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Long-Term Plan for Towns

Information on the government’s Long-Term Plan for Towns, which will provide long-term investment in 55 towns to be spent on local people’s priorities such as regenerating local high streets and town centres or securing public safety.

• From: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government and Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
• Published: 21 December 2023
• Last updated: 24 May 2024 — See all updates

It was confirmed at Autumn Budget 2024 that the Long-Term Plan for Towns will be retained and reformed as part of a wider regeneration programme. A new prospectus and associated documents will be published in due course.

Guidance

• Our Long-Term Plan for Towns
  • 1 October 2023
  • Policy paper
• Long-Term Plan for Towns: Long-Term Plan guidance
  • 24 May 2024
  • Guidance
• Long-Term Plan for Towns: guidance for local authorities and Town Boards
  • 18 December 2023
  • Guidance
• Long-Term Plan for Towns: Technical Q&A
  • 28 March 2024
  • Guidance
• Long-Term Plan for Towns: data packs for 55 towns
  • 28 March 2024
  • Guidance

Methodology

• Long-Term Plan for Towns: towns selection methodology note​
  • 1 October 2023
  • Guidance
• Extension to Long-Term Plan for Towns: place selection methodology
  • 6 March 2024
  • Guidance

Policy toolkits

• Long-Term Plan for Towns: policy toolkit for Wales
  • 28 March 2024
  • Guidance
• Long-Term Plan for Towns: policy toolkit for Scotland
  • 5 February 2024
  • Guidance

Press releases

• Major boost for British towns with next steps for long-term plans
  • 18 December 2023
  • Press release
• Prime Minister puts local people in control of more than £1 billion with long-term plan for left-behind towns
  • 30 September 2023
  • Press release

Published 21 December 2023
Last updated 24 May 2024 + show all updates

1. 24 May 2024

   Added Long-Term Plan for Towns: Long-Term Plan guidance.

2. 21 December 2023

   First published.