The Highway Development Service (HDS) offers Section 278 design and construction services to our land promoters and developers community within North Yorkshire Council.
We can help you to plan, design, and deliver highway-related aspects of your development projects.
We can:
- prepare preliminary and detailed design drawings for highway works
- secure technical approval from the Local Highway Authority (LHA) outside of planning process, removing statutory response timescales.
Following approval, we can also:
- help to secure S278 agreement
- assist with the preparation of contract documents and help with contractor procurement
- provide NEC Project Management and supervision of your site throughout construction stage
- completion of full construction of your project using our internal/partner organisation, NY Highways
Highway Development Service (Section 278 design and construction service)
The Highway Development Service (HDS) offers Section 278 design and construction services to our land promoters and developers community within North Yorkshire Council. We can assist with projects from an early feasibility stage, through to design and construction, and finally to road adoption.
HDS is a ‘one stop shop’ service that removes the burden from developers of finding separate subcontractors for feasibility surveys, road designs and associated technical approvals, as well as construction. A dedicated HDS officer will undertake all liaison between the designers, the Local Highway Authority (LHA) and Project Manager/Supervisor/Contractor throughout the life cycle of the project, saving time and money for the land promoter or developer.
All feasibility studies and preliminary designs are completed and charged on a time charged basis, with a quotation of expected fees is provided in advance of any works commencement.
After the successful completion of initial surveys, HDS streamline the Technical Approval process of detailed design drawings by:
- ensuring drawings are approved by LHA outside of planning process, removing statutory response timescales
- preparing road safety audits and implementing the results, giving the certainty of the appropriateness of the scheme
- completing detailed design on a target cost % of the estimated construction value
We can organise and complete any further surveys or reports requested from consultees as part of planning application process, should they be required.
These could include:
- arboricultural reports
- geotechnical surveys
- topographical surveys
- road safety audits
- transport assessments and travel plans
We also provide enhanced NEC Project Management and Supervision, guaranteeing the quality of the construction works delivered and removing this responsibility from developers.
Through our internal organisations, NY Highways and Align Property Partners, we can enter into a S278 agreement with land promoters and supervise completion of construction stage of your project in a timely manner, and to the LHA satisfaction so the roads can be offered for adoption.
Key benefits of using the Highway Development Service for your project
If you are a land promoter or developer, here are the key advantages of using us to deliver highway construction works under the 278 Agreements:
• Right first time approach in all that we do to surpass the high standards of quality and service demanded by our customer
• Streamline the technical approval process, saving time and money
• Using us for design can reduce superintendence fees from 11.5% to 10%
• Potential reduction of the maintenance period
• No bond payment required - land promoters only pay for the agreed cost of highway construction works under S278 agreement
• Works completed though us will lead to hassle-free road adoption
Contact us
If you are a land promoter or developer with an upcoming project that requires highways development, contact us to get more details on how using HDS to deliver highway construction works under the S278 Agreement could benefit your project - email: highwaydevelopmentservice@northyorks.gov.uk.