Highways maintenance

Report highway faults

Hampshire County Council are responsible for:

• Report potholes, highway flooding, highway drainage issues and overhanging trees and shrubs to Hampshire Highways
• Report faulty, broken or damaged street lights to Hampshire County Council 

Hampshire County Council road maintenance information.

Apply for highway licences

If you need to obstruct or dig up the highway, you need to apply for a licence or permit to do so. Hampshire County Council manage licences and permits for such works.

• Apply for licences or permits with Hampshire County Council.

Rights of Way

We process any technical matters relating to public rights of way diversion orders associated with planning proposals. The maintenance of unmetalled rights of way are not dealt with by us. 

Hampshire County Council are responsible for overseeing cross country rural public rights of way, public footways, public bridleways such as overgrown vegetation, obstruction and encroachment.

• Report rights of way problems to Hampshire County Council 

View the Rights of Way network administered by Hampshire County Council

Schemes to improve transport networks in Hampshire

Information on proposed transport improvement schemes can be found on Hampshire County Council's website.