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New Town Development Corporations

Commons · Question 75752 · Tabled 8 Sep 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · Official record

Answered 19 Sep 2025

Question

Asked by Blake Stephenson

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will require New Towns Development Corporations to produce a design code for new towns.

Answer

Answered by Matthew Pennycook, 19 Sep 2025

The government has been clear that the next generation of new towns must be well-connected, well-designed, sustainable, and attractive places where people want to live and have all the infrastructure, amenities, and services necessary to sustain thriving ...