Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 69457

New Towns: Construction

Tabled: 21 July 2025
Answered: 3 September 2025

Question

Blake Stephenson

Conservative — Mid Bedfordshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of delivery timescales for New Towns Development Corporations on the ability of those corporations to build beautiful house

Answer

Matthew Pennycook
Development corporations are well placed to achieve significant volumes of housebuilding at the same time as delivering high-quality and well-designed homes and neighbourhoods.