- Published date:
- 18 May 2026
We have responded to MHCLG’s consultation on the New Towns Draft Programme, strongly supporting the Government’s ambition to deliver a new generation of well-designed, sustainable New Towns and recognising the important role they can play in addressing the UK’s long-term housing and growth challenges.
Our response welcomes the emphasis on placemaking, stewardship, infrastructure and environmental quality, and agrees that successful New Towns must be planned as genuinely mixed and sustainable communities where homes, jobs, transport, social infrastructure and community facilities are delivered together from the outset.
The response also highlights the importance of ensuring that ambitious policy objectives around affordable housing, environmental standards and infrastructure delivery are grounded in realistic assessments of viability and deliverability, alongside greater clarity on delivery models, infrastructure funding, land assembly and the operation of the proposed planning framework.
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