How should the new generation of new towns differ from previous generations?

• Millie Mitchell, Researcher at the Institute for Government (IfG)
• Dr Maya Singer Hobbs, Senior Research Fellow at the Institute for Public PolicyResearch (IPPR)
• Ike Ijeh, Head of Housing, Architecture & Urban Space at Policy Exchange.

This session, which is open to the public, will be held in Committee Room 4 of the House of Lords and streamed live on Parliament TV.  

Topics likely to be covered in this session include:

• The role that central government should play in the delivery of new and expanded settlements.
• The barriers within central government that could disrupt the delivery of new towns.
• How the Government can improve how proposals for new towns are perceived by the public and reduce local objections.
• The opportunities the new towns programme provides for cross-departmental working in pursuit of the Government’s wider policy goals, such as net zero and its innovation and growth agendas.
• How far new towns are likely to contribute to the Government’s current target of 1.5 million new homes by the end of the Parliament.
• Who should choose the location and size of individual towns and expansions.
• Whether central government should require new towns to be distributed evenly across the regions.

Last month the committee published a call for evidence. This will remain open until 00:01 on 12 May 2025. The committee welcomes and encourages submissions from all sections of society.