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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Christopher McKeon

Housing Secretary Steve Reed to give ‘default yes’ to developments near train stations

Housing developments near stations will receive a “default yes” from planners as the Government aims to meet its pledge of building 1.5 million homes.

Housing Secretary Steve Reed is set to announce changes to planning rules that will make it easier to build on sites within 15 minutes’ walk of “well-connected” train and tram stations, including on green belt land.

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