Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 112780

Unadopted Roads

Tabled: 11 February 2026
Answered: 25 February 2026

Question

Alex Mayer

LabourDunstable and Leighton Buzzard

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent estimate she has made of the average length of time taken by local authorities to adopt roads serving new housing developments.

Answer

Simon Lightwood
The time taken for local authorities to adopt roads on new housing developments varies significantly across the country, as each authority follows its own processes and timelines. The Government recognises that road adoption rates for new developments ha...

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