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Building new towns for the future. Interim update
Publication Year
2025
Document Status
Current
Abstract
Comprises an interim update from the New Towns Taskforce on the new towns programme. Looks at: the case for new towns - creating thriving communities; the aims of the new towns programme; lessons learned from previous programmes; what the next generation of new towns will do; and the next steps involving phase two of the Taskforce's work.
Document History
First published: 13 February 2025.
Publisher Information
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government is a UK Government ministerial department with responsibility for several policy areas including building regulation, community integration, economic development in coastal and seaside areas, energy efficiency in buildings, high streets and town centres, housing, local enterprise partnerships (LEPs) and Enterprise Zones, localism, planning reform and the planning system. They were previously known as the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, MHCLG, Department for Communities and Local Government, the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, and the Department for Transport and Local Government.
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