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Transport for New Homes @transportfornewhomes.org.uk · 04/07/2025

We believe new housing should be built so that residents can walk, cycle and use public transport to go about their daily lives. Sign up to our newsletter to find out what we are doing to help make this a reality. buff.ly/EJ41rry

Man with a clipboard pointing to a housing estate in the distance

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Transport for New Homes @transportfornewhomes.org.uk · 02/07/2025

🚨 We need your help! Our recent report was made possible thanks to the generous donations of our supporters. For the 2026 edition, we've introduced a new rewards scheme to recognise the vital part donors play in our research. Find out more and make a donation today: buff.ly/v37auXd

Image of houses, a path and a dog. The dog has a thought cloud coming from its head which says "finally, some places to get excited about!"

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Transport for New Homes @transportfornewhomes.org.uk · 27/06/2025

We took the Government's new housing targets for local authority areas and mapped them against public transport staisfaction levels. Read our latest blog, to find out what we discovered: www.transportfornewhomes.org.uk/high-housing...

Ariel view of a town with houses, roads and cars

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Transport for New Homes @transportfornewhomes.org.uk · 20/06/2025

You can find out more about our work and keep up to date on transport and planning through our blogs. You'll find them all on our website at: buff.ly/h0nPsbT

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Transport for New Homes @transportfornewhomes.org.uk · 18/06/2025

🚨 Last chance to sign up for our FREE webinar with @cprelondon.bsky.social tomorrow on why parking matters and the policies that can be promoted in Local Plans and Local Transport Plans to support a shift to more sustainable modes. Sign up here: buff.ly/ozbcwwB

Town centre car park with cars and vans parked in it

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Transport for New Homes @transportfornewhomes.org.uk · 17/06/2025

We're proud to be supporting #BetterTransportWeek and celebrating how good public transport, cycling and walking facilities can help connect communities, bring people together and create happy, healthy neighbourhoods.

Graphic of three people at a bus stops and the words 'we're celebrating better connected communities.'

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Transport for New Homes @transportfornewhomes.org.uk · 13/06/2025

The Spending Review included much needed transport funding for our city regions, but very little for rural areas dealing with high housing targets & poor public transport. In this blog, we look at why we're still not making the link between new housing & public transport: buff.ly/kNDZmeQ

Photo of Warminster Railway Station platform with people waiting for a train

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Transport for New Homes @transportfornewhomes.org.uk · 12/06/2025

Join us and cprelondon.bsky.social next Thursday (19 June) for a FREE webinar to learn why parking matters and the policies that can be promoted in Local Plans and Local Transport Plans to support a shift to more sustainable modes. Sign up here: buff.ly/QHrmAJn

Photo of a row of parked cars with the words 'Join our free webinar, Why Parking Matters - Parking policies for Local Plans and Local Transport Plans. Thursday 19 June 12:30 to 1:45pm' over the top.

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Transport for New Homes @transportfornewhomes.org.uk · 06/06/2025

Photo of a building site with semi completed houses and an image of the front cover of Transport for New Homes report, What is being built in 2025?

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Transport for New Homes @transportfornewhomes.org.uk · 05/06/2025

Join us and cprelondon.bsky.social on Thursday 19 June for a FREE webinar to learn why parking matters and the policies that can be promoted in Local Plans and Local Transport Plans to support a shift to more sustainable modes. Sign up here: buff.ly/QHrmAJn

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Transport for New Homes @transportfornewhomes.org.uk · 04/06/2025

We believe that everyone should have access to attractive housing, located and designed to ensure that people do not need to use or own cars to live a full life.

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Transport for New Homes @transportfornewhomes.org.uk · 02/06/2025

In this, the final blog in our series exploring the themes of our latest report - What is being built in 2025? - we examine an alternative way of building the new homes we so urgently need, one that is quicker and helps rengerate town and city centres. Read it here: buff.ly/12LtH1I

Low rise flats with a row of parked bikes in front of a playground

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Transport for New Homes @transportfornewhomes.org.uk · 30/05/2025

We're pleased to be an official partner of bettertransport.bsky.social's #BetterTransportWeek 2025, helping to celebrate how good, sustainable public transport, walking and cycling can help connect communities and reduce the need to drive.

