Unadopted Private Road example - advice/clarification please

[PealRinger]

Here’s a new development of a few houses and an unadopted ‘private road’ that needs mapping:

Waze
https://www.waze.com/editor/?lon=-1.1734&lat=50.82681&zoom=7&layers=901&env=row

Streetview
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@50.826907,-1.172874,3a,75y,264.2h,77.01t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1s-nswD1YOEUZqY1QK0EBf0A!2e0

Should this be classified as a ‘street’, ‘service street’ or ‘private road’?
I realise there’s no impact on routing as it’s a dead-end but I want to be as consistent as possible.

I couldn’t find a definitive answer but the best advice I’ve found was by David Knight on a recent post:

@dknight212

Be careful about private roads - it doesn’t necessarily have anything to do with the ownership of the road but with the right to use it. A privately owned (non-adopted) road may provide access to all users and need not be marked as such. A publicly owned road may be “access only” and so should be marked as private.

…so ‘street’ then?

[biccies]

I’d draw it as a private road to match the signage.

[andytb]

It’s a cul-de-sac - it’ll only ever be used as a start or finish point so is fine as a street.

[leocylau]

It’s OK to use ‘street’ or ‘private’. There is basically no differences in term of navigation in this case. Personally I prefer to use ‘street’. Don’t ask me why. Maybe just a mood recently. If you ask me next year, I may say ‘private’ :mrgreen: .

Well, it’s better to give some reasons.

1. It’s private road but everyone can access to it anyway.
2. It has its official street name, ‘Hardy Close’.

[PealRinger]

Thanks all - yes I’m leaning towards Street so
Street 3 Private Road 1

The general view seems to be to leave it as Street unless you need to restrict access for some reason.
“If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it!”.