At 10.45am on Tuesday 29 April, the House of Lords Built
Environment Committee, as part of its inquiry on new towns and
expanded settlements, will hear evidence from:
- 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.
