Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 78586

New Towns

Tabled: 10 October 2025
Answered: 20 October 2025

Question

Lee Anderson

Reform UKAshfield

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how he plans to determine which proposed sites for new towns will go ahead.

Answer

Matthew Pennycook
On 28 September 2025, the government published the independent New Towns Taskforce report as well as its initial response to that report. Both can be found on gov.uk here.As set out in the initial government response, we warmly welcome all 12 of the locat...

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