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Unadopted Roads

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what guidance her Department has issued to local authorities on whether a road in a new build development should be adopted by a local authority.

answeredDepartment for Transport

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Answering body
Department for Transport
Tabled
10 Mar 2025
Target answer date
12 Mar 2025
Answer
12 Mar 2025 · 2 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 10 Mar 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what guidance her Department has issued to local authorities on whether a road in a new build development should be adopted by a local authority.

  2. 12 Mar 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 12 Mar 2025

    Answer published

    Any decision on whether or not to adopt roads of this sort is a matter for the local highway authority. The Department has published guidance on gov.uk on Highways Adoption: The Adoption of Roads into the Public Highway, which was last updated in August 2...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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