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Help support our 2026 research on new towns (old and new). Can you go on a site visit or make a donation? www.transportfornewhomes.org.uk/new-towns-ol...
Help us visit new towns: old and new
What is being built in 2026? We want to find out. This year, we will focus on new towns, both proposed and already existing. What worked? What didn't? What can we tell about the locations selected for...
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🎂 Transport for New Homes is 10 years old in 2026. This blog post takes a look back at what we've achieved. www.transportfornewhomes.org.uk/ten-years-of...
Ten years of Transport for New Homes
In 2026, Transport for New Homes turns ten years old.
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January 22, 2026 at 6:57 AM
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Revamped website for @transportfornewhomes.org.uk - lots of research showing the gap between the good words in planning policy on sustainable transport and then what actually built on the ground: www.transportfornewhomes.org.uk
Transport for New Homes
Bringing transport and planning together
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January 14, 2026 at 8:53 AM
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Website had a refresh. Everything is still there, but should be easier to find. www.transportfornewhomes.org.uk
Transport for New Homes
Bringing transport and planning together
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January 13, 2026 at 2:08 PM
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Could you help us by going on a site visit this year? Sign up to be included in the first mail out. www.transportfornewhomes.org.uk/new-towns-ol...
Help us visit new towns: old and new
What is being built in 2026? We want to find out. This year, we will focus on new towns, both proposed and already existing. What worked? What didn't? What can we tell about the locations selected for...
www.transportfornewhomes.org.uk
January 13, 2026 at 11:16 AM
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Help support our 2026 research on new towns (old and new). Can you go on a site visit or make a donation? www.transportfornewhomes.org.uk/new-towns-ol...
Help us visit new towns: old and new
What is being built in 2026? We want to find out. This year, we will focus on new towns, both proposed and already existing. What worked? What didn't? What can we tell about the locations selected for...
www.transportfornewhomes.org.uk
January 12, 2026 at 2:52 PM
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In December, a consultation was launched on an updated version of the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF). You can find links to the draft text and the consultation on our website. www.transportfornewhomes.org.uk/2026-nationa...
2026 National Planning Policy Framework update
The government is consulting on an update to the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF). You need to get your comments in by 10 March 2026. Read the consultation draft text Respond to the ...
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January 9, 2026 at 12:53 PM
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The slides from presentations we've given at recent events can be found on our website. www.transportfornewhomes.org.uk/the-project/...
Presentations - Transport for New Homes
Presentations Transport for New Homes runs events aimed at bringing transport and planning together. On this page you can browse some of the presentations from our recent events. Tackling Car-dependen...
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December 17, 2025 at 10:54 AM
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NEW: 50+ transport and health groups have written to the Government calling for clear targets in the upcoming Cycling & Walking Investment Strategy 3, as well as a comprehensive plan for a national active travel network, matching the long-term strategic focus given to roads.
Active travel groups call for clear targets on walking and cycling in England Exclusive: Groups including British Cycling call for active travel strategy to be put on equal footing with road and rail Cycling & Walking Investment Strategy 3 (CWIS3) Dear Secretary of State, Active travel directly advances all five of the Government’s missions — improving health, creating opportunity, delivering safer streets, driving economic growth and meeting our decarbonisation commitments. To realise this potential, the forthcoming Cycling & Walking Investment Strategy 3 (CWIS3) must move from good intentions to a clear, long-term, fully deliverable national plan comparable to other strategic transport programmes. Currently, CWIS3’s proposed objectives, “ensuring people are safe to travel actively” and “ensuring people feel it is an easy choice”, are open to interpretation and not measurable. List of signatories
December 7, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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We agree! Good to see the NPPF taking transport into account, but don't forget the rest of what makes places work for everyone.
bettertransport.bsky.social Campaign for Better Transport @bettertransport.bsky.social · Nov 18
Here's our response to the government announcement that housing developments near railway stations will be given a ‘default yes’...
Aerial view of a suburban development site with a quote from Ben Plowden: “Updates to the National Planning Policy Framework which encourage more developments around existing and planned public transport networks are welcome, but we need to ensure that locations are not just selected on the vague and undefined basis of being “well-connected”. Developments need to be built next to good-quality, high-capacity, integrated public transport and walking, cycling and wheeling networks which are available to new residents from day one to be truly sustainable and avoid creating yet more car-dependent communities.”
November 18, 2025 at 11:02 AM
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Our appeal had its most successful day yet this week. Thank you to all who have contributed. You can still make donations to support our work here: actionnetwork.org/fundraising/...
October 14, 2025 at 11:32 AM
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The Active Travel Academy is hosting a free seminar on how the planning system deals with cycling on a strategic level. @transportfornewhomes.org.uk

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Cycling and the planning system to be discussed at seminar
The Active Travel Academy is hosting a free seminar on how the planning system deals with cycling on a strategic level. Guest speakers Jenny Raggett, Director
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October 14, 2025 at 5:26 AM
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Can you support our work with a donation?

