Unadopted Roads
Commons · Question 79039 · Tabled 10 Oct 2025 · Department for Transport · Official record
Answered 16 Oct 2025
Question
Asked by Andrew Snowden
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
Answered by Simon Lightwood, 16 Oct 2025
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...