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The government’s loosening of planning laws could see Sandwell Council ‘pressured’ into building on the borough’s greener border.

Sandwell Council will be expected to support new housing developments on the so-called ‘grey belt’ under proposals by the Labour government aimed at building more homes.

The government’s proposed changes to loosen planning laws, which it said would fast-track major developments in a bid to build 1.5 million new homes, include plans that would force councils to prioritise building on brownfield sites and ‘poor-quality’ areas within the green belt, dubbed the ‘grey’ belt.

Cllr Peter Hughes, Sandwell Council’s cabinet member for regeneration and infrastructure, told a scrutiny meeting the government’s proposals “might have some impact” – particularl

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