Housing secretary Steve Reed will confirm the initiative during his speech on Sunday, unveiling the first major programme of new towns since the post-war era.
Reed will say the towns represent “the next generation of cutting-edge communities”, echoing Clement Attlee’s post-war housing drive.
The three priority sites are Tempsford in Bedfordshire, Leeds South Bank and Crews Hill in north London. The Government said construction on these towns will begin within the current parliament.
However, its parish council chairman, David Sutton, said residents had been “kept in the dark” about the scale of the plans.
Leeds South Bank is already part of a significant regeneration scheme that aims to double the size of the city centre.
Similarly, Crews Hill in Enfield, around 12 miles from the centre of London, is already the subject of a draft local plan which proposes building around 5,500 homes on green belt and grey belt land.
In Cheshire East, a new standalone settlement has been identified at Adlington, a small village of around 1,200 residents.
The former RAF Upper Heyford airbase in Cherwell, Oxfordshire, is already subject to plans to be redeveloped into a mixed-use community with upgraded transport links, which Labour’s plan is set to expand on.
In east Devon, a site near Exeter known as Marlcombe has been selected as the location for a new town.
Further plans include major expansion around Worcestershire Parkway, where up to 10,000 homes could be delivered alongside a new town centre, and a riverside redevelopment in Thamesmead, south-east London.
“This party built new towns after the war to meet our promise of homes fit for heroes. Now, with the worst economic inheritance since that war, we will once again build cutting-edge communities to provide homes fit for families of all shapes and sizes,” he is expected to say.
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The announcement comes as Labour faces mounting pressure over housing delivery. Planning approvals for new homes in England fell to a record low during the Government’s first year in office, and industry leaders have warned that rising costs and higher taxes could limit the pace of construction.
The New Towns Taskforce, established last September, has recommended that development corporations be set up to deliver the projects.
Final decisions on funding and the precise boundaries of the sites will be confirmed next spring, following environmental assessments and public engagement.
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