14 new garden villages and a two-year 6 million fund from government for their development

The Government has announced a new plan to develop 14 new garden villages as an extension of the existing garden towns programme. According to the Government, the villages will comprise between 1,500 and 10,000 homes and have the overall potential to deliver 48,000 homes. 

The £6 million from the Government will provide funding for additional resources and expertise to boost the development and avoid delays. It can be accessed over the next two financial years. In addition to the garden villages the government also offers support for three new garden towns in Aylesbury, Taunton and Harlow & Gilston where a £1.4 million fund will be provided to support the developments. 

The new garden villages are:

• Long Marston in Stratford-on-Avon;
• Oxfordshire Cotswold in West Oxfordshire;
• Deenethorpe in East Northamptonshire;
• Culm in Mid Devon;
• Welborne near Fareham, Hampshire;
• West Carclaze in Cornwall;
• Dunton Hills near Brentwood, Essex;
• Spitalgate Heath in South Kesteven, Lincolnshire;
• Halsnead in Knowsley, Merseyside;
• Longcross in Runnymede and Surrey Heath;
• Bailrigg in Lancaster;
• Infinity Garden Village in South Derbyshire and Derby City area;
• St Cuthberts near Carlisle City, Cumbria;
• North Cheshire in Cheshire East.

The Government said that together with the seven garden towns already announced and these new 17 settlements, around 200,000 new homes can be provided. 

Housing and planning minister Gavin Barwell said about the developments: "Locally led garden towns and villages have enormous potential to deliver the homes that communities need. New communities not only deliver homes, they also bring new jobs and facilities and a big boost to local economies. These places combined could provide almost 200,000 homes."