Graphic of three people at a bus stop and the words 'offical partner Better Transport Week 2025'

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Transport for New Homes @transportfornewhomes.org.uk · 29/05/2025

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Transport for New Homes @transportfornewhomes.org.uk · 27/05/2025

In this, the tenth in a series of blogs exploring the themes of our latest report - What is being built in 2025? In search of the station - we look at one of the new developments we visited that is getting things right: buff.ly/ZZ0y0U1

Photo of a row of houses with gardens in front, small driveways and a wide pavement

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Transport for New Homes @transportfornewhomes.org.uk · 23/05/2025

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Transport for New Homes @transportfornewhomes.org.uk · 19/05/2025

In this, the ninth in a series of blogs exploring the themes of our latest report - What is being built in 2025? In search of the station - we look at whether new developments are doing enough to encourage cycling: buff.ly/bDst9La

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Transport for New Homes @transportfornewhomes.org.uk · 16/05/2025

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Transport for New Homes @transportfornewhomes.org.uk · 15/05/2025

Read our latest report to find out more: buff.ly/lOqi9Ct

Quote from Steve Chambers from Transport for New Homes "Wherever your new home is, you should be able to go out the front door, and know that there are local amenities to walk to, and turn up and go public transport available that connects you to a whole network of destinations. What our report found was that the current planning system is simply not delivering this vision."

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Transport for New Homes @transportfornewhomes.org.uk · 13/05/2025

Ready to volunteer? Sign up here: buff.ly/6gXtGb9

Drawing of an aireal view of a housing estate with the words 'volunteer with us and help our important research' over the top.

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Transport for New Homes @transportfornewhomes.org.uk · 12/05/2025

In this, the seventh in a series of blogs exploring the themes of our latest report - What is being built in 2025? In search of the station - we look at why in England - unlike Europe - trams and light rail are not reaching out of the cities. Read it here: buff.ly/F6Gd7NZ

Photo of a tram travelling past housing.

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Transport for New Homes @transportfornewhomes.org.uk · 09/05/2025

Read our latest report to find out more: buff.ly/NxAOTvW

Cartoon of jigsaw pieces next to a quote from Jenny Raggett from Transport for New Homes: "New housing estates being built in England resemble a jigsaw puzzle with some of the most important pieces missing - the stations, the mass transit systems and on-site community provision and services. We need to build differently."

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Transport for New Homes @transportfornewhomes.org.uk · 07/05/2025

Our latest report, What is being built in 2025: In search of the station, found that a combination of wrong location and wrong transport is resulting in car dependent ‘tarmac’ housing estates which are increasing congestion and damaging existing town centres. Find out more: buff.ly/LOOLy6M

Photo of a dog with a speech bubble saying "No station? Don't tell me I have to get in a car again? Barf!" The word 'missing' stamped in read and a bullet list with crosses next to each item: 'Modern and easy to use public transport. New stations, metros, tram systems and integrated bus networks. Safe and convenient active travel.'

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Transport for New Homes @transportfornewhomes.org.uk · 06/05/2025

In this, the sixth in a series of blogs exploring the themes of our latest report - What is being built in 2025? In search of the station - we look at why buses are falling short of their potential in new housing developments. Read it here: buff.ly/G429Psi

Photo with a blue single decker bus in the background and a bus shelter in the foreground with the words 'buses are falling short of their potential' over the top.

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Transport for New Homes @transportfornewhomes.org.uk · 02/05/2025

Woman with a dog standing in a field pointing towards a housing estate in the background. Dog has a speech bubble with a quetsion mark above its head.

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Transport for New Homes @transportfornewhomes.org.uk · 01/05/2025

📢 CALLING ALL VOLUNTEERS! We are holding a free event in London on Thurs 15 May at 5pm for site visit volunteers. Share experiences and tips if you've been on a site visit before or learn about them if you're preparing for your first one. Sign up here: buff.ly/N3ote96

Join us on Thursday 15 May 5-6:30pm in London

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Transport for New Homes @transportfornewhomes.org.uk · 28/04/2025

In this, the sixth in a series of blogs exploring the themes of our latest report - What is being built in 2025? In search of the station - we look at why we are building lots of new housing and very few new stations. Read it here: buff.ly/lTJNwPf

Photo of a train pulling into a railway station with the words 'Rail is missing from new housing estates'.

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Transport for New Homes @transportfornewhomes.org.uk · 23/04/2025

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Transport for New Homes @transportfornewhomes.org.uk · 22/04/2025

In our report - What is being built in 2025? - we saw again and again how parking had a profound effect on placemaking. In this, the 5th in a series of blogs exploring the themes of that report, we look at what happens when you design housing for cars, rather than people: buff.ly/ddGIsga

Photo of a street of new build housing with cars parked outside and the words 'new blog - places designed around the car'.

