Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the Government plans to update the Highways Act (1980) to support the delivery of news homes, including the Wychavon Town development in Worcestershire.

The Department is undertaking a dedicated research project examining the current road adoption landscape in England, collating evidence from local highway authorities and stakeholders, and assessing options to streamline processes and improve outcomes. Findings from this work will inform any future policy or legislative considerations. We will consider the implications of the project’s conclusions for developments such as Wychavon in due course and will set out next steps once the research is complete.