questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he plans to review the processes for adoption of (a) roads and (b) common areas on estates where the developer has become insolvent.
answerText: Decisions on whether or not to adopt roads is a matter for the relevant local highway authority. Land may become ‘ownerless’ where a developer has become insolvent. The Law Commission announced on 4 September 2025 that they will undertake a project on own...
heading: Property Development: Insolvency