Over the past ten years, the TCPA has been exploring the unique story of the New Towns; celebrating their opportunities and reflecting on their challenges in order to learn for their future growth and renewal, and to inform the creation of new places.
The New Towns programme, with its three phases between 1946 and 1970, was the most ambitious town building programme ever undertaken in the United Kingdom. Alongside legislation in Scotland and Northern Ireland, the New Towns Act 1946 led to the delivery of 32 New Towns across the UK. These towns are now home to around 2.8 million people.
Alongside researching the history and current state of the New Towns, the TCPA is campaigning for a Modernised New Towns Act, runs a local authority New Towns Network and provides secretariat for an All-Party Parliamentary Group on New Towns.
Become a member
Join our community of members to access our archive of recordings from past climate related webinars and workshops and receive discounts on future events.
New Towns Network
The TCPA New Towns Network brings together local authorities where the UK’s 32 New Towns are located to share experience through peer to peer learning and other activities
New Towns APPG
The TCPA is the secretariat for the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on New Towns, which has been set up to celebrate the contribution made by the UK’s and to highlight the challenges they face.
Research
Our research explores what experience of delivering new communities from across the UK and beyond can teach us about New Towns today
Lessons from the TCPA’s New Towns Network
A new future for New Towns
This guidance provides an overview of some of the key lessons from the last decade of work, alongside the TCPA’s latest research into the current state of the New Towns and opportunities for their growth and renewal.
Resources
News & Blog
New Towns Taskforce: a unique opportunity to deliver healthy communities
The government’s recently announced New Towns Taskforce has a unique opportunity not only to explore lasting solutions to the housing…
TCPA response to the Government’s announcement about the expert taskforce on a new generation of New Towns
In response to the Government’s announcement today [Wednesday 31 July] about the expert taskforce on a new generation of New…
TCPA Study Tour: Welcome to Cornwall (Kernow a’gas dynergh)
The TCPA study tour visited three new developments in Cornwall that are creating sustainable, people-centred communities.
