Over 100 proposals have been advanced, reflecting local areas and house builders’ ambition to get on board to build the next generation of new towns.
London, the south east, south west, and east of England received the largest number of submissions, but multiple proposals were received from every region of England.
The majority of the sites submitted were urban extensions to existing towns or cities, with a smaller number of proposals for new standalone settlements.
Every new town will have the potential to deliver 10,000 homes or more.
The Government also claimed 20,000 new homes have now successfully been unblocked by the government’s ‘New Homes Accelerator’ programme.
This deploys planning expertise to speed up the delivery of housing sites held by unnecessary delays.
New Homes Accelerator successes
- Over 1,000 homes unlocked at Cowley Hill in Liverpool, where an agreement has been reached with the Environment Agency to withdraw objections on both flood risk and biodiversity grounds, subject to planning.
- At Wolborough in Devon, the Accelerator has worked with Natural England to help accelerate this development, whilst ensuring environmental improvements are secured. On top of the 1,100 homes the site is injecting £1.75m towards off-site pedestrian and cycle improvements, playing pitches, bus services and a local travel plan.
House builders and local councils have put forward over 350 housing development sites stuck in the system under the previous government – that together could unlock around 700,000 new homes.
Around a quarter of sites submitted are already under Government scrutiny.
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