Source · Select Committees · Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee
Recommendation 25
25
Accepted
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 Summary
The government states that the Taskforce has prioritised sites where housing can be delivered quickly, reflecting the urgent need for housing.
Government Response
Accepted
HM Government
Accepted
65. As set out in the New Towns Taskforce’s report, the Taskforce has prioritised sites where housing can be delivered quickly to reflect the urgent need for housing and with high quality placemaking standards. New towns are necessarily long-term projects which should continue to grow over decades to come, but Government is determined to begin work as soon as possible, with spades in the ground on at least three new towns in this Parliament.