Historic British villages could be lost in Labour's housebuilding ‘frenzy’ as communities balloon in size
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Historic British villages could be lost to time under government housing requirements, described as a "frenzy" that will see communities balloon to triple or quadruple their size.Cotswold District Council must now accommodate 18,650 new dwellings over 18 years following Whitehall's revised housing needs across planning authorities.The council's Liberal Democrat leader, Mike Evemy, described the targets as "detached from reality".The soaring property values relative to average earnings in the area have resulted in the district's annual housing requirement more than doubling.
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TRENDING Stories Videos Your Say In correspondence with housing minister Matthew Pennycook, Mr Evemy warned these "eyewatering housing numbers" would fall on historic village areas that "could be overwhelmed by unprecedented levels of new development."The village of Ampney Crucis, recorded in the Domesday Book and home to approximately 600 residents, could see its population multiply fourfold under the proposed...
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