Housing Minister Dominic Raab MP

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New powers for councils to deliver homes for local families

Councils will receive new powers to help them deliver the homes their communities need under proposed regulations published this week by Housing Minister Dominic Raab MP.

Under new rules, councils will be able to seek government’s approval to launch a New Town Development Corporation, which will be responsible for delivering new towns and garden communities in their area.

The new bodies themselves will be responsible for master planning and project development, bringing on board private investment, partnering with developers and overseeing the completion of a new town or garden village with each expected to deliver tens of thousands of new homes.

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