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New Towns

Commons · Question 14046 · Tabled 29 Jun 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · Official record

Answered 20 Jul 2026

Question

Asked by Blake Stephenson

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, for what reason a) Stotfold Garden Village, b) Tempsford and c) Milton Keynes scored differently for Objective 2 of the New Towns Programme methodology.

Answer

Answered by Matthew Pennycook, 20 Jul 2026

Building on the work of the independent New Towns Taskforce, my Department carried out its own assessment of potential locations for new towns. The full methodology and outcome of this assessment can be found at Annex C of the New Town Draft Programme whi...