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Transport for New Homes @transportfornewhomes.org.uk · 17/04/2025

Bath and West Wiltshire are already home to nearly 350,000 people. With 35,000 new homes needed in the area the next 10 yrs to hit Gov housing targets, find out why we think a 'metro' rail network is the answer to meeting the transport needs of this 'hidden city' in our new blog: buff.ly/d3llgwM

A photo of Westbury Railway Station in Wilshire with the words 'New metro for a hidden city of 350,000 people' over the top

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Transport for New Homes @transportfornewhomes.org.uk · 16/04/2025

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Transport for New Homes @transportfornewhomes.org.uk · 14/04/2025

Each year we visit new housing developments to find out whether they are properly served by good public transport and designed for walking and cycling. As we plan our next round of visits, we need your help! Use the link to tell us where we should go this year: buff.ly/h7lprDq

Photo of a housing estate with wide pavements, a cycle path and greenery, and a dog with a cartoon thought bubble saying 'Finally, some places to get excited about. Great walking opportuities and plenty of things to see and do.'

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Transport for New Homes @transportfornewhomes.org.uk · 10/04/2025

Our report, What is being built in 2025?, found the current planning system is creating a 'doughnut effect' whereby out-of-town building is preferred to in-town, leaving town centres facing decline & new estates in rural & semi-rural locations without public transport. Find out more: buff.ly/cs1PG1n

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Transport for New Homes @transportfornewhomes.org.uk · 08/04/2025

Read the fourth in a series of blogs based on our most recent report - What is being built in 2025? In search of the station - where we explain how European-style apartments help make public transport, and on-site shops and cafes viable: buff.ly/AaUlcTh

Image of low rise flats around a square with trees, shrubs and a coffee van with the text 'Apartments can offer everything on your doorstep'.

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Transport for New Homes @transportfornewhomes.org.uk · 07/04/2025

Our recent report - What is being built in 2025 - was made possible thanks to the generous donations of our supporters. For the 2026 edition, we've introduced a new rewards scheme to recognise the vital part donors play in our research. Find out more and make a donation today: buff.ly/yKjoUr4

Photo of a path running between two rows of terraced houses with two cars parked in the distance and blue skies.

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Transport for New Homes @transportfornewhomes.org.uk · 04/04/2025

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Transport for New Homes @transportfornewhomes.org.uk · 02/04/2025

New housing in England is rarely built with a new railway station. Why? Whilst the idea of a new station to serve new housing is popular, our research revealed few ever open and those that do arrive seriously late. It doesn't have to be this way, find out more in our latest report: buff.ly/lB4Ox9l

Drawing showing a moutain landscape with a train going up on one side, and a train going down the other to illustrate the tortuous planning process with its ups and downs of trying to build a railway station.

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Transport for New Homes @transportfornewhomes.org.uk · 31/03/2025

Read the third in a series of blogs based on our most recent report - What is being built in 2025? In search of the station - where we highlight some of the rare examples of delightful walkable places we found during our research: buff.ly/PcDsfvD

Image of two women walking along a street with the words 'New blog. Where are the delightful walkable places?'

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Transport for New Homes @transportfornewhomes.org.uk · 28/03/2025

Our report, What is being built in 2025: In search of the station, found new housing developments full of roundabouts & ring roads, of lorries & cars, where cycling is neither pleasant nor safe. We think all new housing should come with cycling facilities. Read our recommendations: buff.ly/ZtDnzPY

Drawing of a town showing a series of roundabouts and ring roads with lots of cars and lorries, drive thrus and superstores, and one 'lost cyclist' in the middle.

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Transport for New Homes @transportfornewhomes.org.uk · 25/03/2025

For our next project we'll be exploring how swathes of land currently given over to parking could be put to better use. Find out more in our latest blog: buff.ly/mA2KcQp

Image of a row of terraced house with the words 'New blog. Convenient town centre housing in every town.

