Housing: Norfolk
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of building a new settlement in Norfolk.
Answered by Matthew Pennycook
This government’s New Towns Programme will include large-scale new communities built on greenfield land and separated from other nearby settlements, but also a larger number of urban extensions and urban regeneration schemes that will work with the grain of development in any given area.
The New Towns Taskforce will advise ministers on appropriate locations for our next generation of new towns. It will deliver a final shortlist of recommendations within 12 months, but will have the freedom to share conclusions in respect of specific sites earlier if beneficial to the government’s housebuilding drive.
On 4th November, the New Towns Taskforce launched a call for evidence to explore opportunities for large developments. This call for evidence will be open until Friday 13 December 2024.
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