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New Towns

Asked by Blake StephensonConservativeMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled Answered 13 January 2026UIN 102968

The question

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 emerging local plans.

Answered by Matthew Pennycook

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 proactive manner.

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