Response to Built Environment Select Committee New Towns: Practical Delivery Inquiry

Environmental Sustainability Consultation closed 22/05/25

Response to Built Environment Select Committee New Towns: Practical Delivery Inquiry

David Barnes
David Barnes

Head of Policy and Public Affairs UK

Last updated: 22nd May 2025

CIOB responded to the Built Environment Select Committee's inquiry into New Towns: Practical Delivery. The inquiry sought to discover whether new towns and expanded settlements are an effective means of delivering housing and, if so, how to ensure they are successful.

We submitted written evidence, which can be downloaded below. Since submitting, the Committee has published its final report entitled New Towns: Laying the Foundations.

CIOB evidence featured in the final report, under A sense of place, where we focused on MMC.