I have received an update today on the status of the Home Farm road and sewer adoption process that Barratt Homes and Taylor Wimpey have been investigating so that they can complete the necessary work to finish off Stevensons Road and Duddle Drive for final adoption by the Highways Authority. Here is the letter from Claire Preece.
Thank you for your email dated 26th May and please accept my apologies for the delay in response as I have been away from my desk. Yesterday I spoke with our Technical Director, Mr Hadfield and am now able to advise the following:-
We have made significant progress by agreeing the Adoption process for the roads and sewers with the Local Authority and Anglian Water respectively. I understand the roads and sewers have been fully inspected, and corresponding quotations for the necessary remedial works have been approved. At this point in time, responsibility for the remedial works still lies with the Administrators for Cofton and we are unable to proceed as we are not owners of the land. However, I am advised permission is being sought from the landowner and currently awaiting their response. As soon as permission is received, we can commence the remedial works and would envisage this will equate to approximately 3 weeks for the sewers and 4/5 weeks for the roads. I am also advised further updates will be posted on the Residents Association website.
Once again, I apologise for the delay in my response and very much hope the works will commence very shortly.
Kind regards,
Claire Preece
Customer Service Executive
Barratt Homes Northampton
(A trading name of BDW Trading Limited)
January 9, 2012 at 11:26 am
[...] There has been no significant progress to report on the road adoption issues over the last 2-3 months. Many Home Farm residents have made repeated attempts to contact Barratt Homes and Taylor Wimpey and in every case there has been no response from the developers. Some residents have used their solicitors and are still awaiting a response promised for earlyDec 2011. As far as we know the situation remains unchanged from that reported back in June 2011. [...]