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Transport for New Homes @transportfornewhomes.org.uk · 24/03/2025

Join us & ConnectedCities on Thursday afternoon at the Best Western Plus Angel Hotel Chippenham, or online, to hear about an exciting new proposal for a local metro system to serve the Greater Bath, Western Wiltshire & Frome area. Sign up for FREE: buff.ly/zmdA35D @createstreets.bsky.social

Join us in Chippenham at a FREE event to find out about a local metro system to serve the Greater Bath, Western Wiltshire and Frome area. Thursday March 27, 2 to 5:30 pm

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Transport for New Homes @transportfornewhomes.org.uk · 21/03/2025

A path between blocks of low rise flats with seating, lighting, flower beds and shrubs

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Transport for New Homes @transportfornewhomes.org.uk · 18/03/2025

Join us & ConnectedCities on 27 March 2-5:30pm at the Best Western Plus Angel Hotel Chippenham, or online, to hear about an exciting new proposal for a local metro system to serve the Greater Bath, Western Wiltshire & Frome area. Sign up for FREE: buff.ly/m8kANI3 @createstreets.bsky.social

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Transport for New Homes @transportfornewhomes.org.uk · 17/03/2025

Read the second in a series of blogs based on our most recent report - What is being built in 2025? In search of the station - where we ask, is it really transport planning if the Treasury decides? buff.ly/MCR2wkR

Image of a train next to an outdoor platform with the text: New Blog - Is it really planning if the Treasury decides if a new station opens?

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Transport for New Homes @transportfornewhomes.org.uk · 14/03/2025

Read the first in a series of blogs based on our most recent report - What is being built in 2025? In search of the station - on which three planning reforms are needed to enable more transit-oriented housing development. www.transportfornewhomes.org.uk/three-recomm...

Photo of a field with new-build housing in the background. Text on top says New blog: Three recommendations for planning reform.

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Transport for New Homes @transportfornewhomes.org.uk · 11/03/2025

The Government is publishing its new Planning and Infrastructure Bill today and we're pleased that it contains a new focus on strategic planning: this is much needed and something we have long called for.

“We need to start choosing locations for housing much more strategically, locations that are, or can be connected to existing transport networks to ensure that residents have sustainable transport connections from the day of occupation. Integrating housing with transport planning, as is already done in London with the London Plan and Mayor’s Transport Strategy, should help to achieve this and ensure that wherever your new home is, you can go out the front door and know that there is turn up and go public transport available that connects you to a whole network of destinations. To ensure that new developments are truly sustainable however, we need to ensure there is funding made available for new metros, stations and trams, and not just new roads.” - Steve Chambers, Sustainable Transport Campaigner at Transport for New Homes.

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Transport for New Homes @transportfornewhomes.org.uk · 10/03/2025

New housing estates in England are like jigsaw puzzles with the most important pieces missing: 🚍 Modern public transport 🚉 New stations, metros, trams and integrated buses 🚲 Safe and convenient active travel Read how we can make things better in our new report: buff.ly/IfS8Fqs

"Wherever your new home is, you should be able to go out the front door, and know that there are local amenities to walk to and turn up and go public transport available that connects you to a whole network of destinations. What our report found was that the current planning system is simply not delivering this vision. We need to bring the planning of new homes and sustainable transport together to create places that give people genuine choice about how they travel.” - Steve Chambers, Sustainable Transport Campaigner at Transport for New Homes

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Transport for New Homes @transportfornewhomes.org.uk · 07/03/2025

Our latest report - What is being built in 2025? In search of the station - found that a combination of wrong location, wrong transport and wrong housing is resulting in car dependent ‘tarmac’ housing estates. Read the full report: buff.ly/OTKyhur

With at-scale house building high on the Government's agenda, this report is a timely reminder of what can go wrong in developing new homes but importantly also provides policymakers and developers with guidance and tangible examples of how to get it right in providing the sustainable, accessible and all-round live-able developments we need." - Steve Gooding, Director, RAC Foundation

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Transport for New Homes @transportfornewhomes.org.uk · 07/03/2025

📢 NEW REPORT! Our lastest report - What is being built in 2025? In search of the station - is out now. Read it here: buff.ly/74cCIdK

"New housing estates being built in England resemble a jigsaw puzzle with some of the most important pieces missing - the stations, the mass transit systems and on-site community provision and services. We need to build differently." - Jenny Raggett, Project Coordinator at Transport for New Homes

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Transport for New Homes @transportfornewhomes.org.uk · 07/03/2025

Our NEW report found that a combination of wrong location, wrong transport and a lack of density is resulting in car dependent ‘tarmac’ housing estates which are increasing congestion, limiting housing choices for those who can't/don't drive and damaging existing town centres. 👉 buff.ly/OTKyhur

"We are plonking more and more giant housing estates on fields on the edge of towns and villages, places where it’s all about driving. We need to build differently to avoid this ‘doughnut effect’, whereby everything ends up on out of town greenfield sites whilst brownfield sites lie unbuilt and derelict, and high streets are dying." - Jenny Raggett, Project Coordinator at Transport for New Homes

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