Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 75752

New Town Development Corporations

Tabled: 8 September 2025
Answered: 19 September 2025

Question

Blake Stephenson

ConservativeMid Bedfordshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will require New Towns Development Corporations to produce a design code for new towns.

Answer

Matthew Pennycook
The government has been clear that the next generation of new towns must be well-connected, well-designed, sustainable, and attractive places where people want to live and have all the infrastructure, amenities, and services necessary to sustain thriving ...

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