New Towns
Commons · Question 102968 · Tabled 5 Jan 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · Official record
Answered 13 Jan 2026
Question
Asked by Blake Stephenson
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department plans to publish guidance for planning inspectors on how to approach local authorities which allocate housing sites later designated as new towns in emergi
Answer
Answered by Matthew Pennycook, 13 Jan 2026
In advance of the government confirming new town locations, local planning authorities for areas in which a new town may be located should continue with plan-making and continue to approach planning applications in these locations in a positive and proact...