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
Resources
Stage 1: An Introduction to the UKโs New Towns and Garden Cities
Telling the story of the Garden Cities and New Towns movement and includes a set of โfive-minute fact sheetsโ on each of the New Towns.
New Towns Act 2015?
In February 2014 the TCPA published a landmark document into how the UK can deliver the beautiful, inclusive and sustainable communities of the future.
News & Blog
โPeople take pride in East Kilbrideโ
What lessons can we learn from New Towns? Charlotte Llewellyn shares reflections from the APPG on New Towns conference in…
Press Release: New Towns APPG Reinstated
‘New Towns are special placesโ: Housing Minister welcomes cross-party Group set to explore a healthy future for the UKโs New Towns Marking the start of…