The housing division will press forward with the following steps to construct 12 English new towns after a taskforce named areas that would add 300,000 properties.
Housing minister Steve Reed unveiled the record throughout his speech on the Labour Party convention in Liverpool on Sunday, which covers websites in Manchester, London and Devon by 2050.
He added that constructing work at three websites – Tempsford in Bedfordshire, Crews Hill in London and Leeds South Bank – would start earlier than the following election.
Reed mentioned: “I’m launching the following era of new towns taking the teachings from the post-war Labour authorities housing growth … mobilising the complete energy of the state to construct a new era of new towns and restore the dream of house possession to 1000’s of households throughout the nation.”
Reed wore a purple baseball cap, with the phrases ‘construct, child, constructed’ on the convention podium, which is quick changing into a mantra for the new housing secretary.
The dozen new towns ought to maintain “at the very least” 10,000 properties with an ambition for at least 40% inexpensive housing, and half of which will likely be for social hire.
The record was drawn up by the new towns taskforce, led by Sir Michael Lyons, which was commissioned by the federal government final September to select websites for growth.
The housing division mentioned the taskforce “has beneficial a mix of large-scale communities, together with city extensions, city regeneration, and standalone greenfield websites needs to be constructed”.
Reed added {that a} new towns unit will likely be established to progress growth. He provides that the unit will work with all departments and their companies to make sure new towns are a check mattress for innovation and to unblock obstacles to supply.
Building a dozen new towns may value as much as £48bn, in keeping with a May report by consultancy WPI Strategy.
A strategic environmental evaluation will likely be undertaken to know the environmental implications of growing new towns.
No ultimate selections on areas will likely be made till this evaluation concludes, “and most well-liked areas may change on account of the method,” mentioned the housing division.
It added: “The authorities will publish the draft proposals and ultimate SEA for session within the spring, earlier than confirming the areas that will likely be progressed as new towns quickly after.
“This will likely be alongside a full authorities response to the new towns taskforce’s report.”
The new properties taskforce estimates that the dozen beneficial areas may contribute “at the very least 300,000 new properties within the coming years”.
Labour’s new towns plan is a key a part of its goal to construct 1.5 million new properties by the following election.
Earlier this month, the House of Lords’ constructed atmosphere committee mentioned that Labour’s new city plan “urgently wants a transparent, participating imaginative and prescient that explains what these new towns are for, what they’re designed to realize and why they matter”.
The new properties taskforce’s 12 websites for growth:
A standalone settlement in Adlington, Cheshire East
A hall of related growth in South Gloucestershire, throughout Brabazon and the West Innovation Arc
An expanded growth bringing collectively Chase Park and Crews Hill in Enfield, London
Redevelopment of the previous airbase at Heyford Park in Cherwell
Further city growth in Leeds
Inner-city growth in Manchester, Victoria North
A standalone settlement in Marlcombe, East Devon
A ‘renewed city’ in Milton Keynes
Densified growth in Plymouth
A new settlement in Tempsford, Central Bedfordshire
A riverside settlement in Thamesmead, Greenwich, London
Expanded growth at Worcestershire Parkway, Wychavon
