Question follow-through · 112780
Unadopted Roads
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.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Transport
- Tabled
- 11 Feb 2026
- Target answer date
- 23 Feb 2026
- Answer
- 25 Feb 2026 · 14 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading · 10 Sept 2026
- Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 · 8 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
11 Feb 2026
Question tabled
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.
23 Feb 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
25 Feb 2026
Answer published
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...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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