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Sun, 20 July 08
The Observer

HOUSE PRICES 'DESTROYING VILLAGE LIFE'

Many families will still be priced out of homes in the countryside even in the most severe property crash, according to new research warning that traditional village life is now at risk of dying out. Young couples...

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Sun, 20 July 08
The Telegraph

MINISTERS ARE TOLD TO DROP MOST ECO-TOWNS

The number of Gordon Brown's flagship eco-towns should be slashed by two thirds because most of the proposed schemes are not green enough, senior civil servants have warned. They have advised ministers to cut the...

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Wed, 16 July 08
BBC News

FIFTH OF RURAL PEOPLE 'ARE POOR'

One in five families in the English countryside is living below the poverty line, a new report has found. The survey by the Commission for Rural Communities (CRC) says a decline in services and less affordable housing...

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Tue, 15 July 08
BBC News

STONEHENGE ROAD CLOSURE PROPOSAL

A road which runs alongside Stonehenge could be closed under proposals drawn up to protect the site's future. Shutting the A344 where it runs next to the stones, in Wiltshire, is one of the plans being...

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Tue, 15 July 08
The Guardian

PROPERTY SALES SLUMP TO LOWEST LEVEL EVER RECORDED

Transactions in the housing market are at their lowest since the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors began surveying its members 30 years ago. In its monthly snapshot out today, Rics says...

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Mon, 14 July 08
The Independent

'LIGHTS WILL GO OUT' BY 2015 IF LORDS REJECTS PLANNING BILL

The lights will go out across the UK in seven years if the Planning Bill coming up for review this week is rejected in the House of Lords, according to a leading business trade body. It estimates the country...

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Mon, 14 July 08
eGov monitor

NEW ACTION PLAN FOR HOUSING MARKET RENEWAL IN NORTH AND MIDLANDS

The housing market renewal (HMR) programme was established to tackle the problems of neighbourhoods with acute low housing demand in the North of England and the West Midlands. The HMR programme established...

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Sun, 13 July 08
The Sunday Times

CHEAPER HOMES FOR PRETTIEST VILLAGES

England's most beautiful villages could be opened up for new housing to prevent city-dwellers driving out locals. A new report commissioned by the government will call for the relaxation of planning laws...

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Thu, 10 July 08
Building Design

BORIS TO DITCH 50% AFFORDABLE HOUSING TARGET IN CHANGES TO LONDON PLAN

Boris Johnson has published a major report setting out his priorities for revising the London Plan. The Planning for a Better London document ...

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Wed, 9 July 08
Contract Journal

1,000 HOME ECO-VILLAGE APPROVED FOR KENT

A 1,000 home eco-village has been approved for Ashford in Kent after almost three years of wrangling. Zed Homes hopes to begin construction of the green housing scheme in 2010 after Secretary of State...

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