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New Towns

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 emergi

answeredMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

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Answering body
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Tabled
5 Jan 2026
Target answer date
7 Jan 2026
Answer
13 Jan 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 5 Jan 2026

    Question tabled

    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 emergi

  2. 7 Jan 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 13 Jan 2026

    Answer published

    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 proact...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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