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Increased housebuilding targets for councils

Areas with the highest unaffordability for housing and greatest potential for growth will be handed increased housebuilding targets under the Government’s planning overhaul.

Deputy prime minister Angela Rayner visits a housing development © Imageplotter/Alamy

Areas with the highest unaffordability for housing and greatest potential for growth will be handed increased housebuilding targets under the Government's planning overhaul.

The Government's updated national planning policy framework will also require councils to review their green belt boundaries to meet targets.

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