£20k for plans for new homes
ROYAL BOROUGH: A £20,000 cash boost from the government to build better houses has been announced.
The scheme, part of £410,000 distributed across the whole of the South East, is hoped to progress plans for more than 70,000 new, well-designed homes.
The idea is to support neighbourhood plans, where communities have their say on the types of homes that are built, and where.
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Since it was introduced in 2011, nearly a million votes have been cast for neighbourhood plans, across 2,600 different communities coming forward with proposals.
Housing Minister Esther McVey said: “Communities have the local insight to decide what new homes should look like and the kind of infrastructure they need in their area. This is what neighbourhood planning is all about.”