Garden Communities

(asked on 27th June 2019) - View Source

Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government,with reference to the Loneliness Strategy, what steps he is taking to work with Homes England to incorporate community cohesion as part of the support offered to existing and future garden communities.


Answered by
Kit Malthouse Portrait
Kit Malthouse
This question was answered on 2nd July 2019

Across England, we are currently supporting 48 locally-led garden communities, to be exemplars of high quality, good design and best practice.

These places will encourage strong social connections through vibrant spaces with mixed community use and healthy places that take a holistic approach to tackling wellbeing priorities. To date we have provided £38 million in capacity funding which includes early support to fund dedicated staff teams, key studies and assessments to underpin delivery of our garden towns and villages.

My Department and Homes England are exploring an effective means of sharing learning and good practice on tackling loneliness and social isolation through design and planning approaches with professional and accredited bodies.

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