The Government claims to have accelerated the building of almost 100,000 new houses on large sites across England as it moves forward with plans to build 1.5 million homes.

As part of the acceleration, it has confirmed the location of six new sites – in London, the north west, Somerset and the south east of England – where 12,000 new homes will be built.

The rest of the 100,000 “new” homes are made up of developments that were stuck in the planning system but have now been pushed through after Labour took an axe to the red tape around development applications. New Feature

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The six sites that will see 12,000 new homes built include Comeytrowe, also known as Orchard Grove, in Somerset; Wisley Airf

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