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Housing: Construction

Commons · Question 5682 · Tabled 12 Sep 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · Official record

Answered 11 Oct 2024

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Asked by David Simmonds

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what representations her Department has received on the potential impact of (a) 50% new town and (b) 40% Green Belt affordable quotas on the viability of building 1.5 million hom

Answer

Answered by Matthew Pennycook, 11 Oct 2024

The Government has launched an independent New Towns Taskforce to identify and recommend locations for large-scale new communities containing at least 10,000 homes each. The Taskforce’s terms of reference include advising on a ‘New Towns Prospectus’ - sta...