New Towns consultation

Published On: 8th April 2026

On 23rd March 2026 the Government issued a consultation on the New Towns draft programme, including Crews Hill and Chase Park in LB Enfield and Thamesmead in LB Greenwich. The consultation ends on 19th May 2026.

Consultations were commenced also on fees for planning applications, the types of applications that may have to be referred to the Secretary of State and a policy paper on the implementation proposals for streamlining infrastructure planning.

In a blog by the lawyer Nicola Gooch of Birketts, links to those announcements are given, plus comment on them.

Share This Article

All Tags

Joanna Averley

Chief Planning Officer’s newsletter

The latest newsletter by Chief Planner of MHCLG, Joanna Averley, was published to local authorities’ planning officers on 18th August ...

Neighbourhood planning

Grants available for local projects

The London Friends of Green Spaces Network has published a seven page document on the availability of grants for local ...

PIL 138 front

Planning in London, Issue 138, Jul-Sep 2026

Issue 138 of Planning in London, the journal of the London Planning and Development Forum, has been published, covering the ...

Featured Pages