Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 102968
New Towns
Tabled: 5 January 2026
Answered: 13 January 2026
Question
Blake Stephenson
Conservative — Mid Bedfordshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department plans to publish guidance for planning inspectors on how to approach local authorities which allocate housing sites later designated as new towns in emergi
Answer
Matthew PennycookIn advance of the government confirming new town locations, local planning authorities for areas in which a new town may be located should continue with plan-making and continue to approach planning applications in these locations in a positive and proact...
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