General Article Blueprint for future of UK housing unveiled

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£400m is earmarked to help build homes on brownfield sites and to redevelop empty high streets for housing.

By Richard Reed

A blueprint for the future of new housing in the UK has been unveiled by the government.

Key to the proposals is a bid to identify and redevelop unused urban brownfield sites, while avoiding lengthy planning delays.

Councils will also be told to put housing needs first when redeveloping high streets left empty by retail decline – and to encourage high-rise developments n...

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