Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 93981

Housing: Roads

Tabled: 24 November 2025

Answered: 1 December 2025

Question

Lola McEvoy

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to support local authorities to (a) impose penalties on developers who fail to complete adoptable highway works within agreed timescales and (

Answer

Matthew Pennycook

Local planning authorities already have a wide range of enforcement powers, with strong penalties for non-compliance. Where a local planning authority thinks that a condition imposed on a planning permission has not been met, they can serve a breach of co...

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