Source · Select Committees · Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee
Recommendation 25
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Current New Towns plan lacks ambition to meet Government's housing supply targets.
Conclusion
The Ministry is right to prioritise New Towns which have the greatest potential to boost housing supply in the short-term, but its plan to “get spades in the ground on at least three new towns in this Parliament” does not match the scale of the Government’s housebuilding ambition. The New Towns programme can and must make a contribution towards increasing housing supply during this Parliament. (Conclusion, Paragraph 116)
Government Response
A response document is linked to this report, dated 20 March 2026. Response attribution to this conclusion has not been verified. Read the response document ↗