Planning for the Future: New Towns, New Cities and New Villages

A LCN Planning webinar exploring 'Planning for the Future: New Towns, New Cities and New Villages'

This webinar explores what the next generation of new towns, cities and villages should look like. We’ll dig into the placemaking principles that create identity and pride, whether growth should focus on expanding existing cities, how to revive the UK’s original new towns, and whether future development should include smaller new villages below the traditional 10,000‑home benchmark.

The panel discussion will explore questions such as:

• What placemaking principles should guide new towns, and how do we ensure they become desirable places with a strong identity and local pride?

• Given modern economic geography, should future growth focus more on expanding existing cities rather than creating small towns from scratch?

• How can we breathe new life into the UK’s original new towns?