The Government has confirmed Milton Keynes as one of seven locations earmarked for a new town — a plan that will impose up to 40,000 additional homes on the city, on top of the 60,000 already in the Local Plan.
Reacting to this news, Cllr Shazna Muzammil, Conservative Group Leader, said:
"It seems like the government is prepared to bulldoze through the wishes of residents, seize land by compulsory purchase, and force development on communities in the north of our city — all without meaningful local consent. It is also likely that the new town project will be overseen by a Development Corporation, taking the decision-making and development powers out of local people’s hands and instead entrusting them to unelected figures”
"Milton Keynes has always grown and always will — calling this out is not nimbyism. But there is a world of difference between planned, properly funded growth and tens of thousands of homes being forced upon us while our potholes go unfixed. Our roads are already falling apart, our infrastructure is under enormous strain, and yet Keir Starmer's Government wants to dump tens of thousands of new homes on us while refusing to guarantee the investment needed to support them.
Earlier this year, Labour and the Lib Dems on Milton Keynes City Council passed a motion actively welcoming this plan. When they had the chance to stand up for residents and demand proper safeguards, they handed our city to Whitehall on a platter instead."
"Since this announcement, residents have already been reaching out to our local councillors directly, worried about what this means for their farms, their land, and their livelihoods.
We are committed to standing alongside our residents and fighting for them every step of the way. Families who have farmed this land for generations — growing wheat and barley, rearing beef cattle and sheep, running dairy herds — deserve better."
The Government's public consultation runs until 19 May 2026. Whatever your view, the Conservative Group is urging all Milton Keynes residents to have their say.
Respond here: https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/new-towns-draft-programme/new-towns-draft-programme
