NDM6635 - Member Debate under Standing Order 11.21(iv)
NDM6635 - Member Debate under Standing Order 11.21(iv)
NDM6635
David
Melding (South Wales Central
Supported by
To propose that
the National Assembly for Wales:
1. Notes the
number of roads in Wales which are unadopted, and are therefore not maintained
by the relevant local authority.
2. Notes that a number of
developers have not built roads on new estates to adoptable standards.
3. Recognises that there
are weaknesses in the house-buying process, which does not always ensure that
buyers have sufficient financial retentions in place to bring these roads up to
the local authority's adoptable standard.
4. Recognises that house
buyers are often faced with having to invest significant sums of money in order
to bring roads up to the local authority's adoptable standard.
5. Notes that many of
these roads remain unadopted and in a bad state of repair, for a number of
years, sometimes in perpetuity.
6. Calls on the Welsh
Government to establish a taskforce, to include local authorities, the legal
profession, developers and other key stakeholders, with a view to developing
improvements to the house buying and road adoption process.
7. Seeks to develop a
Wales-wide programme to deliver a reduction in the number of unadopted roads in
Wales.
Business type: Debate
Reason considered: Senedd Business;
Status: Complete
First published: 14/02/2018
Decision due: 14 Feb 2018 by Plenary - Fifth Senedd