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Build homes on ‘low quality’ areas of London green belt, think tank urges

Source: Andrew Matthews/PA Wire

Sadiq Khan and the Government should allow homes to be built on “low quality” areas of London’s green belt to boost the capital’s housing supply, a think tank has said.

In a new report, the Centre for London recommends that the mayor and Ministers create development corporations at ten key sites within the green belt, close to railway stations.

It argues that despite the green belt's name, the land surrounding

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