New towns will be built in seven locations across England, ministers have announced.
The sites are part of Labour’s pledge to build 1.5million homes over the course of this Parliament.
Each development is proposed to provide at least 10,000 homes, with some delivering more than 40,000.
According to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, the neighbourhoods will have vibrant high streets, green spaces and residents will be able to get around without a car.
The seven locations are Tempsford, Bedfordshire; Leeds’ South Bank; Crews Hill and Chase Park in north London; Manchester’s Victoria North; Thamesmead, south-east London; Brabazon, south Gloucestershire and Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire.
Proposed names for the towns include Elizabethtown (after the late Queen), Pankhurst (for suffragette Emmeline Pankhurst), Attleeton (after former Prime Minister Clement Attlee), Athelstan (the first king of England) and Seacole (for nurse Mary Seacole).
Housing Secretary Steve Reed said the neighbourhoods will have vibrant high streets, green spaces and residents will be able to get around without a car
Housing Secretary Steve Reed said: ‘People want real change – homes they can afford, infrastructure that works and good jobs in thriving communities.
‘Our next generation of new towns marks a turning point in how we build for the future. We’re planning whole communities with homes, jobs, transport links and green spaces designed together – so we can give families the security and opportunities they deserve.’
The Government considered six other areas – Adlington, Cheshire; Heyford Park, Oxfordshire; Marlcombe, Devon; Plymouth; South Barking, east London and Wychavon Town, Worcestershire – but they will not be taken forward.
