Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 79039

Unadopted Roads

Tabled: 10 October 2025
Answered: 16 October 2025

Question

Mr Andrew Snowden

Conservative — Fylde

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of trends in the level of unadopted roads on new housing developments due to developers.

Answer

Simon Lightwood
Following the publication of the Competition and Markets Authority’s Housebuilding Market Study in February 2024, the Department has noted a downward trend in road adoption rates across England, particularly in areas with new housing developments. In resp...
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