General Article 14 garden villages to be built in England totalling 48,000 homes

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Sites for new villages include green belt-land and spread from Cornwall to Cumbria, but local opposition is strong in some areas.

By Jessica Elgot

Some 14 garden villages are to be built across England on sites including a former airfield and green-belt land, ministers have said.

The villages, totalling 48,000 homes, will not be extensions of existing small towns or villages, but “distinct new places with their own community facilities”, the Government said.

Sites from Cornwall to Cumbria hav...

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