questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the support of the local authority is a necessary condition of a proposed development being part of the Government’s new towns programme.
answerText: Local authority support is not a condition of a proposed development being part of the new towns programme.As per Annex C: Locations Methodology of the New Towns Draft Programme consultation, which can be found on gov.uk here, sub-criteria and guidance in...
heading: New Towns: Local Government