diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 1989315ace..df1bf1fedf 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -12,3 +12,5 @@ yarn-error.log
 node_modules
 # This repository currently uses npm over yarn due to some complications in releasing the library with yarn
 yarn.lock
+
+tsconfig.tsbuildinfo
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index b7d403ddb9..0ced3fe060 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
       "devDependencies": {
         "@guardian/eslint-config-typescript": "7.0.0",
         "@guardian/eslint-plugin-tsdoc-required": "^0.1.3",
+        "@guardian/tsconfig": "^0.2.0",
         "@types/git-url-parse": "^9.0.1",
         "@types/jest": "^29.5.5",
         "@types/js-yaml": "^4.0.6",
@@ -880,6 +881,12 @@
       "integrity": "sha512-ohk4/a0Kq9oEq4sSBFS+0XU3AjANwcEbK5HgBHNyIBZgc+7SU0ws+3/7W9QrBZts1lXkOhqBrIW+D+PG5Rk39A==",
       "dev": true
     },
+    "node_modules/@guardian/tsconfig": {
+      "version": "0.2.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@guardian/tsconfig/-/tsconfig-0.2.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-RauppalK+cQZDRK6IssVmDSnU/VyqMNuVOxPxhmI03kVRxEdwcmBuRqexHwDbnClVUxW/N9hYLbFNuAb9V/p+A==",
+      "dev": true
+    },
     "node_modules/@humanwhocodes/config-array": {
       "version": "0.11.11",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@humanwhocodes/config-array/-/config-array-0.11.11.tgz",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 29493389b9..f2fbd905eb 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
   "devDependencies": {
     "@guardian/eslint-config-typescript": "7.0.0",
     "@guardian/eslint-plugin-tsdoc-required": "^0.1.3",
+    "@guardian/tsconfig": "^0.2.0",
     "@types/git-url-parse": "^9.0.1",
     "@types/jest": "^29.5.5",
     "@types/js-yaml": "^4.0.6",
diff --git a/src/bin/commands/new-project/index.ts b/src/bin/commands/new-project/index.ts
index 55179ff0fd..eba4e95ca6 100644
--- a/src/bin/commands/new-project/index.ts
+++ b/src/bin/commands/new-project/index.ts
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ export const newCdkProject = async (props: NewProjectProps): CliCommandResponse
 
   // lib directory
   await constructStack({
-    imports: Imports.newStackImports(),
+    imports: Imports.newStackImports(!!config.yamlTemplateLocation),
     appName: config.appName,
     outputFile: basename(config.stackPath),
     outputDir: dirname(config.stackPath),
diff --git a/src/bin/commands/new-project/template/tsconfig.json.template b/src/bin/commands/new-project/template/tsconfig.json.template
index dc83b2ce96..d3899d53df 100644
--- a/src/bin/commands/new-project/template/tsconfig.json.template
+++ b/src/bin/commands/new-project/template/tsconfig.json.template
@@ -1,31 +1,7 @@
 {
-  "ts-node": {
-    "compilerOptions": {
-      "module": "CommonJS"
-    }
-  },
+  "extends": "@guardian/tsconfig/tsconfig.json",
   "compilerOptions": {
-    "target": "ES2020",
-    "module": "ES2020",
-    "moduleResolution": "node",
-    "lib": ["ES2020"],
-    "declaration": true,
-    "strict": true,
-    "noImplicitAny": true,
-    "strictNullChecks": true,
-    "esModuleInterop": true,
-    "noImplicitThis": true,
-    "alwaysStrict": true,
-    "noUnusedLocals": false,
-    "noUnusedParameters": false,
-    "noImplicitReturns": true,
-    "noFallthroughCasesInSwitch": false,
-    "inlineSourceMap": true,
-    "inlineSources": true,
-    "experimentalDecorators": true,
-    "strictPropertyInitialization": false,
-    "typeRoots": ["./node_modules/@types"],
-    "outDir": "dist"
+    "module": "CommonJS"
   },
   "include": ["lib/**/*", "bin/**/*"],
   "exclude": [
diff --git a/src/bin/commands/new-project/utils/imports.ts b/src/bin/commands/new-project/utils/imports.ts
index 699cae6ed6..04079cfc30 100644
--- a/src/bin/commands/new-project/utils/imports.ts
+++ b/src/bin/commands/new-project/utils/imports.ts
@@ -14,16 +14,18 @@ export class Imports {
     this.imports = imports;
   }
 
