New Towns: Practical Delivery

Built Environment Committee Closed Inquiry
Opened: 19 Mar 2025 Closed: 10 Jun 2026 Parliament page
The report New Towns: Laying the Foundations was published 25 October 2025. The Government response was published 28 January 2026 and the report was debated 10 June 2026.
1 Report
11 Oral sessions
2 Letters
13 Events
Activity timeline 17 events
21 May
2026
Correspondence
28 Jan
2026
Report published
25 Oct
2025
Report published
17 Jul
2025
Oral evidence
8 Jul
2025
Oral evidence
1 Jul
2025
Oral evidence
17 Jun
2025
Oral evidence
10 Jun
2025
Oral evidence
3 Jun
2025
Oral evidence
28 May
2025
Correspondence
20 May
2025
Oral evidence
13 May
2025
Oral evidence
Oral evidence sessions 11 sessions
17 Jul 2025
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Built Environment Committee
Joanna Key · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Lise-Anne Boissiere · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government Matthew Pennycook MP · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
8 Jul 2025
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Oral Evidence Session
Dr Hugh Ellis · Town and Country Planning Association Paul Thomas · Milton Keynes City Council Tom Chance · Community Land Trust Network
1 Jul 2025
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Public session
Ian Woodcroft · Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) Robbie Calvert · Royal Town Planning Institute
17 Jun 2025
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Built Environment Committee
Anne Ogundiya · Beyond the Red Line Kathryn Firth · Arup Katja Stille · Tibbalds
10 Jun 2025
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Public session
Maurice Lange · Centre for Cities Steve Quartermain CBE Vincent Goodstadt
3 Jun 2025
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Public session
Caroline Foster · Urban & Civic PLC Charlotte Neal · Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors Melanie Leech CBE · British Property Federation (BPF)
20 May 2025
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Public session
Dr Edward Shepherd · Cardiff University Kathryn Jump · Shoosmiths Miles Gibson
13 May 2025
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Oral Evidence Session
Elizabeth Bundred Woodward · Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE) Kane Emerson · YIMBY Alliance Professor John Sturzaker · University of Hertfordshire
6 May 2025
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Built Environment Committee
David Lunts · Old Oak Park Royal Development Corporation (OPDC) Paul Richards · Stockport Mayoral Development Corporation
29 Apr 2025
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Built Environment Committee
Dr Maya Singer Hobbs · The Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) Ike Ijeh · Policy Exchange Millie Mitchell · The Institute for Government (IfG)
22 Apr 2025
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Dr Susan Priest · District Councils' Network (DCN) Professor Tony Travers · London School of Economics Stephen Kelly · Greater Cambridge Shared Planning
Title HC No. Published Items Response
2nd Report - New Towns: Laying the Foundations 25 Oct 2025 0 Responded
Correspondence 2 letters
21 May 2026 To committee New Towns Laying the Foundations - Letter from Lord Gascoigne to Matthew Pennycook MP, Minister of State for Housing and Planning
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28 May 2025 To committee Letter from Dr Susan Priest to Lord Gascoigne, Chairman of the Built Environment Committee, 1 May
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