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Locally-Led Development Corporations

The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities is establishing locally-led Development Corporations to deliver major housing and growth projects, with Greater Cambridge as an initial focus. These corporations will have land assembly powers and comprehensive planning authority similar to 20th-century new towns, though funding mechanisms and the broader New Towns programme remain under development. The model aims to accelerate housing delivery and support levelling-up objectives.

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2026

6 events
24 Apr 2026 | Written question Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government linked

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that new towns are built with adequate mobile connectivity infrastructure.

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that new towns are built with adequate mobile connectivity infrastructure.

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23 Mar 2026 | Announcement Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government linked

Large-Scale New Communities

UIN: HCWS1432 The 1946 New Towns Act was a response to the urgent need to alleviate housing shortages and urban overcrowding in a war-ravaged Britain. The acute and entrenched housing crisis that afflicts England today has far different causes, but …

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4 Feb 2026 | Announcement Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government linked

Consultation on establishing a centrally-led Development Corporation to deliver nationally significant growth in Greater Cambridge

UIN: HCWS1305 I am today setting out the next steps the government is taking to unleash ambitious and high-quality sustainable growth in Greater Cambridge as part of our plans to supercharge growth in the Oxford-Cambridge corridor. The economic growth of …

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4 Feb 2026 | Announcement Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government linked

Consultation on establishing a centrally-led Development Corporation to deliver nationally significant growth in Greater Cambridge

UIN: HLWS1306 My Honourable Friend the Minister of State for Housing and Planning (Matthew Pennycook MP) has today made the following statement:I am today setting out the next steps the government is taking to unleash ambitious and high-quality sustainable growth …

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2025

5 events
23 Oct 2025 | Announcement Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government linked

Greater Cambridge: Sustainable Growth

UIN: HLWS988 My Honourable Friend the Minister of State for Housing and Planning (Matthew Pennycook MP) has today made the following statement:Today, I set out further steps the government is taking to realise the full potential of Greater Cambridge as …

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13 Oct 2025 | Announcement Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government linked

A New Generation of New Towns

UIN: HLWS946 My Honourable Friend the Minister of State for Housing and Planning (Matthew Pennycook MP) has today made the following statement:One of the first actions this government took upon assuming office was to establish an independent expert advisory panel, …

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2024

8 events
31 Oct 2024 | Announcement Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government linked

Realising the Full Potential of Greater Cambridge

UIN: HLWS179 My Honourable Friend the Minister of State for Housing and Planning (Matthew Pennycook MP) has today made the following statement:I am today updating the House on the next steps the government intends to take, in collaboration with local …

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31 Oct 2024 | Announcement Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government linked

Realising the Full Potential of Greater Cambridge

UIN: HCWS181 I am today updating the House on the next steps the government intends to take, in collaboration with local partners, to support ambitious and high-quality sustainable growth in Cambridge and its environs.Sustained economic growth is the only route …

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8 Oct 2024 | Announcement Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government linked

New Towns

UIN: HLWS110 My Honourable Friend the Minister of State for Housing and Planning (Matthew Pennycook MP) has today made the following statement:The Government’s vision for a new generation of new townsThe post-war New Towns programme was the most ambitious town-buildin...

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2022

4 events
8 Dec 2022 | Announcement Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities linked

Devolution in England

UIN: HLWS414 My Right Honourable friend the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities and Minister for Intergovernmental Relations (The Rt Hon. Michael Gove MP) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement:The Levelling Up White Paper set ou...

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31 Aug 2022 | Consultation outcome Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government linked

​Development corporation reform: technical consultation — outcome published

This consultation seeks views on the effectiveness of the legislation governing development corporations.

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7 Mar 2022 | Policy paper Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities linked

Towns and cities: local power is the path to recovery - government response to the House of Lords COVID-19 Committee’s report

A response by the government to the House of Lords COVID-19 Committee’s report "Towns and Cities: Local Power is the Path to Recovery"

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2020

1 event
18 Jan 2020 | Consultation outcome Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government linked

​Development corporation reform: technical consultation — consultation closed

This consultation seeks views on the effectiveness of the legislation governing development corporations.

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2019

1 event
26 Oct 2019 | Consultation outcome Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government linked

​Development corporation reform: technical consultation — consultation opened

This consultation seeks views on the effectiveness of the legislation governing development corporations.

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2018

2 events

2017

1 event

2015

2 events