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Richard meets Housing Minister about Tempsford new town

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Tuesday, 12 May, 2026
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Richard Fuller MP with Matthew Pennycook MP and Ian Sollom MP discussing Tempsford

Richard recently joined his neighbouring MP from St Neots for an update meeting with Minister Matthew Pennycook on Tempsford and the wider New Towns programme.

Following the meeting, Richard Fuller MP said;

The Minister couldnโ€™t share much while the evaluation is still underway, but he did outline the broad timetable for when decisions are expected and it was a good chance for us to pass on what we heard from the recent meeting with affected Parish and Local Authority Councillors. 

We highlighted three key points:

  • ๐‹๐จ๐œ๐š๐ฅ ๐ฏ๐จ๐ข๐œ๐ž โ€” communities must be involved in shaping any new town
  • ๐‚๐ฅ๐š๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐›๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐š๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ง๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ง๐ž๐ฐ ๐ญ๐จ๐ฐ๐ง
  • ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ญ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐š๐ ๐ž & ๐ž๐ง๐ฏ๐ข๐ซ๐จ๐ง๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ โ€” these must remain at the heart of any proposals

More updates will follow as soon as the Government's process continues.

You can read more about Richard's views and work on Tempsford at https://www.richardfuller.co.uk/campaigns/tempsford-new-town

 

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