-  public static newStackImports(): Imports {
+  public static newStackImports(addCfnIncludeImports: boolean): Imports {
     return new Imports({
-      path: {
-        types: [],
-        components: ["join"],
-      },
-      "aws-cdk-lib/cloudformation-include": {
-        types: [],
-        components: ["CfnInclude"],
-      },
+      ...(addCfnIncludeImports && {
+        path: {
+          types: [],
+          components: ["join"],
+        },
+        "aws-cdk-lib/cloudformation-include": {
+          types: [],
+          components: ["CfnInclude"],
+        },
+      }),
       "aws-cdk-lib": {
         types: ["App"],
         components: [],
diff --git a/src/bin/commands/new-project/utils/init.ts b/src/bin/commands/new-project/utils/init.ts
index 49f98f36d6..db2b6dbe22 100644
--- a/src/bin/commands/new-project/utils/init.ts
+++ b/src/bin/commands/new-project/utils/init.ts
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ function createPackageJson(outputDirectory: string): void {
 
   const coreDeps: Record<string, string> = [
     "@guardian/eslint-config-typescript",
+    "@guardian/tsconfig",
     "@types/jest",
     "@types/node",
     "eslint",
diff --git a/tools/integration-test/package.json b/tools/integration-test/package.json
index 607d1d8947..ae3ae17b7f 100644
--- a/tools/integration-test/package.json
+++ b/tools/integration-test/package.json
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@guardian/eslint-config-typescript": "7.0.0",
+    "@guardian/tsconfig": "^0.2.0",
     "@types/jest": "^29.1.2",
     "@types/node": "20.8.2",
     "aws-cdk": "2.95.1",
diff --git a/tools/integration-test/tsconfig.json b/tools/integration-test/tsconfig.json
index 44c26517fe..7110e735b4 100644
--- a/tools/integration-test/tsconfig.json
+++ b/tools/integration-test/tsconfig.json
@@ -1,31 +1,7 @@
 {
-  "ts-node": {
-    "compilerOptions": {
-      "module": "CommonJS"
-    }
-  },
+  "extends": "@guardian/tsconfig/tsconfig.json",
   "compilerOptions": {
-    "target": "ES2020",
-    "module": "ES2020",
-    "moduleResolution": "node",
-    "lib": ["ES2020"],
-    "declaration": true,
-    "strict": true,
-    "noImplicitAny": true,
-    "strictNullChecks": true,
-    "esModuleInterop": true,
-    "noImplicitThis": true,
-    "alwaysStrict": true,
-    "noUnusedLocals": false,
-    "noUnusedParameters": false,
-    "noImplicitReturns": true,
-    "noFallthroughCasesInSwitch": false,
-    "inlineSourceMap": true,
-    "inlineSources": true,
-    "experimentalDecorators": true,
-    "strictPropertyInitialization": false,
-    "typeRoots": ["./node_modules/@types"],
-    "outDir": "dist"
+    "module": "CommonJS"
   },
   "include": [
     "src/**/*", "bin/**/*"
diff --git a/tsconfig.json b/tsconfig.json
index 14832762d3..6c9467df93 100644
--- a/tsconfig.json
+++ b/tsconfig.json
@@ -1,22 +1,13 @@
 {
+  "extends": "@guardian/tsconfig/tsconfig.json",
   "compilerOptions": {
     "target": "ES2020",
     "module": "commonjs",
-    "moduleResolution": "node",
     "declaration": true,
     "declarationMap": true,
-    "esModuleInterop": true,
-    "strict": true,
-    "noUnusedLocals": true,
-    "noUnusedParameters": true,
-    "noImplicitReturns": true,
-    "noFallthroughCasesInSwitch": true,
-    "noUncheckedIndexedAccess": true,
     "sourceMap": true,
     "inlineSourceMap": false,
     "inlineSources": true,
-    "experimentalDecorators": true,
-    "typeRoots": ["./node_modules/@types"],
     "outDir": "lib"
   },
   "include": ["src/**/*"],