Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 102968

New Towns

Tabled: 5 January 2026
Answered: 13 January 2026

Question

Blake Stephenson

ConservativeMid 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 Pennycook
In 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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