40,000 new homes to be built on railway sites

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The government has announced plans to build 40,000 new homes on brownfield railway sites. Discussing the plans,Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander said it will lead to the "highest rate of house building in 40 years".    Report by Kennedyl. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn

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00:00Today we're announcing a new public corporation called Platform 4 which will unlock development

00:06of new homes, new commercial space, new public space on land that is around railway stations.

00:12We believe that this could lead to 40,000 homes being built over the next decade and that's a

00:19contribution towards the 1.5 million homes that we have committed to building in this parliament.

00:26Now the planning reforms that the government is making, the OBR have suggested that that is going to lead

00:34to the highest rate of house building in 40 years. We've seen work on new builds up by 37% this year

00:41compared to last year and so whilst there's lots more to do to build the homes that the country needs

00:47this government is determined to do it.

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