Update about New Towns Taskforce membership
Lyn Garner has today (17 December 2024) been appointed to the New Towns Taskforce. She will replace Eamonn Boylan who will stand down from the Taskforce ahead of starting his new role as interim Chief Executive of Homes England in January 2025.
As previously announced, Eamonn Boylan will start in his new role as interim Chief Executive of Homes England from 15 January 2025. Eamonn will therefore stand down as a member of the New Towns Taskforce ahead of this date.
The New Towns Taskforce is an independent advisory panel which has been established to support the government to deliver the next generation of new towns. To ensure that the Taskforce maintains its independence, Eamonn has decided to stand down as a member in early January 2025.
Eamonn has brought vital experience about large-scale regeneration projects to the Taskforce and has shaped early thinking on the delivery mechanisms required to ensure new towns are successful communities. He will continue to support the Taskforce’s work in his new role, ensuring that Homes England’s delivery expertise continues to be drawn upon in the coming months.
Today, the government has appointed Lyn Garner to the Taskforce. Lyn is a Director and Chair of Future of London, the outgoing Chief Executive of the London Legacy Development Corporation, and has been the Senior Professional Lead for Greater London Authority (GLA) Group Housing Delivery since 2022. Lyn has over 25 years of experience working in leadership positions across housing, regeneration and finance.
Lyn brings her extensive real-world large-scale delivery experience to the Taskforce. Her valuable expertise will inform the Taskforce’s recommendations on the mechanisms and reforms required to ensure the delivery of the next generation of New Towns.
The New Towns Taskforce continues to make rapid progress to present their recommendations to ministers by summer 2025. Since September 2024, the Taskforce have met regularly to discuss the role that our next generation of new towns can play in kickstarting national economic growth. The Taskforce also launched a call for evidence in November which invited local areas to submit opportunities for large developments.