Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 35943

New Towns: Planning Permission

Tabled: 5 March 2025
Answered: 13 March 2025

Question

Gideon Amos

Liberal DemocratTaunton and Wellington

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of giving the final decision on planning decisions for a new town to local authorities.

Answer

Matthew Pennycook
The government has tasked the New Towns Taskforce, an independent expert advisory panel chaired by Sir Michael Lyons, with developing recommendations to ministers on suitable locations for new towns, as well as how to fund and deliver them. The Taskforce ...

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