New Towns: Finance
Commons · Question 64220 · Tabled 1 Jul 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · Official record
Answered 9 Jul 2025
Question
Asked by Blake Stephenson
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether local authorities will be required to provide funding towards infrastructure for New Towns.
Answer
Answered by Matthew Pennycook, 9 Jul 2025
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 ...