Neighbourhood Policy Green Paper: Summary of Consultation Responses and Policy Testing Exercise

In May 2025 the Independent Commission on Neighbourhoods (ICON) launched its Neighbourhood Policy Green Paper, Delivering Neighbourhood Renewal: Proposals for Change.

This contained 20 policy options, which we committed to testing in line with four tests: strategy, evidence, scale, and community empowerment. We also launched a public consultation on the policy options, which closed on 25 July 2025.

Since then, we have been analysing the 20 policy options in line with the four tests, informed by the consultation responses received and wider relevant evidence.

This report contains the findings of that process and is published alongside ICON’s Main Report, No Short Cuts, which draws on this exercise and make ICON’s recommendations.

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