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 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.
This page contains key resources, such as reports and fact sheets, as well as TCPA news stories and blogs.
The New Towns programme
The TCPA was instrumental in shaping the UK’s most ambitious town building programme which led to the delivery of 32 New Towns.
Future New Towns
Health, hope and prosperity: a vision for healthy new towns
‘Health, hope and prosperity‘ presents the high-level preconditions necessary to create a healthy new town and highlights key lessons that need to inform future thinking.
Future New Towns
Our shared future
The TCPA’s white paper for homes and communities sets out the practical steps the government must take to unlock housing delivery. It complements the TCPA’s ongoing work on strategic housing delivery at all scales.
Future New Towns
The next generation of New Towns
This blog series from May – June 2025 reflects on the key lessons that must inform the creation and stewardship of the next generation of New Towns.
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.
New Towns Network
The TCPA New Towns Network brought together local authorities where the UK’s 32 New Towns are located to share experience through peer to peer learning and other activities.
Resources
21st Century New Towns
This pamphlet is designed to help communities build their own vision for a new town in their area.
Health, hope and prosperity: a vision for healthy new towns
A vision for the next generation of healthy new towns
News & Blog
How a study tour can boost inspiration and innovation
How do you create a real community? A community where residents feel pride in their neighbourhoods and can live healthy…
TCPA response: New Towns draft programme
Responding to the publication of the consultation on the New Towns Draft Programme, the Chief Executive of the Town & Country…
Announcing the TCPA’s Summer Conference 2026: Strategic Planning and Inclusive Growth
As the English Devolution Bill reaches its final report stage in the House of Lords this week, the TCPA is…
