Brabazon homes labelled 'awful shoeboxes' as new town gets government backing View Image

Bristol Live readers have been discussing the news that the government has given its backing to the Brabazon development as part of a wave of new towns planned across the country. Brabazon, billed as one of the "highest quality developments in the whole of the UK", will form the centrepiece of the West Innovation Arc — a chain of connected projects stretching from the new Bristol arena at Filton in the west to the Bristol & Bath Science Park in the east.

Officials say the "New Town" designation will unlock government support to speed up housing delivery, infrastructure and investment. It is seen as vital to driving growth in sectors like aerospace and engineering, which already employ thousan

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