Housing is high on the national agenda, and the recent visit of the prime minister, the deputy prime minister and His Majesty the King to Nansledan reflects a growing government focus on how new homes should be delivered.

The new towns taskforce’s interim update, Building New Towns for the Future, signals a clear direction of travel, with the ambition to create 12 new towns. The question now is how these developments will be delivered in practice, and whether the right lessons will be learnt from existing projects.