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Landowners statement and declarations

How you can protect your land, how to submit a statement or declaration and the current register of statements and declarations.

In this section:

When to submit a statement or declaration

Use the CA16 form to submit an application for either a:

  • highways statement – to protect your land against claims for rights of way
  • combined highways and landowner statement – to protect your land against claims for village green rights as well as rights of way
  • declaration

Before you send the CA16 form

You must make sure that your application is:

  • signed by every owner of the land to which the application relates, or by their duly authorised representative.
  • accompanied by a plan, showing the rights of way over the land, at a scale of not less than 1:10,560 (a map at 1:5,000 is acceptable as an example). It should show the boundary of the land to which the application relates (the extent of landownership) in coloured edging
  • accompanied by the appropriate fee
  • has a contact details – for example, an email address or phone number

Complete the form

You can find the CA16 form along with guidance on GOV.UK.

Landowner statements, highways statements and declarations form – GOV.UK

Send your completed application back to us by post or email.

Highway Development Control (Planning)
Luton Borough Council
Town Hall
George Street
Luton
Beds
LU1 2BQ 
Email:  Highwaydevelopment@luton.gov.uk

After you've completed the application

We'll check the application form and map against the definitive map and if any amendments need to be made we will contact the applicant. If no amendments are needed, we'll tell the applicant the date from which the deposit is effective and details of the deposit will be added to the "Statement and Declaration Register".

Applications are usually processed within six weeks. It is the landowner’s (or their successors in title) responsibility to ensure that they submit a declaration every 20 years to keep the deposit effective. We will not remind landowners when declarations need to be renewed.

The statement of truth in the application form places on the applicant the onus of getting facts correct. If the statement or map(s) in question contain a material error, then it could invalidate the application.