Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 110506

New Towns: East of England

Tabled: 3 February 2026
Answered: 9 February 2026
Named Day

Question

Nick Timothy

ConservativeWest Suffolk

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what plans he has to establish a development corporation in support of construction related to the Forest City 1 plan to build a city of a million people between Newmarket and Ha

Answer

Matthew Pennycook
The government has no current plans to establish a development corporation in support of construction related to the Forest City 1 proposal.