| 1 | Highways: toolkit A toolkit to guide users through key maintained PLC content on highways. | Practice note: overview | Maintained |
| 2 | Ancient highways A note on ancient highways and the responsibility for their maintenance. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 3 | Boundaries and boundary rules A practice note explaining the general boundaries rule, and the rules for fixing boundaries under the Land Registration Act 1925 and the Land Registration Act 2002. The note also sets out the more commonly used boundary presumptions relating to roadways, hedges and ditches, non-tidal rivers and streams, tidal rivers and streams, lakes and the sea-shore. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 4 | Establishing highways at common law This note explains how highways are created by express or presumed dedication and outlines the statutory requirements for definitive maps of public rights of way. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 5 | Highway classification A note explaining the classification of highway. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 6 | Highway creation by statute A note explaining the ways in which highway can be created by statutory powers and the public's common law rights over highway. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 7 | Highway maintenance responsibilities of a highway authority A note on the scope of a highway authority's duty to repair and maintain highways. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 8 | Highway repair orders under section 56 of the Highways Act ... A note on orders to repair a way or bridge under section 56 of the Highways Act 1980. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 9 | Maintenance responsibilities for a public footpath A note on maintenance responsibilities for a public footpath. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 10 | Managing flood risk This practice note pulls together information on the various initiatives intended to help manage flood risk in England and Wales. It includes information on Planning Policy Statement 25 (PPS 25), flood risk maps, building to be flood resistant and flood resilient, and information on the Statement of Principles, issued by the Association of British Insurers, which provides guidance on when insurers will continue to provide insurance cover for flood damage in relation to properties in areas at particular risk from flooding. The note also covers the Pitt Review, which examined the issues arising from flood-related emergencies in the summer of 2007, the Floods Directive (2007/60/EC) and the Flood and Water Management Act 2010. Note: On 27 March 2012, PPS 25 was replaced by the National Planning Policy Framework. We will shortly be updating this note to reflect these changes. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 11 | Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009: coastal access This note explains the coastal access provisions of the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 (MACAA 2009). For information on other provisions of MACAA 2009, see Practice note, Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009: environmental implications. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 12 | Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009: environmental ... This note explains the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 (MACAA 2009) insofar as it relates to the marine environment. It explains how the MACAA 2009 provides for creation of the marine regulator, the Marine Management Organisation (MMO), introduces a new marine planning process (including a Marine Policy Statement and marine plans) and changes the licensing of marine activities. For information on: Marine Conservation Zones, see Practice note, Habitats and wildlife: designations in England and Wales: Marine Conservation Zones. The coastal access provisions of the MACAA 2009, see Practice note, Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009: coastal access. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 13 | National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF): an overview An overview of the main changes to the planning system introduced by the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF). The NPPF came into force on 27 March 2012. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 14 | Pedestrianisation orders under section 249 of the TCPA 1990 A note on pedestrianisation orders under section 249 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (TCPA 1990). | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 15 | Proposed high speed rail link between London and the West ... The proposed high speed rail link (HS2) between London and the West Midlands will have major consequences for practitioners, property owners and occupiers. Anyone acting for a potential buyer, tenant or lender in any of the areas that might be affected needs to be aware of the proposals and to check whether or not the property in question may possibly be affected, directly or indirectly. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 16 | Public path diversion orders A note on public path diversion orders made under section 119 of the Highways Act 1980. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 17 | Public rights of access under Part I of the Countryside and ... This is a Practice Note on the public rights of access to open countryside, registered common land and other land under Part I of the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 18 | Rights of way improvement plans A note on rights of way improvement plans made under section 60 of the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 19 | Searches: Enquiries of a local authority This practice note explains when enquiries of a local authority should be made, how the enquiries are made and what information the replies may give. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 20 | Stopping up and diversion orders under section 116 of the ... A note on the stopping up and diversion of highways under section 116 of the Highways Act 1980. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 21 | Stopping up and diversion orders under section 257 of the ... A note on the stopping up and diversion of footpaths and bridleways under section 257 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 22 | Stopping up orders under section 247 of the Town and ... A note on the stopping up of highways under section 247 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 23 | Temporary traffic regulation orders for special events A note on the temporary closure of roads for special events under section 21 of the Town Police Clauses Act 1847 and section 16A of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 24 | Temporary traffic regulation orders made under section 14(1) ... A note on temporary traffic regulation orders (TTROs) made under section 14(1) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 25 | Traffic regulation orders under the Road Traffic Regulation Act ... A note on traffic regulation orders (TROs) under the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 26 | Tree root damage A practice note on liability for damage caused by tree roots. | Practice notes | Maintained |