New Towns: Local Government
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the support of the local authority is a necessary condition of a proposed development being part of the Government’s new towns programme.
Answered by Matthew Pennycook
Local authority support is not a condition of a proposed development being part of the new towns programme.
As per Annex C: Locations Methodology of the New Towns Draft Programme consultation, which can be found on gov.uk here, sub-criteria and guidance in respect of programme objective 4 makes clear that locations should have the backing of either a local authority, a Mayoral Combined Authority, and/or a developer.
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