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An appeal from Transport for New Homes - Transport for New Homes
Right now our work is more needed than ever.
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October 13, 2025 at 8:05 AM
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New blog post: Will ‘build, build, build’ put local planning at risk?

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Will ‘build, build, build’ put local planning at risk? - Transport for New Homes
Will developers be able to bypass local plan production?
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October 13, 2025 at 7:04 AM
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We're tracking the locations the government has shortlisted for new towns. www.transportfornewhomes.org.uk/new-towns-pr...
New towns programme - Transport for New Homes
The government set up a New Towns Taskforce in 2024 to begin work on finding sites for prospective new towns in England.
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October 1, 2025 at 3:25 PM
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Can you support our work with a donation? www.transportfornewhomes.org.uk/an-appeal-fr...
An appeal from Transport for New Homes - Transport for New Homes
Right now our work is more needed than ever.
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October 1, 2025 at 12:45 PM
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This blog post is one year old today. And still no sign of the promised station. Will the upcoming new towns be all vision, no reality too when it comes to transport? www.transportfornewhomes.org.uk/transit-orie...
Transit-oriented development built without the transit - Transport for New Homes
The curious case of the transit-led scheme that is missing the transit.
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September 30, 2025 at 11:09 AM
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12 sites recommended for new towns in England, with three (Tempsford, Crews Hill and Leeds Southbank) likely to be taken forward in the coming years. www.housingtoday.co.uk/news/three-n...
Three new town schemes to begin this parliament, promises housing secretary
Steve Reed's commitment comes as the government's taskforce reveals its 12 recommendations for new town locations
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September 30, 2025 at 8:07 AM
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Article highlights how important the work of @transportfornewhomes.org.uk &
@planningtransport.co.uk is.

It’s not ok for large new developments to be built without access to the basics these new communities need, including a corner shop, playground & community centre.
‘No shops, no schools’: homes in England built without basic amenities
Thousands of properties going up without access to playgrounds, community infrastructure and even doctors
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July 27, 2025 at 6:21 AM
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I'm quoted here for @transportfornewhomes.org.uk with nice things to say about the government new towns plan. But they've got to come through with building at a scale to support basic things like bus routes and a high street. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
‘We have to move’: historic village of Tempsford reels from plan to swell its 600 residents to 350,000
Bedfordshire village endured the Romans and the Danes – but can it survive housebuilders and a plan to turn it into a railway hub?
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July 27, 2025 at 5:29 AM
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Transport for New Homes needs to raise about £4,000 to get on a sustainable footing for the year ahead. It is a constant struggle to keep organisations like this from going under.
transportfornewhomes.org.uk Transport for New Homes @transportfornewhomes.org.uk · Jun 24
Donations keep us going. Thanks to our supporters who helped us produce the latest What is being built? report. Please consider a contribution to help us apply for more grant fundraising and keep our informative website online. actionnetwork.org/fundraising/...
Help keep Transport for New Homes going
Steve and Jenny are fundraising for Transport for New Homes. We thought we might have to close in December 2024, but we are happy to say we've managed to secure 50% of the grant funding we need to co...
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July 11, 2025 at 7:06 AM
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We are back at "high expectations". @transportfornewhomes.org.uk

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Chart shows "the mountainous landscape of opening a new station". There is hope at the beginning but a change of government can cause the process to restart.
July 8, 2025 at 9:29 AM
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Our @planningtransport.co.uk spoke to @theguardian.com about how car dependent housing is causing loneliness. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Britons lacking good public transport more likely to feel lonely, UK study finds
Research finds correlation between car dependency and loneliness, particularly in rural towns
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July 7, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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With a comment from me. @transportfornewhomes.org.uk
sfrost.bsky.social Stephen Frost @sfrost.bsky.social · Jul 6
Interesting new study from @smfthinktank.bsky.social finds a correlation between car dependency & loneliness, particularly in rural towns.

This might be due to there being “fewer ways to reach others” and space given to cars creating “barriers in what might have been walkable neighbourhoods.”
People lacking good public transport more likely to feel lonely, UK study finds
Research finds correlation between car dependancy and loneliness, particularly in rural towns
www.theguardian.com
July 6, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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We believe new housing should be built so that residents can walk, cycle and use public transport to go about their daily lives. Sign up to our newsletter to find out what we are doing to help make this a reality.
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July 4, 2025 at 9:28 AM
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🚨 We need your help! Our recent report was made possible thanks to the generous donations of our supporters. For the 2026 edition, we've introduced a new rewards scheme to recognise the vital part donors play in our research. Find out more and make a donation today: buff.ly/v37auXd
Image of houses, a path and a dog. The dog has a thought cloud coming from its head which says "finally, some places to get excited about!"
July 2, 2025 at 12:18 PM