Select Committee · Built Environment Committee

New Towns: Creating Communities

Status: Open Opened: 27 Oct 2025 1 report

Reports

1 report
Title HC No. Published Items Response
3rd Report - New Towns: Creating Communities 26 Mar 2026 0 Responded

Oral evidence sessions

7 sessions
Date Witnesses
21 Jan 2026 Lise-Anne Boissiere · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, The Rt Hon Steve Reed OBE MP · Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs View ↗
9 Dec 2025 Brett Leahy · Enfield Council, Niall Bolger · Belport View ↗
2 Dec 2025 Amanprit Arnold · Disability Urbanism, Councillor Holly Bruce · Scottish Green Party, Dinah Bornat · ZCD Architects View ↗
25 Nov 2025 Julia Thrift · Town and Country Planning Association, Professor Rachel Sara · Birmingham School of Architecture, Professor Susan Parham · University of Hertfordshire Urbanism Unit View ↗
18 Nov 2025 Kevin McGeough · Ebbsfleet Development Corporation, Paula Bond · Northstowe Arts, Rhiannon Corcoran · University of Liverpool View ↗
11 Nov 2025 Ben Pentreath · Ben Pentreath Ltd, Edwin Heathcote · Financial Times, Lucy Musgrove OBE · Publica, Phineas Harper, Will Cousins · Pooleyville View ↗
4 Nov 2025 Catherine Williams · The Home Builders Federation (HBF), Daisy Narayanan MBE · The Crown Estate, Paul Augarde · Augarde & Partners View ↗

Who gave evidence

21 witnesses
WitnessOrganisationSessions
Amanprit Arnold · Founder and Director Disability Urbanism 1
Ben Pentreath · Founder Ben Pentreath Ltd 1
Brett Leahy · Executive Director for Environment and Communities Enfield Council 1
Catherine Williams · Planning Director The Home Builders Federation (HBF) 1
Councillor Holly Bruce · Councillor for Langside Ward at Glasgow City Coun… Scottish Green Party 1
Daisy Narayanan MBE · Public Realm Director The Crown Estate 1
Dinah Bornat · co-director ZCD Architects 1
Edwin Heathcote · Architecture and Design Critic Financial Times 1
Julia Thrift · Director of Healthier Place-making Town and Country Planning Association 1
Kevin McGeough · Head of Strategy and Placemaking Ebbsfleet Development Corporation 1
Lise-Anne Boissiere · Co-Director for New Towns, Infrastructure and Hou… Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government 1
Lucy Musgrove OBE · Founding Director Publica 1
Niall Bolger · consultant and non-exec director Belport 1
Paul Augarde · Director Augarde & Partners 1
Paula Bond · Head Northstowe Arts 1
Phineas Harper 1
Professor Rachel Sara · Oscar Naddermier Professor of Architecture Birmingham School of Architecture 1
Professor Susan Parham · Director University of Hertfordshire Urbanism Unit 1
Rhiannon Corcoran · Professor of Psychology and Public Mental Health University of Liverpool 1
The Rt Hon Steve Reed OBE MP · Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rura… Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 1
Will Cousins · Partner Pooleyville 1