Open to All Traffic
- Restricted byway
- Bridleway
- Cycle Track* or Cycle way
- Pedestrian Way or footpath
- Neither 2, 4, 6, 8, 9, 10 nor 11
*Motorways and Cycle Tracks (not Cycle Ways) impose restrictions on all other Highway users.
9.4.3.2.2
HIGHWAY_DEDICATION_CODE = 4 - Pedestrian way or footpath must only be used for a Path that has its own right as a Highway. This includes Walkways as defined by Section 35 of the Highways Act 1980. This code must not be present for a Footway alongside a carriageway.
9.4.3.2.3
HIGHWAY_DEDICATION_CODE = 11 – Motorway must be used for all Motorways. Where this code is present the ESU must also be cross-referenced to the type 3 Street USRN with a prefix of “M” or with a suffix of “(M)”.
9.4.3.2.4
HIGHWAY_DEDICATION_CODE = 12 - Neither 2, 4, 6, 8, 9, 10 nor 11 must only be used for ESUs which have no known public rights of access over them. This can either be for Streets that have:
- A Highway Dedication type that is currently unknown and is still under investigation, or
- Been proven to have no known public rights of access.
HIGHWAY_DEDICATION_CODE = 12 must not be used in any other circumstances.
9.4.3.2.5
Not all combinations of STATE, HIGHWAY_DEDICATION_CODE, STREET_STATUS and PROW_RIGHTS are possible. Appendix D shows the combinations allowed for different scenarios, including all the Street STATE, Highway Dedication and ASD Records that may be used.
9.4.3.2.6
HD_START_DATE must be the date when the Highway Dedication type legally starts. If the date is unknown, it must be defaulted to 1st June 2015.
9.4.3.2.7
For Streets under construction, the date must refer to the point at which the ground is broken up and construction commences and HIGHWAY_DEDICATION_CODE = 12 must be used until the Street becomes a dedicated Highway. See Appendix D, Scenario 5.
9.4.3.2.8
When a Section 38, Highways Act 1980 agreement process was approved by the LHA for a Street, then the HIGHWAY_DEDICATION_CODE must be set to the correct value for the rights dedicated in the agreement. This must be done even in cases where construction has not yet started. This is because a Section 38 agreement process creates the Highway status for the Street, and therefore the Street becomes within the scope of NRSWA. In this case, the date of Highway Dedication is the date that the Section 38 agreement process was approved by the LHA. See Appendix D, Scenario 6.
9.4.3.2.9
HIGHWAY_DEDICATION_CODE = 2 can only be used when a Street is recorded as a Byway Open to All Traffic (BOAT) on the Definitive Map. See Appendix D, Scenario 11 and 12. It is not possible to create a BOAT by dedication – such a street is a normal highway for all traffic with HIGHWAY_DEDICATION_CODE = 8 – All Vehicles.
9.4.3.2.10
For an open Street, the date must refer to the date at which the Street is a STATE = 2 – Open using the specified Highway Dedication.
9.4.3.2.11
If the Highway Dedication type legally ends, by the stopping up of Highway for example, under Section 116 of the Highways Act 1980, the Highway Dedication HD_END_DATE and RECORD_END_DATE must be present.
9.4.3.2.12
If all the ESUs are Stopped Up and the Highway was set to permanently closed using Street STATE = 4 – Permanently closed. A permanently closed Street is one that no longer exists in the real world. However, if the Highway Dedication type remains as HIGHWAY_DEDICATION_CODE = 12, the HD_END_DATE used must be the stopping up date. For various scenarios, refer to Appendix D, Scenario 20.