Written questions

Property Development: Infrastructure

Commons · Question 29180 · Tabled 11 Sep 2026 · Department for Transport · Official record

Answered 21 Sep 2026

Question

Asked by Matt Vickers

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of protections available to homeowners where a developer leaves a new-build housing development before roads, pavements and other agreed infrastructure have been com

Answer

Answered by Justin Madders, 21 Sep 2026

The Government recognises concerns where developers leave housing developments before roads, pavements or other agreed infrastructure have been completed. Under section 38 of the Highways Act 1980, developers may enter into agreements with local highway a...